Bed bugs treatment is something you can’t take lightly. In fact, it should begin at the first sign of a bed bug infestation.
How do you know if you’ve got these tiny critters in your home?
Watch out for key signs – like blood spots or fecal matter on your bed, constant itching or redness of your skin, and tiny bugs crawling around your mattress. Hopefully, if you’re alert and aware of these bugs, you’ll be able to quickly and easily get rid of them.
Why do you need to be so proactive?
The worse the infestation is, the more steps you’ll have to take to clear it up.
A good bed bugs treatment plan should utilize several methods to be successful. Here’s what you can do:
- First, the easy part of your bed bugs treatment starts with washing all your bed linens. Sheets, blankets and pillowcases should be washed at high temperatures to kill any bedbugs. It’s probably not a bad idea to make sure your clothes – and pretty much any other fabrics in your bedroom – get a quick wash in high temperatures, too. If something can’t go in the wash – like your dry-clean-only curtains – toss it in the dryer at some high heat for a few minutes.
- Next, treat your mattress. A great bed bugs treatment plan should include a dust or spray pesticide that is safe for indoor use. To really be thorough, make sure you treat the mattress and box spring completely—including any folds, seams, and edges. Make sure everything is completely dry before you put any of the bedding back on.
Then, cover your mattress. Implementing your bed bugs treatment plan should include a little added protection for your mattress with a mattress encasement. This tough plastic cover works in two ways – first, by sealing off your mattress so that bed bugs can’t get inside, then trapping the bugs inside so they can’t get out. Be ready to keep your mattress covered for at least a year because bed bugs can actually last that long without feeding! And get encasements for your box spring and pillows, too.
- Proper bed bugs treatment shouldn’t be confined to just your bed, though. Dust pictures, baseboards, and any bedroom furniture you have. Treat the floors, too. Yes, they’re called “bed bugs”, but they can infest more than just your bed.
- Get into those dark places where bed bugs like to hide in other spots around your home. Bed bugs stay hidden during the day – usually in very dark places. That’s why it’s important to treat cracks and crevices in corners, along baseboards, and in the walls of your home. A good residual pesticide spray that can fit in these tiny spaces will help kill any bugs that are hiding out there. It might take a few treatments before you wipe out these trespassers, so be patient.
Proper bed bugs treatment should utilize various methods, so don’t rely on just one device for bed bugs treatment – especially if you’re dealing with a heavy infestation. Combine a few different products to get rid of these tiny parasites. Then, lay some bed bugs traps around the room to monitor your progress between treatments.
As part of your aerosol arsenal consider using an Insect Growth Regulator. The idea is to stunt their reproductive cycle so they are unable to mate. That way, you can deal with the bugs you have – without worrying about new ones popping up!
When it’s time to put your bed bugs treatment plan into action you don’t want to be caught off guard. The more time you waste, the more difficult it may be to oust these pests.
Keep in mind that it will take more than one treatment – and it may actually take quite a few treatments – to deal with a bed bug infestation. By knowing which products are out there, how those products work, and different ways that you can use them together is the first step to overcoming your bed bug problem. For more info, get in touch with a professional Pest Control Hawthorn company.
