What can you get to kill bed bugs?

Answer 1

It's best to call in a professional as bedbugs are very good at hiding and can go for long periods of time without eating.

Things to do at home yourself:

• Vacuuming. Thoroughly vacuum your living space especially around where humans and animals sleep, eat, and walk around), including furniture (especially mattresses, couches, chairs, etc.), and get in all cracks and crevices to remove them from an area. Vacuum under picture frames, around the baseboards, behind and under furniture, everywhere, really. But vacuum cleaners can't reach all hiding places. Change the bag outside and often. Make sure none are on the vacuum cleaner when you bring it inside.
• Hot water. Washing everything possible, such as all clothing, bedspreads, throw rugs, and other items in hot water. Temperature of 120 F (49 C) can kill bedbugs.
• Clothes dryer. Placing wet or dry items in a clothes dryer set at medium to high heat for 20 minutes will kill bedbugs and their eggs.
  • You have to do these things and gathering up all clothing, inside drawers, closets, bags, etc. many times over weeks to get rid of them in case you've missed a couple. Even one left could result in more and more of them in due time.
  • There are professionals that can heat your home so you don't have to do all this work, but it is expensive, but worth it in the long run as home remedies can cost you just as much, but with more stress. Loss of furniture and ruined clothing, etc. Also professionals can use other methods to help remove and kill the bedbugs other than heat.

Answer 2

There are a number of products and kits you can purchase to treat the problem. Some involve chemical pesticides, others depend upon organic means of control, such as insecticidal dusts that tear away the bug's protective coating, causing it to die. These products can be found on the Web.

Answer 3

Buy fresh step crystals cat litter and a small blender. Grind the litter into a very fine dust, and then spray it around lightly (with a sports bottle, that's what I used) making sure not to do it too heavy. You can spray it everywhere: furniture, bed, wall outlets, carpet, everywhere. It will dry them out and grind in the joints. It takes a few hours to kill them and wont kill the eggs, but it will help control the situation. Make sure to spray it around the bed, they may still get to you to bite you but it will kill them after, lowering the numbers. You should hire a professional though. They will kill the infestation including eggs, for the most part. It may take a few calls for them to eradicate them all.

Answer 4

Isopropyl alcohol, needs reporting to the authorities though.

Answer 5

If you have dryer sheets that you use for your clothes put some in your mattress and blankets and put new ones every 3 weeks.