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How do you get rid of bed bugs?

I found two bedbugs on my bed earlier, and now I’m totally freaked. I feel like I have bugs all over me! How can I kill the little f**kers? I got all my sheets and blankets and am washing them as we speak in hot water. What about my mattress though? If I spray (SOAK!!) it with lysol will that take care of the problem? I guess now I know where these weird bumps have been coming from. How can I kill every last one of these disgusting little pieces of s**t!?

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Radiohead_Phreak offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (3 minutes after post)

LMFAO at helpbot
i dont know bro try this site

http://www.toronto.ca/health/bedbugs.htm

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erin offline Verified User (2 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Augusta, GA, US | 1 year, 5 months ago (4 minutes after post)

I didn’t know bedbugs were real.

ahaha.
I fail.

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1 year, 5 months ago (4 minutes after post)

What do those ******* look like?

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thep offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 15 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (13 minutes after post)

This website should help you to solve the problem. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_…

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Hello users,Im Sandy offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
CA | 1 year, 5 months ago (15 minutes after post)

exterminater??
and im f**ken freaked at bugs…
seriously…dude i ack like there going to kill me.
i cant even touch them because im afraid of contact. and i swear im not even lying when i say that i would DIE if i had to sleep with bed bugs.

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Nightowl offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (20 minutes after post)

Thats why I’m sooooo freaked out! I almost had a panic attack when I saw it! Seriously, I grabbed some ax spray, got a lighter, and burned that motherf***er on the spot!

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thep offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 15 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (22 minutes after post)

Well you are going to have to get an exterminator to do the job propperly. There is other good advice on that website.

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Hello users,Im Sandy offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
CA | 1 year, 5 months ago (24 minutes after post)

lmfaooo…i have this weird thing that looks like a tenis racket and when you click this button on it it shocks bugs. i remember this time with a fly and when i tried to kill it with it and there was this big spark. i dont remember screaming so much. like i was in a horour flick.

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thisamericanlife offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (1 hour, 32 minutes after post)

seriously…i just read like on 4 different sites how to kill em…and what your doing isnt gunna work. i think your best bet is to call an exterminator. and stop spraying that stuff on your bed…that stuff isnt supposed to touch your skin!!!!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

I’ve heard that putting your sheets in a bag then putting them in the freezer for a few hours kills them. Oh and if you give your mattress and other stuff a good shake too. But I didn’t know bedbugs were visible…nice.

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Nightowl offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

moonsetsk wrote:
I’ve heard that putting your sheets in a bag then putting them in the freezer for a few hours kills them. Oh and if you give your mattress and other stuff a good shake too. But I didn’t know bedbugs were visible…nice.

They look like giant fleas.

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Nightowl offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

And it takes a hell of a lot to kill them. I had to set off a bug bomb in my room.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

Bad luck dude.. YOu’re finished.. Bed bugs are on of the most resilient creatures on the face of the earth. Apart from nesting in your mattresses, bed bugs also live in bags and other crevices near your bed. Even if you kill of the ones in your bed, They’ll show up again at your bed. They only come out at night from other places to your bed. You can catch them red handed if you suddenly switch on the lights in the night. I had the same problem. The only way is to completely disinfect the whole house. They can be anywhere..They are watching you…

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Nightowl offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

Aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (1 week, 6 days after post)

owl hun, you might nedd to ditch your matress all together… boxspring too if you got one… call an exterminator cuz the **** they sell on the market for them doesn’t work well enough… you’ll still find em… good luck…

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (3 months, 1 week after post)

I got them too!!!!
Fudgeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
They are drivng me up the wall of insanityy i ******* hate these *******@!!!!
I feel like bombing my house and sarting fresh..walking away with nothing to get away from them!!!
I dnt know what too dooooo agh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i got bit 8 ******* times today and one on my face and caught 2 walking on the bed they are like living in hell –you start itching everywhere and feel like sumthing is crawlin up ur leg or arm or face ro hair..i alost feel i have lice or mites on me..!!
Man i wish i could start again and never get em..i have to move soon and im afraid to take anything …i want to dunk my cats in alcohol so they wont bring nymphs or watever the **** they are called ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (3 months, 1 week after post)

bedbugs are worse then roaches..worse than ANY bug out there..infact worse then mosquitos too!!!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (3 months, 1 week after post)

i threw my matress out –still there..i powedered the whole house with insectiGone –still there –i bought a 140 dollar vaacum and vaacum every fing day..still there..i washed my cats..stll there..i wanna ******* pour kerosine on there lil ***** and WATCH THEM BURNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN–I almost feel like they are reading this and are about to get revenge from me and bite the F out of me …SO NOW U GUYS KNOW WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN YOURE BECOMING SCHITZOFRENIC1!! BC THIS IS IT!!!!!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (3 months, 1 week after post)

And allllllllllll bc of beddddddddddddddddddd buggggggggggg bastrdddddddddddddddds

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Hello users,Im Sandy offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
CA | 1 year, 1 month ago (3 months, 2 weeks after post)

lol…potty mouth but funny.

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 3 weeks ago (1 year, 1 month after post)

Don’t forget to have your laundry properly treated!

You need a good exterminator and a company called Bugs’R'Gone Laundry in Toronto.

Here’s their site:

http://www.bugsrgonelaundry.com

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An Unknown Location | 1 week, 6 days ago (1 year, 5 months after post)

If you’re dealing with bed bugs in Toronto call Royal Forest Pest Services.

http://www.royalpest.ca

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