I'm so sorry you went through this. I hope you're okay now? My grandmother is going through a hell of a time with them atm. She had to throw her bed away and she's sleeping on a tiny sofa. I'm so sad 🥺
I know a master exterminator. There are 5 steps to eliminate of these bugs. 1) put all mattresses and box springs in anti bed bug casings. 2) wash all clothing, blankets, sheets, pillows and pillow cases in hot water, dry on the hot cycle. 3) vacuum all rugs thoroughly every 5-7 days, including under all beds. Also, shampoo all rugs at least once to kill any bugs in your rugs. 4) Steam all beds, all furniture and crevices near your bed once a week. Heat kills them and the eggs. Finally, 5) make sure all clutter and dirty clothes are kept in totes that close. This eliminates most of their breeding spots. Forgive my spelling but diametriois earth applied in a light dusting also kills them. Good luck
Excellent post and the diatomaceous earth is the best but I'm so overwhelmed with this and I'm up at 4:00am writing this as the peppermint oil rpels them but also makes them run away so I'm seeing them shuffle from the smell and I just put on brand new sheets. Keep light sheets om bed so you can see them. Folks don't know about the tiny specks are them too...that's why washing is important as there are tiny ones wishing to grow up omg....😢😮
She talked about the STEAMER & NEVER got to anything else. What mixture? Trynna get peppermint oil is a start, I vacuum & steam, because I'm avoiding them already & don't want them around.😮
Had the diatomacious earth down for over 5 months now. They still making trails through it. Yes, i put it down with a duster, just like you should. Im slowly losing my mind. Im not scared of anything.....n yet these little fkrs wont stop
It's extremely wrong to not tell people you know, when you have them. You have to let people who have visted or you've visted id you find you have them. You could have gotten them from them or they from you. Not telling people is just a really scummy thing to do to people you know
me three!! And I love the way she speaks as well. Really calming to me. I'd researched so many ways to get rid of these bugs. And also, we have NO IDEA from where did we get them into our house. All other solutions are neither portable or repeatable. This right here? Is affordable, portable, repeatable, safe , and my my my! I am just crossing my fingers and toes hoping this is IT! I think my husband is just about ready to move away from me since I'd been turning our room upside down every single day trying to find these bugs! Still yet to find one! And then? Wake up? MORE bites! GRRRRRRRRRRR.... :P
@@drivestorage1779 yes, this thing is no joke. They leave bruises. No one knows who had what first. I read that bedbugs were sprayed with anthrax and are being used as a biological weapon.
Heck yeah, thanks for sharing this is also what I do! I started steaming every week since 3 months ago when I found 5 or 6 adult bugs falling off my bed frame and I was beyond mortified. They hid in little nails and joints within the bed frames so I found small babies and eggs and I just had to do the steaming process every week. My family told me to chill and calm down. But when you go through this shit it is traumatizing af.
Omg I just found some in my room after we thought we had gotten rid of them years ago. I’ve been so traumatized by it in the past and losing sleep over it. It’s 3:30am and I can’t sleep at all thinking about the little bastards. Can you tell me what steamer you used??
I'm shaking and so upset that I could throw up. Just killed two of em. Found a baby one the week of my birthday. I'm so fed up and traumatized. I can't even go to sleep. Im willing to sleep in my computer chair.
Vacuum first everything , wash and dry ALL YOUR CLOTHES package them up in the bags right away before bugs gets to them , the last thing is STEAM EVERYTHINGS in the house many many times. I did that , never saw a bug in my house for the last three years
@@relatable-withlucyk1085 you need to get a mattress cover that zips up, the kind designed for bedbugs. It will keep more from getting in and the others from getting out. The ones in the mattress will starve to death.
This is so frustrating my dad refuses to get professional treatments like it's ridiculous I get eaten up every night and I have to suffer. I just pray that this works.
As an Exterminator, i give this a thumbs up. Now, dont forget to buy a Home Depot bedbug power, for all light switches and electrical sockes. You have to unscrew the panel. To blow powder around the inner box, not in the actual place you plug something into. Then, silicone the baseboards, all the way around the room. Including the insides of closet door frames. Dust and seal the base and tops of all other doors, window frames and light fixtures. Bedbugs will hide in the walls. So, blow powder around any pipe going into a wall then seal with silicone. Starting with the sink and radiators pipes. Then, you can steam bed and hot 🔥 wash laundry. P.S. make sure you wash curtians and clean clothes in draws near bed and couch 🛋 😴. Flip over night stands and steam all cracks and crevices! Including headboard, bed frames and night stand draws. Yes, its hard work, that's why we charge $350 a room. Also, after steaming carpet, outline the rug with that powder. A light layer aimed at perimeter edge. If you have powder left over, flip couch, steam and dust legs of couch. Focus in cracks and crevices, between and under layed fabric. I recommend an aerosol called Bedlam, for the deep areas you cant reach with steamer. Tho, the power will reach. MAKE SURE POWDER SAYS, "KILLS BEDBUG AND EGGS!"
Yeah, regular heating, discipline, bed bug traps (Bell labs Trapper max and other "mice glue" traps work better than climb-up-style protectors) and diatomaceous earth (but not every kind, just that specific that is meant for insect control) is the only way to get rid of them without heavy chemicals. They are becoming more resistant to chemicals and sometimes even professionals have to try different kinds of chemicals to find something that works especially here in Europe where neonicotinoids are forbidden.
I picked them up from a stay at a hotel in NC and what a nightmare. I too bought mattress and box spring encasements online and bought a canister steamer and finally got rid of them. Nothing else worked. I wish I had seen your video at the beginning of my bed bug nightmare. I've been 8 months now and no bugs. Hallelujah ! Your video is awesome thank you for sharing that with everyone.
@@RINATALKSTV Can one use any steamer? So many steamers online but I dont seem to find a temperature next to any steamer. Does all have the same temperature?
I'm so grateful for someone speaking up about them. Bed bugs dont care if you're clean or dirty (though it's good to try to keep clutter/trash to a minimum since it gives them extra spaces to hide!). We had a roommate bring them over, and even though our family cleaned every piece of clothing and linen we kept (threw out comforters that were too big to wash) and left all furniture, our roommate refused to. We moved and our room didnt have any for a month, not a single bite or anything, but with our roommate keeping their blow up mattress and not even putting their items in the washer or dryer, and them coming and sitting on our bed daily multiple times we sadly ended up getting them. I found one crawling on the wall and now I'm super paranoid. They are a pain to keep up on and can multiply super fast
And that's where I was struggling to fig out I'm like I'm the most cleanest person and I'm dealing with this.idk if it's cuz I'm a nurse and got them from work .I always take my clothes off at the door.leave the shoes at the door.and then I was thinking my kid's daycare that's a known place for them for be.either way I'm dealing with this and I'm going to buy my a streamer and get steaming the shit out of my house everyday.im 6 months pregnant and I can't bring my new baby home to this bullshit.
That roomate is being destructive that is horrible they should have to pay for your stuff and most definitely wash and steam and throw away belongings double bag stuff you cant wash or steam but leave them in for over a year bc one of them can live thirteen mos. without a meal. also the strongest rubbing alcohol helps put some in spray bottles. Diamatrous earth work wear a mask put down and vacuum every three days matress covers are a must and steam
Everybody remember, too: bedbugs are much more common than most people realize, because the stigma around bedbugs usually keeps people quiet because they’re too embarrassed to admit they have the issue. Just because you have bedbugs does not mean you are a dirty person. They spread easily and are too difficult to get rid of, so by the time most people realize they have them, they already have a significant infestation. As she so eloquently stated, “they are pesky little things“. Edit: 1 in 5 Americans either has a bedbug problem or knows someone who has a bedbug problem.
Had a friend sleep in my den on the couch. Went to wash the sheets and found bed bug heaven. I pray that they didn't get to any other part of the house. I threw the sofa, pillows and pictures from that room outside. I'm calling the city to come get that couch, calling the pest guy, getting a steamer and doing a house check. That sofa has got to go. Just the thought has got me tripping out. Btw...thank you for the tip.
I’m in an apartment and we’re dealing with them. I thankfully think it’s more “minor,” found a couple on the bed but it’s our couch that is ground zero :( today pest control came out and sprayed and we loaded up the dog and 2 for 4 hours. Came home and put the sheets and pillows in the dryer for an hour. Found 2 little babies since then... ugh! This is driving me INSANE, I wouldn’t wish these on anyone! I’m going to look into one of these hand held steamers, didn’t even think of those. Thank you!
