Question by Tatted up Chic:
Where do I buy inexpensive insecticide or pesticide to treat bed bugs?
My sister has bed bugs and we need to get her home together before her new baby is born . Where can we get a good inexpensive insecticide or pesticide. What exactly do we need? We already threw the mattress out and shes staying with me for a while until we can fix this problem please help and any ignorant comments keep them to yourself Thanks
Best answer:
Answer by the Great and Evil Kingpin, Pinky
For bed bugs? Take off all linens and freeze them for 24 hours and/or wash them in the hottest water possible. Do the same with any clothing in the room. Steam clean the mattress all over as well as the carpets. Vacuum in mattress seams, corners and drawers and freeze the vacuum bag. These steps will kill many of them for you off the bat.
Most pesticides contain the ingredients (dichlorvos, permethrin and malathion) to get rid of the rest, but bedbugs are VERY persistent and good at hiding. Best bet is to call the Orkin man.
One good step is prevention. A bedbug can live a year without food (you). Don’t make it easy on them. Isolate your bed the best you can to keep them from feeding on you.
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throw away everything and call an exterminator. the can live everywhere. you can go to http://www.webmd.com to learn more about the bed bugs. sorry that you have this problem.
My dear even I am facing a similar problem at home. I have tried Khatnil but again after 3 days new bed bugs are born. I m sorry to say that there is no cure for it, I have tried everything, but in vain.
So the best is to clean it once a week.