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4 huge mistakes to avoid if you have bed bugs

All right, you have bed bugs. Now what? Most people will normally freak out a bit, so if you haven’t got that out of your system, do it now.

Now that you’ve done that, we can start to think logically about controlling these things. First, you have to realize that if you have them, it is not because you are a dirty or low class person. If you have blood inside your body, then you may have an infestation.

Many people will spend a lot of energy trying to figure out how they were brought home, but this can be a mystery that may never be solved. Bed bugs can hitchhike home with you and can come from a hotel, airport, dressing room, movie theater, restaurant, etc. Basically, wherever people are, bed bugs can be in the bed and you were unlucky enough to bring them home with you, so don’t beat yourself up too much. Well, unless you picked up that couch on the side of the road with the “Free” sign. If you did that, go ahead and punish yourself.

The point I’m trying to make here is that bed bugs can be anywhere, but as a side note, don’t bring home used furniture where bed bugs can be hiding.

Now that you know you have them, here are some major mistakes to avoid:

# 1 – Don’t sleep in a different bed!

Listen, I get it. You find bed bugs in your bed and you don’t want to sleep in that bed ever again, do you? Well, by going to sleep on the couch or a different bed, you’re just going to spread them out. Bed bugs are attracted to carbon dioxide and will follow you. Trust me, it’s always better to deal with it rather than run away from it.

# 2 – Don’t start staying at someone else’s house!

Again, let’s try not to spread them and just focus on fixing the problem. If you’re crashing on someone’s couch, you might be taking it with you. Also, if someone was crashing into your couch shortly before your bed bugs came out and they’re still there, kick that person out!

# 3 – Don’t use bug bombs!

We have all used them at some point. We set up foggers around the house, activate them, and run for cover. It sounds like this would be a good idea, but all you do is spread a nasty repellent all over the house that will move the bed bugs but barely kill any of them. Bad idea. Anything that spreads bed bugs should be avoided and does not solve the problem (see numbers 1 to 3).

# 4 – Don’t wait too long before calling a pest control company.

Bed bugs have a lot of really bad qualities, but one of the worst is the fact that they can reproduce very, very fast (a female can lay up to 500 eggs in her lifetime). The longer you wait, the worse the problem will be. Unfortunately, there really isn’t any well-working pesticide you can buy from the store that clears it up. If you want my advice (and since you’re reading my article, I guess so), just spend the money up front to have a pest control company take care of it and avoid all the headaches later on.

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