Kuro Joseph that night was slightly terrifying because they were trying to escape the pesticide but it’s calmed down so much that we’ll maybe see a few live ones a day at most. The pest control is coming out for a second visit Friday and then the final 2 fridays from that. But what we’ve done so far is buy Diatomaceous Earth powder. And that has helped SO much. My couch is basically covered in it (we had already decided we were throwing it away when everything is “over”) and I’ve sprinkled it around my bed and in between my mattress and box spring just in case. Mattress and pillows have a protector on them now. Also, when we see a random one that’s not in powder, we spray it with rubbing alcohol - I know there’s controversy with it but it helps me to feel better knowing the thing is dead ASAP. I still have a bunch of stuff in bags that I’m not ready to take out until the final treatment. My anxiety has calmed a lot since the beginning with all of the above but I still check my bed every night and morning even though the problem is mostly the couch. I plan on using the steamer when all of this is over as like maintenance when we get a new couch and if I ever have a headboard. Good luck! It’s so mentally exhausting and feels like it’s gonna go on forever, but it will get better!❤️
I gave up on the "pros" after 5 times of having my apartment treated and it was just as bad if not worse. Vacuum, steam and when you see them give a nice squirt of Formula 409. Kills them on the spot, like insta-death.
@@laceyn13 that is how I feel too! Before I knew what was biting me I gave a whole bunch of clothes away. The shame and fear of telling my friend nearly gave me a nervous breakdown. I'm still weak as a cat and my stomach is raw from stress. My next door neighbor has never liked me because I had dogs. He's like this persnickety old man. I've been worrying he'll sue me when he sees the pest control company show up for the evaluation. I've been really sick for years. So I created the perfect storm for them to thrive. Please pray for me that I can get this solved. I don't have a washer to use just now either. Why does everything go wrong all at once? Just as soon as I have the heat treatment I will order a new washer/dryer so I can wash everything but I won't be able to solve this all at once. I just have about fallen apart over it all.
I know this is an older video, but I've got to just say thank you. I dealt with this a couple years ago, and it was a complete nightmare. The complex I was at paid for a heat treatment, and then we moved the heck out. Welp, I'm back at home from college because of quarantine, and we have them again. There's no way we can afford a heat treatment or anything like that. It's the worst in my dad's room. I've been deep cleaning everything regularly, going through the bedding every week, spraying stuff down with alcohol and all that. I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story and how you deal with it. I know God's got a reason, but hoo boi this whole thing can make you feel crazy and out of control. I hope they're gone for good in your home. You seem like a wonderful mother and a helpful friend. All the best.
You are very welcome I'm having to let some things go, before it tries to become infected, but I just uploaded a video about how to start outside your home first, and things that I've been trying has been working though
Bailey Hanes I saw a video last year recommending to use food grade Earth Diatomaceous along with chemical bed bug spray! You have to take out the outlets and put the powder in there because they hide inside outlets and walls. Apply the powder around all your baseboards and your drawers. You should wash all your clothes and bedding as you stated. Steam all your lamps practically everything . Vacuum and steam all the floors! Purchase a big steamer to make it easier! Sprinkle the powder around the baseboards and & under bed frame. As mentioned in the video cover your mattresses with plastic !
I had had a few bedbugs crawl to my bed when I had a roommate with serious bedbug infestation. I'd gone crazy and requested bedbug fumigation through the apartment owners. I actually had to do the spraying myself while the fumigation guy watched. I killed everyone of those evil blood suckers. This was about a decade ago and I've never had it ever since then. Those things, I must tell you, cause very serious psychological trauma. Good luck!
@Andros the apartment that has them is a two bedroom, two story. Quite big. All hard floor except for the closets. The bedrooms are upstairs. Downstairs, it's quite cluttered and messy, lots of boxes on the floor. I did a deep clean of my room every week this summer and didn't see any more on my bed or room, but I know my dad's room has it the worst.
Here because I just realised we brought them home after a hotel stay....i want you to know your a SAINT....thanks so much for posting this....i skipped by 4 or 5 commercial bs videos on the search until I saw your video...saw this one and thought...THIS lady will have some good advice for us...these bugs are eating my baby's up....thanks for the advice I can't afford the 900 dollars the pest co wants atm...my children thank you...Ill get these little devils...every last one of them....i promise you.
📢 THANK YOU !!! this really works!!! I was extra frustrated like 5 hours ago...found your video and found an old hand steam cleaner for windows in the closet. Vacuumed the couch and and steam cleaned it and my clothes. 😁 I'm sitting on the same couch bed bug FREE right now texting this. THANK YOU AGAIN!!! GOD BLESS YOU MISS LADY!!! prayers sent out for you, your husband and your children. 🏄
@@RINATALKSTV you def have helped a lot...thank you again. 😁 Idk of any products that actually work to get rid of em. (Had them years ago as well, a nightmare) steam cleaning is by far the most effective, really works. 🏄
Repeat 1x week for 6 weeks. There are eggs that might live. Bleach floors. Pinesol walls shampoo carpet. Wash all bedding at least 1x week . Vaccum every single day and wipe down everything every day with either bleach pinesol or ammonia
I moved and we had bedbugs in my old place. I took a cardboard box down from the attic I hadn’t touched in over 6 months. Turns out there where bed bugs in there still alive. They survived all the extermination attempts done in the old place too. This vid will help a lot
I was feeling defeated and ready to pay the money; I’m so thankful to God that you shared this works. I was just thinking the other day about a steamer
My previous tenants had bed bugs and never told me! 😡 I found out a few weeks ago. I had an exterminator do two treatments but there are still left. I will definitely buy this steamer for my new tenants who just moved In! Thanks for posting this video!!
@@ginamacdougall9012 noooo! I had an exterminator do two treatments before the new tenants moved in & I thought he killed all of them…. Roaches and bed bugs. The old tenants had bugs and never told me for years. Exterminator finally did get rid of all the bugs.
@@DenitaVTheCreator it doesn't get hot enough like steam. Even an iron wont work . Get diameticios earth from home DEPOT. Wash and dry clothes bedding. Spray mattress with color safe bleach 3x week . Get rid of clutter. Put photos books documents etc in a rubbermaid container u clean out with bleach 1st . Bleach floors counters dressers etc air dry. Vaccum like a maniac especially mattress . This takes months .
@@dianasimard956 Yes, it does. I am referring to bed bugs loving your blood. Therefore, they can be rightly referred to as 'blood bugs'. If you get bit by enough bed bugs, you will be praying to God to get rid of them, in the Lake of fire! Thanks for reminding me of the power of the blood-it will never loose its power!!
Bed Bug Removal I started to notice some bites in January of this year but new nothing about killing bed bugs. To prepare I watched video after video showing the different methods of removing them. I could not afford a professional service so I did this. I waited until we had a forecast high of 115F or 45C. I did this so the bugs could not go deep into the walls and survive. With the outside temperature hot enough to kill them on its own, I blasted the heat and fans inside. I held between 122 and 126 for almost 8 hours in my trailer, using heat from three 1500 watt baseboard heaters. Then instead of renting big fans at about $40.00 per day I bought a 20 inch or 50 cm box fan for the same price, to add to the 5 household fans I already own. If your area is larger buy more fans. I had plans to buy three box fans but they were sold out because of our heat wave. For me this was OK because I have a floor standing air conditioner and used the fan to compensate. With a combination of laundering and heat drying all fabrics, including all bedding and clothes, then heating my place up to a sufficient temperature, I am now bug free. People remember heat treatments work best at the hottest part of the year when bugs can not find holes in the vapor barrier and crawl near the outer wall to stay safe, because outside temperatures are too hot for that option. In winter heat will not work for this same reason, but during hot days it is pretty much a sure kill, if you have enough heat and fans. Hope this helps some of you as well as it did me. My total cost for laundry, fans and power, was about $190.00 and I now own all the fans. The heaters I already owned. If you need to buy them this of course this will up costs. To give you an idea my trailer is my holiday trailer and the floor area is 200 sq. ft. Scale your equipment up as needed. If it happens again I am now prepared in full . Other Methods: th-cam.com/video/DvgaEZ4A8RE/w-d-xo.html Carbon Dioxide Method th-cam.com/video/3r5GWiXtfs8/w-d-xo.html Dry Them Out th-cam.com/video/RUJj_kArOc8/w-d-xo.html Silica Powder th-cam.com/video/Q6tnMoUVax0/w-d-xo.html Killing With Heat etc. th-cam.com/video/ONWPYDL_zQE/w-d-xo.html Preparing a Home th-cam.com/video/ewL5nDE3FSI/w-d-xo.html Professional Equipment
You have to take a multi action approach with these bugs. My daughter got them. When we realized she had them, we bought black flag gallon crawling bug spray, bombed and diatomaceous earth. First we nombed, then sprayed all baseboards. My daughter tore the bottom out of the sofa, sprayed in there. After it dried, she saturated the inside of the sofa with diatomaceous earth. She also sprinkled diamonds earth along all of the baseboards throughout her apartment. She put mattress covers on all of the beds, but she also sprayed her bedframe and legs to her bed. She sprayed her night sands inside and the legs. She put diatomaceous earth inside of the mattress cover too. She did the spraying 3x over a period of about two months. She kept the diatomaceous earth down. Never a problem after that. As she had been coming to my house to do her laundry, it freaked me out, so I treated my house too as a precaution.
