If you wake up with welts on your legs and body, and small blood spots on your sheets, you likely have some unwanted guests living with you: bed bugs. Is it worth leaving the room and going elsewhere?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do bed bugs follow you to another room if you sleep somewhere else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can take a while to get rid of bed bugs — they can live for a year before they starve<\/a>. During the remediation, you’re gonna need to sleep somewhere, even with bed bugs around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read on to learn how to live with bed bugs while you’re trying to get rid of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n If you find that you have bed bugs in your home, there are a few things you should avoid doing. Here they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you realize you have these small bugs in your bed, your first reaction should not go for the anti- parasites and insecticides advertised to be effective in killing 100% of the bugs in your home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Often, the opposite is true.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n What insecticides do is repel <\/em>the bugs, but it does not kill them. Unfortunately, this means that the bed bugs will relocate from your bedroom to another room, resettling there.\u00a0This will make your infestation worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You might be wondering why you should not change rooms, but the truth is, bed bugs crawl; therefore, they will crawl from room to room, along crevices in the walls<\/a> to find the most habitable place, and that will most likely be wherever they can smell CO2 exhaled (and blood)<\/a>, as you provide a tasty meal for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, changing rooms is not advisable as this will cause new infestations in other rooms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This happens when someone moves things like linens, handbags, books, cardboard boxes, and backpacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The bed bugs may be hiding in these places, so you will move on to the next room with them.\u00a0They can even survive inside vacuum-sealed packaging<\/a> for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you’re in a hotel or AirBnB, you should immediately inform the hosts that you have found evidence of bed bugs. You may want to choose a different place to stay altogether<\/a>. But depending on the hotel, you could choose to move to a room as far from the infested room as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It can become frustrating when you have tried everything to get rid of the bugs, but still, they are holding on for dear life! <\/p>\n\n\n\n You’ll usually need a professional bed bug exterminator to help you with your problem. The exterminator may suggest you hold onto your mattress and treat it, but often it’s easier to just toss it<\/a>, as well as furniture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This depends on the value of the furniture, and the cost to treat everything (along with the risks that treatment doesn’t work!).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Below are the steps to take if you have confirmed that there are bed bugs in your bed (and other furnishings):<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exterminator will inspect all areas of your home to ensure that the bed bugs have not spread from your bedroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first treatment is applied throughout your house. The exterminator might tell you to remove all your furniture from the house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The second treatment is crucial and applied three weeks after the first one. This is because the eggs laid by the bed bugs before the first treatment have hatched. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is important to seal all your clothes, textiles, and other items in your bedroom by using plastic bags and leaving them outside the bedroom. This is important as it will make the exterminator’s work of treating the room easier.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The landlord has to ensure that all houses are free from pests. <\/strong>Therefore, if you’re a tenant, you should notify them of the bed bug infestation in your home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This will help reduce the cost of paying for extermination services.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nDo Bed Bugs Follow You to Another Room? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1. Don’t Try to Play the Part of The Exterminator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2. Don’t Change Rooms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What if it’s a hotel?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
3. Consider Throwing Away Mattresses and Furniture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWhat To Do When You Find Bed Bugs in Your Bed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1. Call the Exterminator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2. Seal Your Things<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
3. Notify Your Landlord (If You Have One)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
4. Wash Your Textiles in Boiling Water and Dry Hot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n