AteMoose Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8255997.stm with bed bug cases rising rapidly (5000% increase in London), have you had them yet? Looks like a flatmate has brought some from London, thankfully they are limited to 2 rooms and they haven't got me yet. Spraying serious amounts of chemicals is containing them so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51%deposit Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 funny you say that, i thought a mouse ran over me last night. i jumped out of bed like a bloke with a mouse or a huge spedier in his bed, but it was just my imagination and it was the douvet gently folding in and brushing my skin. how do you get rid of nightmares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 funny you say that, i thought a mouse ran over me last night. i jumped out of bed like a bloke with a mouse or a huge spedier in his bed, but it was just my imagination and it was the douvet gently folding in and brushing my skin.how do you get rid of nightmares? Are you alright? Some strange posting from you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest P-Diddly Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Are you alright? Some strange posting from you... Oh he's alright. It's quite normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skinty Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I thought I had them once, although in hindsight it might have been mosquitoes from the open window. I managed to move instead of getting rid of whatever was biting me. I did know of someone who had them. Oh, that was a choice in the poll wasn't it... sorry I selected No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twatmangle Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I travel quite a bit for business and I have a routine to prevent them coming into my home. I always check the bed in the hotel for signs (black spots in mattress). I never put the case on the bed, always on the suitcase rack. When I come back home, I change my clothes, wash all the ones in the case, even if I didn't wear them. I wipe the case with a detergent (and put it in a sealed bin liner until I need it next.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worzel Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I travel quite a bit for business and I have a routine to prevent them coming into my home.I always check the bed in the hotel for signs (black spots in mattress). I never put the case on the bed, always on the suitcase rack. When I come back home, I change my clothes, wash all the ones in the case, even if I didn't wear them. I wipe the case with a detergent (and put it in a sealed bin liner until I need it next.) Good precautions. I have always looked out for them since an unfortuante episode in skanky youth hostel in Mexico when I went packpacking. I was sleeping fairly heavily and did not wake up until I had been bitten many times. I counted about 130 bites in total, they were very itchy and took ages to go away. Never had the problem in decent hotels since, but I have heard that they have been found in nicer places, so its always worth keeping an eye out for the tell tale signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosh Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 What`s the difference between bed bugs and fleas? If staying at a hotel and the bed was riddled with either, how would you tell the difference? I have stayed in hotels all over the world and experienced some shitty dumps but fortunately never experienced either BB`s or fleas... Once got bitten silly by Mozzies in a hotel in Amsterdam by a canal with the window open on a hot night. Ouch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingding Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Had scabies once which was none too pleasant I can assure you, the ex said she got them off a mates towel when they went to the pool. At least thats what she told me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Boy Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 went to a severe house fire once where the occupants had tried to get rid of bed lice by using a blowtorch across a horsehair mattress. Got rid of the bed lice though with most of the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AteMoose Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 What`s the difference between bed bugs and fleas? If staying at a hotel and the bed was riddled with either, how would you tell the difference? I have stayed in hotels all over the world and experienced some shitty dumps but fortunately never experienced either BB`s or fleas... Once got bitten silly by Mozzies in a hotel in Amsterdam by a canal with the window open on a hot night. Ouch!! bedbugs can infect anyone (clean or dirty), and they drink blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AteMoose Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 went to a severe house fire once where the occupants had tried to get rid of bed lice by using a blowtorch across a horsehair mattress. Got rid of the bed lice though with most of the house took out a line of ants with a lit deodorant can at uni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Storm Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 How are they just randomly increasing? How do they get in a bed in the first place? http://ezinearticles.com/?Where-Do-Bed-Bug...&id=2542324 Ah ok I looked on google, strange though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Got them in my current house. Thankfully confined to one bedroom (I think/hope?). Regular applications of hoover (it is fun watching them splat against the transparent wall of the cyclone whatsit), pouring hot water over affected woodwork and thankfully the colder weather seems to be keeping them under control. I think they are in the mattress though - which since it's the landlords there's a limit to what I can do to irradicate the buggers. Another thing to worry about when choosing the next rental/house purchase I guess. Amsterdam is terrible for mozzies. I think bugs of all kinds seem to be on the increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Bed bugs are becoming am increasing problem everywhere. Someone I know in the pest control business says they are getting increasing requests to clear the problem both private and commercial work...Some people might not even notice they have been bitten, but if you are allergic to the bites the reaction to them can be very bad, swollen itchy skin and weeping blisters, not nice at all...contrary to popular belief they do not live in the bed, they can live in and around the bed, headboard, base skirtingboard and come out early morning to bite their victims for an early morning feast, they leave droppings on the bed sheets that look like spots of blood...if you find you have them I recommend you get professional help to irradiate them. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AteMoose Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 Bed bugs are becoming am increasing problem everywhere. Someone I know in the pest control business says they are getting increasing requests to clear the problem both private and commercial work...Some people might not even notice they have been bitten, but if you are allergic to the bites the reaction to them can be very bad, swollen itchy skin and weeping blisters, not nice at all...contrary to popular belief they do not live in the bed, they can live in and around the bed, headboard, base skirtingboard and come out early morning to bite their victims for an early morning feast, they leave droppings on the bed sheets that look like spots of blood...if you find you have them I recommend you get professional help to irradiate them.Good luck. Thanks, it is interesting that 8 out of the 24 responses in the poll have come into contact with bed bugs. It is rapidly growing problem, in a couple of years will we all be sleeping in mosi nets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 bedbugs can infect anyone (clean or dirty), and they drink blood. No, that's Grant Bovey and Anthea Turner you're thinking of there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carabansity Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Never had them myself but my mum and sister got badly bitten on the ferry between Fishguard and Rosslare a few years ago (I was in the bar with my dad at the time ). One thing that is an epidemic and hardly discussed is headlice. My kids were tormented by them for years as no matter how many times we killed them off the lack of control at school meant they would just get reinfected. Bring back the Nit Nurse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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