I’m so happy I accidentally came across your video ☺️☺️ you have actually given me life. Orkin told me 1300 😳😳 I don’t have that an I’ve been so depressed 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ thank you I’m going to follow your advice an I went out an brought two steamers will pick up another one tomorrow. Everyone will help me with this battle. Thank you soooooooo much 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🥰🥰
okay? I am in LOVE with this solution! I am going to first try this without washing the sheets but I will also be washing the sheets. You are amazing! When we travel, I be all bringing that steamer with me everywhere we go now! STEAM those hotel rooms!!! Thank you!!!!! Subscribed!!
I seem to have a light infestation. I’ve been bitten a few times over the weekend, I went through this before years ago so I know the drill. I have a hand held steamer so I am going to try that too
@@RINATALKSTV I had trouble with the steam not killing the eggs, I put tea tree oil in the steamer and it seems to have made a big difference. Everything is covered in DE at the moment, I am about to vacuum and steam everything again...God bless us all!
How is your problem doing? I paid Terminex to do the initial 6 month treatment (they say it's a small infestation and think it's going to be an easy fix but their technician only sprayed and inspected the beds and surrounding furniture. No mattress covers like I was expecting or anything. Even a verbal promise of returning for further treatment but my account does not show any promises of returns.) The technician also told me it would be too extreme to decontaminate BEFORE leaving my home to visit other people (prevent spread) and decontaminate AFTER returning from staying anywhere. What is your experience? They also don't seem to be worried about anything in the basement (even though we go down there for recreation purposes frequently) and they're not concerned about our single cat spreading them. It just seems weird to me and I don't completely trust them (I plan to do weekly/bi-weekly treatments on my own).
Girl... Thank you so much I was just WHEW I FELT LIKE I WAS RIGHT THERE WIT YOU.. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! MY UNCLES GOT ME LOSING IT. THEY JUST DONT CARE. I CANT TAKE IT!! THANK YOU! GOD BLESS💖
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH! Spread it EVERYWHERE around your mattress, frame, and cracks around carpet. I spread it around the top of my mattress too, making a circle/ barrier for the bed bugs to crawl over in order to get to me. This is the only thing that worked after weeks of bombing, bed bug sprays, and washing all bedding. The powder is cheap and effective. Leave it down for a few days or longer( yes your house will look like a winter wonderland). Please research why, and how the powder effects them. Quick synopsis: It’s completely natural and dries their bodies out as they take it back to their colonies.
Loved the video and never thought about steam. Thank you. Also use rubbing alcohol in spray bottles. Also remove the outlet covers don't pull it out the wall very far. Once all your outlets a pulled then get you alcohol and spray everything. We cleaned out Wal-Marts isopropyl alcohol b4 pandemic it cost about 100$ included trashbags to put all cloths in and set in the sun for a few days. to fully treat the trailer house. House was fully infected from the blinds to the vents and in everything inbetween. Took 2 day in total.
I found one crawling on my blanket today. First time I’ve ever seen one of those ugly things. The day after visiting my sister who just found out her previous tenants left bedbugs behind after she rented her house out for a couple years. I’m mortified AF
I'm dealing with the issue and I've been dealing with it and my landlord of my apartment commplex wont do ANYTHING. Last time about 3 years ago he had someone spray one damn room. I'm so upset and tired of suffering. I just found and killed THREE in under a few hours. I can't even lay in bed and go to sleep i'm so nerved up. I've washed and done everything. Brought Diatomaceous earth powder and rubbing alc and everything. I'm so livid. Thats for the info and opening up to us , I think I speak for alot of us .. we appreciate it.
Thanks, I hope you already got your steamer that the first way to get rid of bedbugs, just watch my most recent video about how to get rid of them, and go to the description and order your steamer!
@@RINATALKSTV Mines is coming tomorrow thank God , hoping this will work , thank you so much for your info and everything. I really hope this works for me and I hope it helps others xo
Thank you! I've been feeling tiny bites for months. I thought my cats had fleas. Pulled everything apart and those little black pepper looking blood sucking goblins are every where😭😭😭 Headed to get a steamer now! Will update. Thank you girl!
Update: all those black peppers were actually from a flea infestation! Upon closer examination and after dismantling my bedroom and while treating, the wetness turned the black peppers into BLOOD. I was so confused. And the only live one I found was so tiny I couldn't in fact identify it as a flea. So after ALOT of internet searching, I found those black pepper spots were actually called FLEA DUST. Flea dust!!! 😱 I can not even tell y'all how grossed out I am. I never saw one flea on my cats and they weren't really ever scratching. Turns out the carpeted cat stairs we brought into the bedroom was the culprit. I have learned a hard lesson about free furniture and my poor kitties! 😭 When I bathed them the bath water turned a disgusting rusty red color. The plagues of Egypt! Bout fainted! Flea dust is FECUES with undigested blood in it. Y'all!! Anyway if you start steaming and or spraying treatment on any black spots, and they turn bloody looking it ain't Bed Bugs. Lol
Brandy, I feel ya girl. Buy some 70% to 90% alcohol and put it in a spray bottle. Spray around your affected areas as well as use the steam. I buy bed bug powder and also regular soda. This dries them up when the walk through it. They become like the walking dead. This site is very good for telling you what to do. She is very good on explaining how to steam. There is a stigma about having these bugs from hell. Hang in there. 🤗Good look!
Thank you for this! I have a 13yr old and just noticed these bugs in his bed. Well his friends always sit on his bed when they come over. I just had a new born and me and him don’t have bites. I’m just glad I have one room to fully tackle but I’m still taking on the whole house. These stores are wild about bed big especially if they are worst than roaches 🙄!
I Love this video I wish I would of seen it when I was suffering. You are helping soooo many people. It literally gave me ptsd and if I see a small spec that resembles one I have a mini heart attack
Oh my goodness thank you! We have been trying to get rid of these things for what seems like forever. I'm going to be telling all my neighbors about this video as well since we live in an apartment complex. With all of us workin together we can kick these things for good instead of from apartment to apartment.
Thank you for sharing, I have bugs crawling on me at night everytime I look around I find them on the wall on my bed I mop I sweep wash clothes for a couple of days they disappear and I see them coming around again..getting frustrated
She is absolutely right. I’ve mixed DE, baby powder and baking powder and put that around the bed in mattresses. Vacuumed the mattresses and then steamed them and around the bed also sprayed alcohol mixed with water around the bed. Now I’m waiting on a product called Crossfire to be delivered. It’s what the exterminators use, once I use that I will get some thick plastic or a mattress encasement and seal the mattres after I have sprayed everywhere.
You should be taking that headboard off the wall because they're most likely nested behind that as well. Also any wall hanging pictures and loose bits of wallpapers, drapes etc. I used a steamer with a pointed nozel to get inbetween wood pieces on the bed frame. There's a powder you can get to puff into your outlets. Steam along all baseboard as well and top moulding if you have it. I removed all carpet throughout my home and went with hardwood flooring (still have to steam that too but harder for them to hide.) You can go with perfo flooring to. Place food containers under the feet of all furniture and put some babyoil in the bottoms then they cant climb onto it. Make sure no drapes are in contact w furniture and keep furniture off the wall at least 4 to 6 inches. Get rid of all baskets dried flowers etc. They love books magazine newspapers stacked. Try to reduce as much clutter as possible. They also hide in electronics and multi outlet power strips. They're very difficult and you have to be vigil for at least 9 to 12 mos. They die if they can't feed. Biggest protection stay the heck away from thrift stores like goodwill, savers etc. They don't wash and dry these products as they say. They're too busy and too much comes in so its not profit effective for them. Pure alcohol (medical not to drink) kills them on contact but highly flammable. You can also use a natural disinfectant try to get a lavander scent they hate it and this too kills them on contact for some reason. But yeh they come mostly from thrift 2d hand stores these days. And guests who go to them. They've spread worse than ever throughout the US over the past few years. There's multiple reasons why but no one is allowed to say it. Same with head lice. I successfully got rid of them, took a week then 12 mos of starving them. My kid went to savers and poof suddenly they're back after a few mos of nothing (I've found 3 young ones so far) Im not happy.
No edit on mobile sorry. I want to add that most people you know won't tell you if they have a bedbug or lice problem because they get embarrassed thinking it means they're dirty people. Not true, my home has always been extremely clean. These type of bugs don't care about a clean or dirty home but their colonies will grow in places with a lot of clutter and where people don't clean.
