toawh Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I just found bed bugs in my bed! We bought a used bed frame! On inspection this morning it seems there were eggs on the frame that just hatched. Tiny little bright red buggers and my arm is covered in bites. None for dh. Arghhh! Dh just threw away the bed frame and our mattress and quilt and rug. I've washed the rest of the bedding in scalding water and put it through the drier on high. I vacuumed, and washed the vacuum with scalding water. I cleaned the baseboards near the bed with alcohol, and plan to wipe it daily for three weeks with alcohol. Is there anything else I should be doing? I don't know if I'll sleep well for weeks. I'll be waking up every few minutes to check for bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Never had experience with this but if you are still having problems, call an exterminator. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 We didn't have them, but when I thought we might, our county extension office was very helpful to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Sympathies. I wouldn't have thought that a bed FRAME could have them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Sympathies. I wouldn't have thought that a bed FRAME could have them. Yeah, thanks for the heads up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahB82 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 My parents brought them back from Utah a few years ago. Don't try to treat them yourself. Go ahead an call an exterminator and get them to handle it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenagerMom Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Go the bedbugger.com forums. You can dust the baseboards with Diatomaceous Earth and make some DIY bed bug traps to put under the legs of the beds. If they just hatched, you more than likely caught them early. Keep sleeping in the same room as the bugs were so that you can make sure they don't spread throughout the house looking for food. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalytic Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I'd hire someone to come heat up that bedroom TOMORROW. And I'd pray I didn't carry them to other areas of the house. Bed bugs suck soooo much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Sympathies. I wouldn't have thought that a bed FRAME could have them. Oh, honey, they can be anywhere. I know somebody who found them in the hole around the screws in her office chair. A bedframe is perfect - lots of nooks and crannies, and it's close to somebody who is immobile 6+ hours every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Spray with HotShot Bedbug Spray. (I got it at Home Depot) Start in the hallway, and spray across the doorway well (to make sure you don't just chase them out into the rest of the house, then spray around the baseboards and furniture, then a mist over the whole floor. The spray is completely odorless and dries quickly. We found two bedbugs in ds' bed after he started getting bites. We searched and found the tell-tale signs on the boxspring. Took that outside (eventually to the dump). Then, did everything you have done, plus sprayed the whole room as I described above. We sprayed around the mattress, too, even though we didn't see any sign of trails or eggs. Ds stayed out of the room for several days. We never saw another bedbug. I believe we caught it early (within the first week or two of their arrival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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