It took six months and five pesticide treatments to get bed bugs out of my house.
Thermal heat treatment was not available at the time of my infestation, or I would have opted for that. Heat treatment means you had bed bugs in the morning, and tonight you don't.
I wish I would have bought the Packtite sooner than I did. It wasn't cheap, but it immediately provided a way to kill bed bugs in shoes, paper, purses, hats, belts, jackets, backpacks, books, and other possessions.
It was not a picnic, and you'll know what I mean if you have bed bugs now, it was a nightmare. Unfortunately if you do have bed bugs now, you probably also understand that you are almost always behind the learning curve when it comes to bed bugs.
That is why this site exists; to shorten your learning curve and provide you with practical help to end your infestation sooner, rather than later.
After speaking with numerous "effective" pest professionals, and county health officials, I researched the science behind bed bugs and the poisons that kill them. Where and how pesticides are applied, information and personal behavior (living out of plastic bags anyone?) is what helps to get rid of bed bugs.
After six pest treatments, a bed bug sniffing dog inspected my home and declared the condo and the building's common areas bed bug free. A follow-up bed bug dog inspection six months later confirmed the all clear!
If you rely on facts and science, and do the most you can, you can get rid of bed bugs too. Information and behavior play a huge part in getting rid of bed bugs.
In 2009 Multnomah Public Health helped to coordinate a Citizens Bed Bug Advisory Task Force. I am a member of the task force, and the only member who has had bed bugs. We are working to have bed bugs listed as a "vector" which will enable the county to enforce eradication in tenant housing.
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