CrossFire. Lavendar deters them, doesn't kill them. Not worth messing with but smells lovely. And for headlice, get your Doctor to write a script for a shampoo that kills them and the knits on contact. Repeat on day 7. You won't have to pick them out of your hair. Just wash the bedding in the morning. You're welcome. (Medicare pays for it but otherwise it's $200 a bottle. And the FDA Approved a topical suspension for kids under 10 in 2005. Lindane is the other one. Again, just ask your doctor. Tell them u tried the over the counter stuff first. Makes getting the prescription easier is all)
I use a similar steamer. I will say you are moving your steamer too fast over those areas. Move at the rate of 1 inch per second maximum speed. Go slow. I've seen adults running from the steam and even out in the open it takes a good blast to kill them, so go slow over those cracks, etc.
your Steamer works one treatment and that night i seen 2 bugs now it's been 3 weeks I've seen not one live bug. I use diatomaceous earth food grade for 2 months Dead Bugs are all under the bed and in the Room. steamer kills EGGS & BUGS Thank you.
Thank you - it's a ton of work. They've been in my house for 4 damn years.... I didn't know they were still here until my daughter came back from college. It TOTALLY sucks. Thanks for your help.
My dear i know that feeling. we dealt with these things for 5 years tried everything even steaming but they were so damn resilient cuz they had spread it was a damn i near infestation, we spent so much money and I even developed an allergic reaction to their bites which broke me out everywhere my face looked A mess finally what worked was ortho home defense haven't had these demonic creatures for 3 years now but I get you these things can drive you to your limit.
I had them and I had used diamatrias Earth a whole bunch of it and I vacuumed and did everything but honestly what helped me was literally washed and dry everything you possibly can and then buy a steamer it's $100 from harbor freight and steam your mattresses steam the floor steam everything you cannot wash wear gloves because it gets very very hot and just seem the heck out of everything and buy mattress covers after you do that and literally that saved me I was doing other things for months literally
I got them so bad one time from letting a friend sleep on my couch!! I had to leave wit my daughter but if ur bed is pushed up against the wall pull it out cause they are back there and if there is an outlet they could be in there!!!
Have gotten them twice! I drive trucks that other drivers also drive.Certain that is where I got them. Wash everything in HOT water and dry on HOT! Vaccuum often, use spray and spread diatomatious earth at the threshold to prevent them from leaving the room! Stay dilligent! Repeat often!
Thank you so much I was crying feeling these crawl all over me lawd Jesus can't go to the store till the morning but hope my iron can bring me relief until then! Nothing else has worked ! (I heard diatamaceous earth powder from home depot or baking soda can help if you don't have these on hand and need mild relief until you go to the store folks! We can get thru this 😬✊
I am almost certain that we got motherbuggers delivered with new furniture:( Bought new furniture during pandemic and had to wait almost 8 months for it. Delivery was 2 guys and a truck. We are older, do not go anywhere, not even go out to eat. I have become a steam genie!!! TY for video.
@@jamesb1525 No. Too many places for them to hide. But I got cinerex. And thos great spray ( that worked fantastically! The cinerex takes time but kills them + eggs The spray kept them away while it was working. Tog' r they saved me sev'l thousands in exterminator fees!! I have not seen any in months! So 😊!!!
I have bedbugs right now , theyre on my couch, but i killed alot of them! I sprayed Febreze all over my couch ,which kills them! Took the cover off, washed in hot water! But i still see one or two everyday! And its been a week since i discovered i have them! Thank you for your video!
Your so welcome, and I'm glad that you got right on it, I promise you can get rid of them, with everything I"m sharing my videos, and you can order the products from my amazon links on other video!
@@RINATALKSTV thank you so much, this is the second time I'm having bedbugs , I never thought I would go thru this again, but I will get them all gone eventually! Thank you so much!
Thank you for shearing this good ideas! I have been facing this problem long time and now I did what you did and now I am in good sleep. Thank you once again!😊
Thank you so much for this video, I had no idea on what to do and was feeling bad about myself. I just ordered the Steamer, and have started to get to work on getting rid of these little BASTARDS!!!
We had them when I was 13. I would wake up in the middle of the night to my mom flicking her lighter. I remember I asked her one time what she was doing half asleep and she just told me “nothing go back to sleep”. She was burning the ones crawling ready to feed off me. It got the point to where I would sleep in the bathtub. I couldn’t even bring myself to sit down half the time it’s a NIGHTMARE. We heat treated the house and even after that it took months for me to feel fully comfortable. It gives you PTSD I was constantly on the look out or even if I a piece of hair was on me my heart would stop.
I had trouble with these pests before really bad. I tried all kinds of things to get rid of them and they still lingered. I sprayed some 91% isopropyl alcohol everywhere and I haven't seen any of them since. I was surprised because I read somewhere that alcohol doesn't have a residual effect on them but it's been approximately 2 weeks and still nothing.
And it stuns them for 4-6/days but doesn't kill them. Look up Green Akers Pest Control on youtube. And buy CrossFire and a steamer and stop with the alcohol before you burn the house down or the hairs from your lungs. So unsafe
I don’t know what to do, we’ve been dealing with this problem for now 3 years. We’ve tried so many things, washed all our clothes in super high temperature, the white powder thing, I also heard baking soda was good, essential oils, we sealed the small place between the walls and flooring, a bag for each mattress, we glued around the each bed. We used the steamer and they would go away for a few weeks and then comeback again. We used the steamer so much we broke it. The weird thing is that they always comeback around September and disappear in December. We have had companies come by and they’ve told us not to use their services because they can’t find any trace, no blood spots, no poop, nothing and they’ve said that our problem is minimal and can be handle it ourselves but here we are still dealing with these things 3 years later!!! I thought perhaps I was imagining things but Unfortunately a dog that’s it’s trained to smell them confirmed that we have them, plus the bites we have when we wake up. We also don’t get bitten every night but every 3-4 days, and always around the same areas. Is that’s normal?
I have a playlist of videos that will take you step by step on what to do, if there is not an infestation than you should be fine, I haven’t heard my children complaining about bedbugs anymore, nor my husband and I haven’t been bitten or see any, so what I have doing is working, but like I tell everyone you have to stay on top of the problem until they are all gone!!
We hired an exterminator(waste of money)& had gotten rid of them but they came back after about 6 weeks. They hide & lay eggs in EVERYTHING! So, the eggs were hatching. We used Suspend SC (I hear Crossfire is good also) & spray everything (baseboards, the cracks between the floor & baseboards, mattresses, around the door & window seals of every room in the house, the doors, inside the sides & outside of the dresser drawers, closets, behind wall decor, the couch, around the entertainment system, ALL furniture) EVERY week. Don't forget to spray the headboards, front & back, & the wall behind the bed (watch the sockets...put DE powder in all sockets). I even sprayed the lower parts of all walls! Wash comforters, sheets, throws, & pillows EVERY week. It's a lot of work but you have to stick to it for a couple of months. We had a lot of books so basically I took EVERYTHING (decor too) from the shelves & put into trash bags and set them in the trunk of my car & parked in the sun. It finally worked. Stick with it. Don't let these lil terrorists win!
Yes they dont feed every day. My guess is someone who comes over keeps giving them to u. Even if you dont see the person at home and meet elsewhere they can get on u or ur purse and u bring it home again.
I have yet to tell anybody about my problem, i got it from a neighbor over a year ago and its been a battle my room is the worst! Deff doing this method! And hope to get some relief
All along I been thinking it was mosquitos that were biting me or I was getting rashes but I finally found out it was bed bugs!! The main area they always aim for is around my chin 😡 Spotted a few in my rooms and they were the babies. Smh gonna have to throw away my whole bed set and spray my whole room before I put in my new bed set because getting rid of them are too hard
Tossing furniture can make things worse. If they are living in your mattress and you throw it out the few that fell off or are hanging out some where else, will move into other furniture like your couch, TVs, books, etc. The best thing to do is figure out the room they are nesting in and treat the hell out of everything using steam like her, heaters, sprays, de, etc.
We do what we gotta do as mother’s dont we lol! Kudos for all the work you’ve been doing and goin through for you and ur babies and tysm for not being shy but realizing we all deal with different things that we can’t help and ain’t even our faults. I commend you on doin that and helping so many mothers out there that are pulling out they hair tryna figure out wtf to do cuz they can’t afford the expensive treatments
I moved into my new Apt and my brother came to stay for a couple weeks AND NOW IM FREAKIN INFESTED!!😩😩IVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY 😢😢😢… I think im going CRAZY!!! I’m already suffering with depression , Anxiety, and PTSD AND NOW I HAVE TO GO THRU THIS??!!?!?!? Im so sick of life😔😔😔
First time I heard about bed bugs was from my sister up north.. I had no idea these things exist in Alabama. But thank God she had already knew what I should do. But I am currently about to buy a steamer.. she told me she used a blow dryer 😅 I love her
girl yes!!! i have a large steamer, that rolls around, and i do a thourogh steam after removing all bedding and animals etc... i steam it all, then i do a vaccuuming.... stand the mattress up against the wall, and througoughly steam...again!!! then i make a inesol/dishsoap and water mix, spray in on and scrub the bed with a dollar tree scrubbing brush...THEN i do another through steam of the matters (and my kids have bunk beds), so i steam all of that and remove all slats etc... same with the couch...if you cant remove cushins, easily...just buy a dollar tree drop cloth (or two) they are plastic, and seal up the furniture you need to, and make just a big enough opening to insert the steam nozzle, and just allow the now "bubble" to fill with hot steam air...yes you need to stay consistent... i did this at the beginning of quarantine, and all was well untill 4 days ago, i found just 2 bugs, but i said oh no...and im starting my process all over...also when i bag up my laundry and bedding, i twist it closed tight, and stick the nozzle of the steamer in, and again let it steam in the bubble, rior to going to the laundry mat... thourgh vaccuum of carpets and mop of floors.... stay on top of it, and they will go away... however its difficult,if you have kids that go to school, and if the school has a bug there, and they bring it back... just make a routing, to steam at least once a week, this works SO MUCH MORE EFECTIVELY than any powder i have used!!!!! deffinitely worth it... time consuming, but better than being bit up!!!!
