Question by starah99: What is a safe way to kill bedbugs when there are small children in the home?
I have been itching like crazy, big huge welts on my arms, neck, and legs. Last night I found a bug on my chair, looked it up, and found out it is a bedbug. I have 8 children in my home, ranging from 18 months to 12 years old. Is there a safe way to kill the bugs without it affecting my children? I have never dealt with bedbugs before so I have no clue what to do. Any suggestions?
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Answer by jeff
take the kids to a friends house or stay at a hotel and let the pest control people fog your house. after they are done throw out the mattresses that have dots on them. the dots are dried blood the bed bugs poop after they take a blood meal from you. there may be eggs on the mattress so that is why i say to throw it out. look at your other furniture for these dark colored dots. they will be in the underside and seams of the material.
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I’m sorry that my answer is not very complete, but a friend of mine had bed bugs and used a powder. I believe it was baking soda and maybe something else.
I looked it up afterwards on google and found some good information.
try googling ‘pet safe bedbug’.
My friend powdered the room and left it for a day. it worked. no more bed bugs.
The powder method needs to be repeated a few times because of the eggs.
As far as I know, the pest control company method does not. They use something called dry steam which kills bugs and eggs. It’s more effective than the chemical method.
Orkin exterminators will use hot, dry steam to kill bed bugs in places you touch; chemicals are used to kill bed bugs in other spots by flushing the bugs out for steaming.
My advice is to NOT use Dryel. Freezing things for several days usually kills them, but be sure to seal things up in plastic bags if you use your freezer. In the winter, just take the infected items (in plastic) out on the back porch/patio for a few days. Always be sure to vacuum well and empty the vacuum into a plastic bag, then tightly seal and remove from the house immediately.