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Motherfucking bedbugs

post #1 of 31
Thread Starter 
"Goodnight...sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite."

I honestly thought this was a myth until a few years ago when my place was infested with the little vampire fucks. After being bedbug free for years, they've made a surprise return in the last week or so. There goes a good night's sleep for the next ten days until I leave for New York.

I've known people who've gotten them, tossed the matress, bombed the apartment, washed every piece of clothing and linen in hot water (they can hide in your clothes), and sprayed the place and weeks later they still had them. If you live in apartment and someone else has them, chances are, you have them too as they travel through tiny holes in the walls. You can even visit a friend and pick them up.

You don't need to be living in filth to get them either...they live and thrive in perfectly clean environments, feeding off human blood, not filth...since I'm moving to New York in about 10 days I'm a little relieved, but I hear they mainly spread through people traveling, hiding in their luggage, clothes, etc. So before I leave I'm tossing my luggage and buying a new set, washing and inspecting everything before I go and inspecting my new place when I get there, because I hear New York has had a massive resurgence in the last few years. Perfect.

Be afraid, be very afraid.
post #2 of 31
so it's nothing like the board game?



post #3 of 31
How can you reside in a hostel and not live in fear of a case of the crabs?
post #4 of 31
Thread Starter 
When I did live in a hostel, never had a problem with them, but I'm not there anymore.

And those bastards can be anywhere. Seen the news lately? They've invaded Park Avenue.

Bring back DDT.
post #5 of 31
They're at epidemic levels in NYC. Best of luck!
post #6 of 31
The bedbugs are indeed waiting for you in New York. I first started hearing about an epidemic here about two or three years ago.
And your bedbug-infested ass moving here isn't going to help, buddy!
post #7 of 31
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Originally Posted by Ambler View Post
When I did live in a hostel, never had a problem with them, but I'm not there anymore.

And those bastards can be anywhere. Seen the news lately? They've invaded Park Avenue.

Bring back DDT.
Ah, my bad. I thought you were still in the hostel and was like "what the...for real?" I'd expect bedbugs to be the most innocuous part of that kinda life.
post #8 of 31
Yeah, Mya Rudolph was the one that had to move because of them, right? Nasty situation.
post #9 of 31
I had the bastards in Chicago for a couple of months. It took two separate trips from the exterminator and two separate bombs, but I finally got rid of them. They're persistent fucks.
post #10 of 31
Have you tried bleach?
post #11 of 31
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Originally Posted by devincf View Post
They're at epidemic levels in NYC. Best of luck!
Yeah, was just coming to say this. They're all over the city. Four star hotels have them. Friend of mine recently had a scare with them... but it thankfully turned out to be nothing.
post #12 of 31
The whole hospitality & camping industry on the East Coast is scared shitless about this, especially since the only way to kill them on a large-scale is to basically fry them with microwaves. My job trained a couple of its employees on the machine earlier in the year, and the training alone ran like 4000 dollars per person. Not fun.
post #13 of 31
There was an infestation on my college campus my freshman year. And, as Ambler mentioned, it was brought in over the summer by a traveler (not a student) who had stayed in one of the language houses for a conference that had taken place on school grounds. I wasn't affected, thank God, but I couldn't imagine how much it had to suck to move all of your stuff into a dorm and then hardly two weeks later have to move it all out to be professionally washed and steam cleaned.
post #14 of 31
Thread Starter 
The problem is they don't just hang in beds or fabrics...couches, chairs, picture frames, smoke detectors, AC outlets, anything with a hiding space. They can be anywhere, so the best solution is to go get a can of gasoline and light a fucking match.
post #15 of 31
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Originally Posted by Ambler View Post
The problem is they don't just hang in beds or fabrics...couches, chairs, picture frames, smoke detectors, AC outlets, anything with a hiding space. They can be anywhere, so the best solution is to go get a can of gasoline and light a fucking match.