Hello, happy you could get rid of your bed bugs. Please can you give the name of the steamer you bought or link where I could buy one? Thanks in advance.
Thank you for this. I made the mistake of buying a mattress on Amazon, the first month I didn't notice anything and now I find bed bugs and it's revolting. I have never had them before. Thankfully I don't have carpet.
Thank you for being real and telling it like its! I really appreciated you taking the fine to show us how to get rid ice these nasty ass bugs! Cuz im tripping girl!
Bless you Rene I listen 👂 to all the time Rene I told you about two weeks ago I was going to go find me a boyfriend are a husband you answered me back saying let him come to me but Rene I been Waiting for 11 years and right now today still don’t have any body I can call my on the one I can not live with out my soulmate Kene have a good day bless me and family’s
A family friend moved in last week and I noticed I've been getting bumps. I decided to check my bed and I found 1 bed bug on the matress and 2 on the frame after seaching for 2 hours I'm not infested but thats 3 many and I'm here asking for help and advice on how to make sure this problem does not turn into an infestation.
I’m in a recovery house right now, and we just found them in the one room. There was an exterminator that came to spray stuff but I’m so scared they will spread into my room. I don’t know what to do at this point, but I have plastic on my bed, traps, I spray rubbing alcohol and vacuum regularly. I hate this! We are very clean also, moving is not an option either. I have spent thousands to get myself back to square one and I feel like I’m falling apart again. Any recommendations?! Cause if not I’m about to take a loan and get the place heat treated.
thanks for this, I have been researching for a while now because I want and need to get rid of them. It’s getting worse and no one in my house dies anything about it, like it’s a norm and I feel just disgusted to even go and hang with my friends so deffff trying this!
This is partly why I'm a minimalist...but my in laws house has them bad and I tried somethings to help them. They had a broken bed and were using cinder blocks and those bugs were in the damn crevices of the cinder blocks...🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ My husband has been dead for 3 yrs but I hate his mom and son are suffering though I think she is kinda used to it and doesn't mind. But when he passed and I moved out I washed everything I used on a reg basis then bagged everything else. I did use alcohol in their house but my husband was on oxygen and said the alcohol was bothering his breathing as well as reg bug spray. But the alcohol did keep them at bay.
I threw my bed away when it first started. i bought an air bed that people say the bugs can't get on them. that is not true, they do get on them. I can not put a cover on it because I have a head board on this one and it is not one like is on a regular bed. I had an exterminator here twice and I only found 4 dead bedbugs. spraying-no dead bed bugs. I did the bombs and found at least 50 bedbugs. Everyone say that the bombs don't work. They do work, and I will be doing another one soon. I did 3 at a time and they are inexpensive to buy.Now I have made an "iland around my bed. I put tape around it, earth on top and then a blanket to lay on. and the earth all around the bed. they cannot cross tape. I am doing all the walls. i have ordered a steamer like yours.of course I am also vacuming every day and endlessly washing clothes. I would move or sell the house if I could.
Even seeing the b.b. cartoon. Causes a feeling of deeeeeeep hatred 😑😤 Thanks for the video! And you're so right! They're literally the worst bug to have ever!!! Bugs straight from hell.
If you don’t have a steamer you can get the sprays and diatomaceous earth and vacuum empty vacuum…vacuum..empty vacuum…vacuum empty vacuum. Repeat repeat repeat…. Make sure when you empty you put it in a bag and tie it or seal it shut! This worked for me with a small infestation
So we've been battling these little spawns of satan himself off and on for a few months. We figured out they originally hitchhiked on one or more of us from a hotel room me and my family stayed at(not a crappy one either). My dad (who used to be a pest control specialist) said STEAM DEFINITELY WORKS. We will be purchasing a steamer asap
True…fly somewhere, stay in a hotel…there you go…bringing those critters home. Many people shop at thrift shops…beware of what you are bringing home. One of the worst insects to get rid of. Even when you think you have done everything…try putting a pair of your shoes into a plastic bag…set it outside in the sun a couple of days…see if bugs are in there in the bag. I am good now and just feeling sorry for people suffering. That’s why I reply at all. Steam helps, all of the bug sprays on the market, not so much. I used home defense, a spray bottle with 90% rubbing alcohol, a steamer, and for rug shampoo…added salt and baking soda. Little bugs wanting to travel through that…salt will scratch their shell and dehydrate the buggers. People think they have no infestation at all…really? Shake out your clothing or a towel over a tub…that is where they live. Had them in my car too! I lived it…no longer…all dead. Hope this helps somebody. Off the subject.
I wrote earlier about how to get rid of bed bugs. I forgot to add, steam your bed and mattress before you encase them. Plus put traps under your bed legs to keep them off your bed. Lastly, make sure you steam all furniture once a week or more often for several weeks. Read my previous post as well. Plus, shampoo all rugs in your house!
Yeah bed bugs are the worst possible bug you could ever have and if you got an apartment you might as well move because they're going to spread and if you have a house you can basically get rid of them but it's going to take probably 6 months I had to Buy a mosquito net tent and set it up to where I wouldn't get bit and I finally got rid of them.... this was probably 7 years ago and them things will give you PTSD
@@scubatuba1083 best thing I can tell you is to buy rubbing alcohol over 90% because that kills him on the DOT. And if you can find a mosquito net somewhere to sleep in that's the only thing that's going to keep you from going crazy at night thinking every little thing that touches you is a bed bug, and honestly the only way you're going to get some sleep, they got this machine for like $299 and it was probably the best machine that I seen that could actually catch them because they only bite us because they can since the CO2 that we breathe out whenever we're asleep and this machine replicates CO2 and they come right for it and basically get stuck. But sorry to hear you moved into bed bugs just remember don't take any furniture to any new place everything left to be thrown away cuz just one bed bug and start the whole thing over again.
No need to throw all your personal items away like picture frames, extra clothes, DVDs and VCR tapes. Nuvo strips put everything in a plastic bag and leave it there for 2 weeks. Only thing is it's going to cost between 40 and $50. If you can afford it, you can buy a bed bug steamer for $130 to $150 and steam your mattress and your rugs and your baseboards and anything else you want in your whole house because it has extra accessories. I know, it's kind of expensive but cheaper than an exterminator.
Thanks kindly as I've Never had probs w anything like this B4..just ticks & NEED to find out where to get Steamers from ASAP TOO 🙏 Have a Blessed day wknd Too!!!
Thank you so much hun with a very full house n a little one n animals it's hard to do the bombs which did not work bc of the stuff the hide behind n under I am going nuts I'm going to go get a steamer right now thank you again sweetie ❤️
This video helped out a lot when I had these last year, got rid of them fast from you techniques but it was wayyyy faster when I ordered this stuff called Crossfire, I got the smallest bottle I believe it was around 40-70 bucks in total I can’t remember but it was small but it was powerful, you mix half the bottle and pour like a gallon or half of gallon of hot warm water in a chemical pump sprayer from homedepot you can use the cheapest one you can find, and go in every hiding spot you can find or think of, we went through our whole mattress because that’s were they were mostly at and after that about a month later I only found 1 and that’s about it. We caught on early but the bites I were getting were outrageous and I couldn’t handle it, it felt like I was getting bit by several of them a night but I could never find them. When I did find some and it was very few I was really disgusted and it was a weird feeling because it’s like damn these little ass things that are hard to find and get rid of are finding ways to get to me and bite me every night
Where do you spray? I just doused my whole house in crossfire. So tired. Put my sheets outside until I have time to wash tomorrow 😢 now its time for me to go to sleep and pray not to be bug dinner
Hi I have a question.. How do you clean electronic equipment like computers? because I have bedbugs around my computer and Im being bitten in my computer room.
But you have to stay on top of the problem, you can't do it once, not even twice, i have a playlist on how to stop infestation, before it even starts, so please check it out "How to get rid of bed bugs | Prevention!
That saying “don’t let the bedbugs bite” hits different when you experience bedbugs. Shit is horrible.
It's a fucking nightmare
@@natashacherrelle it is one of the most horrible experiences I’ve ever had. I’d rather have fleas in the house.
I'm so sorry you went through this. I hope you're okay now? My grandmother is going through a hell of a time with them atm. She had to throw her bed away and she's sleeping on a tiny sofa. I'm so sad 🥺
@brittany boos i promise you its damn near muuuch work cause they be EVERYWHERE specially if you have carpet
That sentence is Traumatizing now
I know a master exterminator. There are 5 steps to eliminate of these bugs. 1) put all mattresses and box springs in anti bed bug casings. 2) wash all clothing, blankets, sheets, pillows and pillow cases in hot water, dry on the hot cycle. 3) vacuum all rugs thoroughly every 5-7 days, including under all beds. Also, shampoo all rugs at least once to kill any bugs in your rugs. 4) Steam all beds, all furniture and crevices near your bed once a week. Heat kills them and the eggs. Finally, 5) make sure all clutter and dirty clothes are kept in totes that close. This eliminates most of their breeding spots. Forgive my spelling but diametriois earth applied in a light dusting also kills them. Good luck
Excellent post and the diatomaceous earth is the best but I'm so overwhelmed with this and I'm up at 4:00am writing this as the peppermint oil rpels them but also makes them run away so I'm seeing them shuffle from the smell and I just put on brand new sheets. Keep light sheets om bed so you can see them. Folks don't know about the tiny specks are them too...that's why washing is important as there are tiny ones wishing to grow up omg....😢😮
She talked about the STEAMER & NEVER got to anything else. What mixture? Trynna get peppermint oil is a start, I vacuum & steam, because I'm avoiding them already & don't want them around.😮
Had the diatomacious earth down for over 5 months now. They still making trails through it. Yes, i put it down with a duster, just like you should. Im slowly losing my mind. Im not scared of anything.....n yet these little fkrs wont stop
I’m in love how she’s not a afraid to tell what’s going on, So humble 💓
It's extremely wrong to not tell people you know, when you have them.
You have to let people who have visted or you've visted id you find you have them.
You could have gotten them from them or they from you.
Not telling people is just a really scummy thing to do to people you know
Yes me too🌷
me three!! And I love the way she speaks as well. Really calming to me. I'd researched so many ways to get rid of these bugs. And also, we have NO IDEA from where did we get them into our house. All other solutions are neither portable or repeatable. This right here? Is affordable, portable, repeatable, safe , and my my my! I am just crossing my fingers and toes hoping this is IT! I think my husband is just about ready to move away from me since I'd been turning our room upside down every single day trying to find these bugs! Still yet to find one! And then? Wake up? MORE bites! GRRRRRRRRRRR.... :P
@@drivestorage1779 yes, this thing is no joke. They leave bruises. No one knows who had what first.
I read that bedbugs were sprayed with anthrax and are being used as a biological weapon.
Bc it's not bc of her being nasty... you can be clean and still get them
Heck yeah, thanks for sharing this is also what I do! I started steaming every week since 3 months ago when I found 5 or 6 adult bugs falling off my bed frame and I was beyond mortified. They hid in little nails and joints within the bed frames so I found small babies and eggs and I just had to do the steaming process every week.
My family told me to chill and calm down. But when you go through this shit it is traumatizing af.
Omg I just found some in my room after we thought we had gotten rid of them years ago. I’ve been so traumatized by it in the past and losing sleep over it. It’s 3:30am and I can’t sleep at all thinking about the little bastards. Can you tell me what steamer you used??
It literally gave me and my man ptsd
I'm shaking and so upset that I could throw up. Just killed two of em. Found a baby one the week of my birthday. I'm so fed up and traumatized. I can't even go to sleep. Im willing to sleep in my computer chair.
@@QueenJayJackson im Praying for you I know how horrible they are
@@SincerelyUtu I paid $100 and got one from harbor freight its amazing
Vacuum first everything , wash and dry ALL YOUR CLOTHES package them up in the bags right away before bugs gets to them , the last thing is STEAM EVERYTHINGS in the house many many times.
I did that , never saw a bug in my house for the last three years
And make sure you take a shower too!
@Sam Max, thank you for the information. Where do I get the kind of steamer? What brand is it?
Dear great people, if they have entered in the mattress, how do you get rid of that?
@@relatable-withlucyk1085 either steam, boiling hot water, or an iron
@@relatable-withlucyk1085 you need to get a mattress cover that zips up, the kind designed for bedbugs. It will keep more from getting in and the others from getting out. The ones in the mattress will starve to death.
This is so frustrating my dad refuses to get professional treatments like it's ridiculous I get eaten up every night and I have to suffer. I just pray that this works.
It will as long as there isn't an infestation
Welcome to da club my dad da same way
Use baking soda or a spray bottle of rubbing alcohol boom gone
Me too still have them
It will work, I’m living proof, you have stay on top them, and as long as there is no infestation you’ll be fine
As an Exterminator, i give this a thumbs up. Now, dont forget to buy a Home Depot bedbug power, for all light switches and electrical sockes. You have to unscrew the panel. To blow powder around the inner box, not in the actual place you plug something into. Then, silicone the baseboards, all the way around the room. Including the insides of closet door frames. Dust and seal the base and tops of all other doors, window frames and light fixtures. Bedbugs will hide in the walls. So, blow powder around any pipe going into a wall then seal with silicone. Starting with the sink and radiators pipes. Then, you can steam bed and hot 🔥 wash laundry. P.S. make sure you wash curtians and clean clothes in draws near bed and couch 🛋 😴. Flip over night stands and steam all cracks and crevices! Including headboard, bed frames and night stand draws. Yes, its hard work, that's why we charge $350 a room. Also, after steaming carpet, outline the rug with that powder. A light layer aimed at perimeter edge. If you have powder left over, flip couch, steam and dust legs of couch. Focus in cracks and crevices, between and under layed fabric. I recommend an aerosol called Bedlam, for the deep areas you cant reach with steamer. Tho, the power will reach. MAKE SURE POWDER SAYS, "KILLS BEDBUG AND EGGS!"
I bet you don’t get told this nearly enough, so thank you for what you do. You literally work hard so other people can sleep peacefully at night.
Thank you so much! ❤️
@Jennifer Russell diamatrous earth you can get it at home depot
Yeah, regular heating, discipline, bed bug traps (Bell labs Trapper max and other "mice glue" traps work better than climb-up-style protectors) and diatomaceous earth (but not every kind, just that specific that is meant for insect control) is the only way to get rid of them without heavy chemicals. They are becoming more resistant to chemicals and sometimes even professionals have to try different kinds of chemicals to find something that works especially here in Europe where neonicotinoids are forbidden.
@Jennifer Russell home depot bed bug powder! or diatomaceous earth
I picked them up from a stay at a hotel in NC and what a nightmare. I too bought mattress and box spring encasements online and bought a canister steamer and finally got rid of them. Nothing else worked. I wish I had seen your video at the beginning of my bed bug nightmare. I've been 8 months now and no bugs. Hallelujah ! Your video is awesome thank you for sharing that with everyone.
Your so welcome!!
@@RINATALKSTV Can one use any steamer? So many steamers online but I dont seem to find a temperature next to any steamer. Does all have the same temperature?
@@danewillams6799 sorry I don’t know how they all work, but I’m pretty sure that there is a button to push to get it started
@@RINATALKSTV Thank you , Merry Christmas to you :) .
@@danewillams6799 your so welcome, Merry Christmas!
I’d rather have roaches
Yeah I know how to get rid of them real easy
@@RINATALKSTV What kind of steamer is that ?
😂😂😂
Ikr
Yess!!!!
I'm so grateful for someone speaking up about them. Bed bugs dont care if you're clean or dirty (though it's good to try to keep clutter/trash to a minimum since it gives them extra spaces to hide!). We had a roommate bring them over, and even though our family cleaned every piece of clothing and linen we kept (threw out comforters that were too big to wash) and left all furniture, our roommate refused to. We moved and our room didnt have any for a month, not a single bite or anything, but with our roommate keeping their blow up mattress and not even putting their items in the washer or dryer, and them coming and sitting on our bed daily multiple times we sadly ended up getting them. I found one crawling on the wall and now I'm super paranoid. They are a pain to keep up on and can multiply super fast
That roomie would have to GO!!! that person is too selfish or one of the few folks that rarely gets bit😡
And that's where I was struggling to fig out I'm like I'm the most cleanest person and I'm dealing with this.idk if it's cuz I'm a nurse and got them from work .I always take my clothes off at the door.leave the shoes at the door.and then I was thinking my kid's daycare that's a known place for them for be.either way I'm dealing with this and I'm going to buy my a streamer and get steaming the shit out of my house everyday.im 6 months pregnant and I can't bring my new baby home to this bullshit.