FUCK YA! BURN BABY BURN!!!!
post #16 of 31
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Originally Posted by MoonBaseNick View Post
FUCK YA! BURN BABY BURN!!!!
You joke, but a friend of mine actually had to do more or less exactly that after someone crashing on his couch spread the little bastards to his place, and even then he never really rested easy until he moved.

Wrapping your mattresses, couch, etc, air-tight in plastic and leaving them like that for a month or so can help, in combination with massive toxic pesticide bombing, but as mentioned above they can hide in a lot of different places. Good luck, Ambler.
post #17 of 31
i've been bitten in the middle of the night all over recently... blaming it on mosquitos till i see evidence to the contrary. its awful looking in the mirror and seeing all tehse pink spots. ugh. i've been sleeping with the window open with no screen because i was feeling like i wasnt getting enough O2 when i breathed which was a frightening feeling, so maybe bugs (insects?) are getting in
post #18 of 31
Never had bed bugs, but a few weeks ago I was staying on the sofa at my boyfriend's place. They had an old leopard skin on the back of the sofa (long story), and it turned out there were fleas in it. I woke up covered in bites. Urgh.
post #19 of 31
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Originally Posted by Cleo View Post
Never had bed bugs, but a few weeks ago I was staying on the sofa at my boyfriend's place. They had an old leopard skin on the back of the sofa (long story), and it turned out there were fleas in it. I woke up covered in bites. Urgh.
1) was it a real leopard skin?
2) i did not know fleas could survive without a host to feed on
post #20 of 31
Princess Kate - Yep, real leopard skin. It was inherited from a family member who was a vet at a zoo, and the leopard died of natural causes.

And as far as I know they can't for long - current theory is that they got into it off the family dog before it was flea treated, and were hanging on for a while waiting for something new to bite.
post #21 of 31
Cleo-
yikes! our old dog had fleas once, but our current puppy is so far parasite free.

also, thats cool. i did not know being a vet let you steal the skins of animals in your care my half-brothers family has all sorts of african animal skulls and what have you from when members of our family went to africa way back when.
post #22 of 31
Has anyone heard of an immunity to bedbugs? My girlfriend has been covered in bites the last few days while I remain completely untouched. It's wierding us out.
post #23 of 31
I'd imagine it something along the lines of why mosquitos don't bite everyone. You taste bad (to them)?
post #24 of 31
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Originally Posted by Walesczcak View Post
Has anyone heard of an immunity to bedbugs? My girlfriend has been covered in bites the last few days while I remain completely untouched. It's wierding us out.
maybe you're biting her in the middle of the night and suffering amnesia of the event? thats all i can come up with
post #25 of 31
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Originally Posted by Walesczcak View Post
Has anyone heard of an immunity to bedbugs? My girlfriend has been covered in bites the last few days while I remain completely untouched. It's wierding us out.
You might be a robot.
post #26 of 31
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Originally Posted by Cleo View Post
Never had bed bugs, but a few weeks ago I was staying on the sofa at my boyfriend's place. They had an old leopard skin on the back of the sofa (long story), and it turned out there were fleas in it. I woke up covered in bites. Urgh.
Why does your boyfriend make you sleep on a the sofa?
post #27 of 31
My boyfriend still lives with his parents, and his mother is a vicar. Neither of us are totally happy with the situation :P
post #28 of 31
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0950507/

a news story about mary louise parker and bed bugs. she seems more freaked out than I am (0 and I am still waking up bitten alot of mornings) dispite no bed bug ever having bitten her. over reacting?
post #29 of 31
I have a bedbug free bed that would be perfect for Ms. Parker.
post #30 of 31
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I have a bedbug free bed that would be perfect for Ms. Parker.
You should contact her representation then and get a message to her.
post #31 of 31
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Originally Posted by BadlyDrawnBagel View Post
I have a bedbug free bed that would be perfect for Ms. Parker.
You should also get an oven, cause the lady likes pie...

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