That roomate is being destructive that is horrible they should have to pay for your stuff and most definitely wash and steam and throw away belongings double bag stuff you cant wash or steam but leave them in for over a year bc one of them can live thirteen mos. without a meal. also the strongest rubbing alcohol helps put some in spray bottles. Diamatrous earth work wear a mask put down and vacuum every three days matress covers are a must and steam
Get cross fire. And stop.letting him in your spaces. I flat couldn't live lime rhat
I found a channel on here called Green Makers Pest Control, I think. He'll tell you how to get rid of them.
Everybody remember, too: bedbugs are much more common than most people realize, because the stigma around bedbugs usually keeps people quiet because they’re too embarrassed to admit they have the issue. Just because you have bedbugs does not mean you are a dirty person. They spread easily and are too difficult to get rid of, so by the time most people realize they have them, they already have a significant infestation. As she so eloquently stated, “they are pesky little things“.
Edit: 1 in 5 Americans either has a bedbug problem or knows someone who has a bedbug problem.
I wash my comforter every 2-3weeks, and sheets once a week… for starters. Im devistated. I feel like i just lost everything.
Had a friend sleep in my den on the couch. Went to wash the sheets and found bed bug heaven. I pray that they didn't get to any other part of the house. I threw the sofa, pillows and pictures from that room outside. I'm calling the city to come get that couch, calling the pest guy, getting a steamer and doing a house check. That sofa has got to go. Just the thought has got me tripping out.
Btw...thank you for the tip.
You are a life saver, why I’m up at 2am steaming my bed 😭
Did you ever get rid of them and what exactly did u do
Did it work plz respond
😅😅 they are so effing annoying
Gotta do what u gotta do! That about to be me!
you seem like the nicest person ever thank you I'll have to tell my mom about this, we need a steamer.
Using a steamer and spraying on diluted rubbing alcohol on anything and everything. You may have to repeat. It completely works
How a bout hit them with conc. Rubbing alcohol
Thanks, ut what kind of steamer? Anything affordable?
I’m in an apartment and we’re dealing with them. I thankfully think it’s more “minor,” found a couple on the bed but it’s our couch that is ground zero :( today pest control came out and sprayed and we loaded up the dog and 2 for 4 hours. Came home and put the sheets and pillows in the dryer for an hour. Found 2 little babies since then... ugh! This is driving me INSANE, I wouldn’t wish these on anyone! I’m going to look into one of these hand held steamers, didn’t even think of those. Thank you!
I’m going through the same! Has the steam worked ? Xx
Kuro Joseph that night was slightly terrifying because they were trying to escape the pesticide but it’s calmed down so much that we’ll maybe see a few live ones a day at most. The pest control is coming out for a second visit Friday and then the final 2 fridays from that. But what we’ve done so far is buy Diatomaceous Earth powder. And that has helped SO much. My couch is basically covered in it (we had already decided we were throwing it away when everything is “over”) and I’ve sprinkled it around my bed and in between my mattress and box spring just in case. Mattress and pillows have a protector on them now. Also, when we see a random one that’s not in powder, we spray it with rubbing alcohol - I know there’s controversy with it but it helps me to feel better knowing the thing is dead ASAP. I still have a bunch of stuff in bags that I’m not ready to take out until the final treatment. My anxiety has calmed a lot since the beginning with all of the above but I still check my bed every night and morning even though the problem is mostly the couch. I plan on using the steamer when all of this is over as like maintenance when we get a new couch and if I ever have a headboard. Good luck! It’s so mentally exhausting and feels like it’s gonna go on forever, but it will get better!❤️
I gave up on the "pros" after 5 times of having my apartment treated and it was just as bad if not worse. Vacuum, steam and when you see them give a nice squirt of Formula 409. Kills them on the spot, like insta-death.
@@laceyn13 that is how I feel too! Before I knew what was biting me I gave a whole bunch of clothes away. The shame and fear of telling my friend nearly gave me a nervous breakdown. I'm still weak as a cat and my stomach is raw from stress. My next door neighbor has never liked me because I had dogs. He's like this persnickety old man. I've been worrying he'll sue me when he sees the pest control company show up for the evaluation. I've been really sick for years. So I created the perfect storm for them to thrive. Please pray for me that I can get this solved. I don't have a washer to use just now either. Why does everything go wrong all at once? Just as soon as I have the heat treatment I will order a new washer/dryer so I can wash everything but I won't be able to solve this all at once. I just have about fallen apart over it all.
I'd wish them on my worst enemies but suspect they'd use them to give to me and others.
I know this is an older video, but I've got to just say thank you. I dealt with this a couple years ago, and it was a complete nightmare. The complex I was at paid for a heat treatment, and then we moved the heck out. Welp, I'm back at home from college because of quarantine, and we have them again. There's no way we can afford a heat treatment or anything like that. It's the worst in my dad's room. I've been deep cleaning everything regularly, going through the bedding every week, spraying stuff down with alcohol and all that. I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story and how you deal with it. I know God's got a reason, but hoo boi this whole thing can make you feel crazy and out of control. I hope they're gone for good in your home. You seem like a wonderful mother and a helpful friend. All the best.
You are very welcome I'm having to let some things go, before it tries to become infected, but I just uploaded a video about how to start outside your home first, and things that I've been trying has been working though
Bailey Hanes I saw a video last year recommending to use food grade Earth Diatomaceous along with chemical bed bug spray! You have to take out the outlets and put the powder in there because they hide inside outlets and walls. Apply the powder around all your baseboards and your drawers. You should wash all your clothes and bedding as you stated. Steam all your lamps practically everything . Vacuum and steam all the floors! Purchase a big steamer to make it easier! Sprinkle the powder around the baseboards and & under bed frame. As mentioned in the video cover your mattresses with plastic !
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I had had a few bedbugs crawl to my bed when I had a roommate with serious bedbug infestation. I'd gone crazy and requested bedbug fumigation through the apartment owners. I actually had to do the spraying myself while the fumigation guy watched. I killed everyone of those evil blood suckers. This was about a decade ago and I've never had it ever since then. Those things, I must tell you, cause very serious psychological trauma. Good luck!
@Andros the apartment that has them is a two bedroom, two story. Quite big. All hard floor except for the closets. The bedrooms are upstairs. Downstairs, it's quite cluttered and messy, lots of boxes on the floor. I did a deep clean of my room every week this summer and didn't see any more on my bed or room, but I know my dad's room has it the worst.
Here because I just realised we brought them home after a hotel stay....i want you to know your a SAINT....thanks so much for posting this....i skipped by 4 or 5 commercial bs videos on the search until I saw your video...saw this one and thought...THIS lady will have some good advice for us...these bugs are eating my baby's up....thanks for the advice I can't afford the 900 dollars the pest co wants atm...my children thank you...Ill get these little devils...every last one of them....i promise you.
📢 THANK YOU !!! this really works!!! I was extra frustrated like 5 hours ago...found your video and found an old hand steam cleaner for windows in the closet. Vacuumed the couch and and steam cleaned it and my clothes. 😁 I'm sitting on the same couch bed bug FREE right now texting this. THANK YOU AGAIN!!! GOD BLESS YOU MISS LADY!!! prayers sent out for you, your husband and your children. 🏄
Glad I could help
@@RINATALKSTV you def have helped a lot...thank you again. 😁 Idk of any products that actually work to get rid of em. (Had them years ago as well, a nightmare) steam cleaning is by far the most effective, really works. 🏄
Repeat 1x week for 6 weeks. There are eggs that might live. Bleach floors. Pinesol walls shampoo carpet. Wash all bedding at least 1x week . Vaccum every single day and wipe down everything every day with either bleach pinesol or ammonia
I came on here a few months ago and forgot to post my experience on using her method, IT MOST DEFINITELY WORKED
did you put alcohol in the steamer??
No
@@lotusgrl444 no
Did you get rid of them?
@@noeychapman93 well wtf did u do?
She's so informative.
I like her shirt. I can tell she has a good heart. Wonderful video. 👍 thank you 🙂 God bless
I don't know where these critters came from but I will be steaming tomorrow . Love your honesty. You are for real.
They come from the depths of hell
I moved and we had bedbugs in my old place. I took a cardboard box down from the attic I hadn’t touched in over 6 months. Turns out there where bed bugs in there still alive. They survived all the extermination attempts done in the old place too. This vid will help a lot
Yep they can live up to 9 to 12 months without feeding.
Camels of the bedroom
I was feeling defeated and ready to pay the money; I’m so thankful to God that you shared this works. I was just thinking the other day about a steamer
did it work?
@@onikatanyamaraj6448 I just got my steamer today after I got out of work, I’ll have to wait until tonight to let you know.
@@noeychapman93 did it?
My previous tenants had bed bugs and never told me! 😡 I found out a few weeks ago. I had an exterminator do two treatments but there are still left. I will definitely buy this steamer for my new tenants who just moved In! Thanks for posting this video!!
Your most welcome
You put people in there before you got rid of it.
I'm sorry, but I would end up in prison if someone did that to me
@@ginamacdougall9012 noooo! I had an exterminator do two treatments before the new tenants moved in & I thought he killed all of them…. Roaches and bed bugs. The old tenants had bugs and never told me for years. Exterminator finally did get rid of all the bugs.
For those who don't have a steamer, like me, a regular hair blower, can do the trick. Great video sis. Thk u.
Thanks , and thank for the comment!!
Omfg 😭 didn't think about that ima use my blow dryer
@@DenitaVTheCreator it doesn't get hot enough like steam. Even an iron wont work . Get diameticios earth from home DEPOT. Wash and dry clothes bedding. Spray mattress with color safe bleach 3x week . Get rid of clutter. Put photos books documents etc in a rubbermaid container u clean out with bleach 1st . Bleach floors counters dressers etc air dry. Vaccum like a maniac especially mattress . This takes months .
Thankssss
Wow, thank you for the suggestion , I didn't think about that! I don't have a steamer but I do have a vacuum cleaner!
Bed bugs are not a respector of race or cleanliness. They love your blood! They are the original love bugs-hence life is in the blood.
My goodness! You're a stand-up comedian! You made my day with that comment. Thank you 😂🤣
The bible says there is power, power wonder working power in the previous blood of the lamb.
@@dianasimard956 Yes, it does. I am referring to bed bugs loving your blood. Therefore, they can be rightly referred to as 'blood bugs'. If you get bit by enough bed bugs, you will be praying to God to get rid of them, in the Lake of fire! Thanks for reminding me of the power of the blood-it will never loose its power!!
Exactly
The pennsylavaia department ccx agrigiculiure printed specific information on bedbugs seed by clutter in rooms
Bed Bug Removal
I started to notice some bites in January of this year but new nothing about killing bed bugs. To prepare I watched video after video showing the different methods of removing them. I could not afford a professional service so I did this.
I waited until we had a forecast high of 115F or 45C. I did this so the bugs could not go deep into the walls and survive. With the outside temperature hot enough to kill them on its own, I blasted the heat and fans inside. I held between 122 and 126 for almost 8 hours in my trailer, using heat from three 1500 watt baseboard heaters. Then instead of renting big fans at about $40.00 per day I bought a 20 inch or 50 cm box fan for the same price, to add to the 5 household fans I already own. If your area is larger buy more fans. I had plans to buy three box fans but they were sold out because of our heat wave. For me this was OK because I have a floor standing air conditioner and used the fan to compensate. With a combination of laundering and heat drying all fabrics, including all bedding and clothes, then heating my place up to a sufficient temperature, I am now bug free.
People remember heat treatments work best at the hottest part of the year when bugs can not find holes in the vapor barrier and crawl near the outer wall to stay safe, because outside temperatures are too hot for that option. In winter heat will not work for this same reason, but during hot days it is pretty much a sure kill, if you have enough heat and fans. Hope this helps some of you as well as it did me. My total cost for laundry, fans and power, was about $190.00 and I now own all the fans. The heaters I already owned. If you need to buy them this of course this will up costs. To give you an idea my trailer is my holiday trailer and the floor area is 200 sq. ft. Scale your equipment up as needed.
If it happens again I am now prepared in full .
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You have to take a multi action approach with these bugs. My daughter got them. When we realized she had them, we bought black flag gallon crawling bug spray, bombed and diatomaceous earth. First we nombed, then sprayed all baseboards. My daughter tore the bottom out of the sofa, sprayed in there. After it dried, she saturated the inside of the sofa with diatomaceous earth. She also sprinkled diamonds earth along all of the baseboards throughout her apartment. She put mattress covers on all of the beds, but she also sprayed her bedframe and legs to her bed. She sprayed her night sands inside and the legs. She put diatomaceous earth inside of the mattress cover too. She did the spraying 3x over a period of about two months. She kept the diatomaceous earth down. Never a problem after that. As she had been coming to my house to do her laundry, it freaked me out, so I treated my house too as a precaution.
Some people just let it go until it's completely unmanageable and infests adjoining units. Kudos to you for staying on top of it!
I’m so happy I accidentally came across your video ☺️☺️ you have actually given me life. Orkin told me 1300 😳😳 I don’t have that an I’ve been so depressed 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ thank you I’m going to follow your advice an I went out an brought two steamers will pick up another one tomorrow. Everyone will help me with this battle. Thank you soooooooo much 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🥰🥰
Your so welcome, glad I could help!!
@@RINATALKSTV are you supposed to apply the baking soda after you spray the alcohol??
okay? I am in LOVE with this solution! I am going to first try this without washing the sheets but I will also be washing the sheets. You are amazing! When we travel, I be all bringing that steamer with me everywhere we go now! STEAM those hotel rooms!!! Thank you!!!!! Subscribed!!
Keep 70 to 90% alcohol and spray consistently under your bed after putting on mattress cover. I love this lady’s solution also.
I seem to have a light infestation. I’ve been bitten a few times over the weekend, I went through this before years ago so I know the drill. I have a hand held steamer so I am going to try that too
The steamer kills them on contact
Did it work for you?
Yes, but you can't do it all in one setting, you have to stay on top of it.
@@RINATALKSTV I had trouble with the steam not killing the eggs, I put tea tree oil in the steamer and it seems to have made a big difference. Everything is covered in DE at the moment, I am about to vacuum and steam everything again...God bless us all!
How is your problem doing? I paid Terminex to do the initial 6 month treatment (they say it's a small infestation and think it's going to be an easy fix but their technician only sprayed and inspected the beds and surrounding furniture. No mattress covers like I was expecting or anything. Even a verbal promise of returning for further treatment but my account does not show any promises of returns.)
The technician also told me it would be too extreme to decontaminate BEFORE leaving my home to visit other people (prevent spread) and decontaminate AFTER returning from staying anywhere. What is your experience? They also don't seem to be worried about anything in the basement (even though we go down there for recreation purposes frequently) and they're not concerned about our single cat spreading them. It just seems weird to me and I don't completely trust them (I plan to do weekly/bi-weekly treatments on my own).
Girl... Thank you so much I was just WHEW I FELT LIKE I WAS RIGHT THERE WIT YOU.. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! MY UNCLES GOT ME LOSING IT. THEY JUST DONT CARE. I CANT TAKE IT!! THANK YOU! GOD BLESS💖
You are so welcome
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH! Spread it EVERYWHERE around your mattress, frame, and cracks around carpet. I spread it around the top of my mattress too, making a circle/ barrier for the bed bugs to crawl over in order to get to me. This is the only thing that worked after weeks of bombing, bed bug sprays, and washing all bedding. The powder is cheap and effective. Leave it down for a few days or longer( yes your house will look like a winter wonderland). Please research why, and how the powder effects them. Quick synopsis: It’s completely natural and dries their bodies out as they take it back to their colonies.
is it safe for pets ?
Yes get food grade
What type of bomber you used?
I love the diatomaceous earth but it has to be where the bugs will get in it.
Loved the video and never thought about steam. Thank you. Also use rubbing alcohol in spray bottles. Also remove the outlet covers don't pull it out the wall very far. Once all your outlets a pulled then get you alcohol and spray everything. We cleaned out Wal-Marts isopropyl alcohol b4 pandemic it cost about 100$ included trashbags to put all cloths in and set in the sun for a few days. to fully treat the trailer house. House was fully infected from the blinds to the vents and in everything inbetween. Took 2 day in total.
I am experiencing bed bugs for the first time and let me tell you I am traumatized.
I found one crawling on my blanket today. First time I’ve ever seen one of those ugly things. The day after visiting my sister who just found out her previous tenants left bedbugs behind after she rented her house out for a couple years. I’m mortified AF
Me too 🎉 10:39
I'm dealing with the issue and I've been dealing with it and my landlord of my apartment commplex wont do ANYTHING. Last time about 3 years ago he had someone spray one damn room. I'm so upset and tired of suffering. I just found and killed THREE in under a few hours. I can't even lay in bed and go to sleep i'm so nerved up. I've washed and done everything. Brought Diatomaceous earth powder and rubbing alc and everything. I'm so livid. Thats for the info and opening up to us , I think I speak for alot of us .. we appreciate it.
Thanks, I hope you already got your steamer that the first way to get rid of bedbugs, just watch my most recent video about how to get rid of them, and go to the description and order your steamer!
@@RINATALKSTV Mines is coming tomorrow thank God , hoping this will work , thank you so much for your info and everything. I really hope this works for me and I hope it helps others xo
@@QueenJayJackson Your so welcome, it will work if you just stay on top of it, because it work for me and some more people on here, praying for you!!
Thank you! I've been feeling tiny bites for months. I thought my cats had fleas. Pulled everything apart and those little black pepper looking blood sucking goblins are every where😭😭😭 Headed to get a steamer now! Will update. Thank you girl!
Update: all those black peppers were actually from a flea infestation! Upon closer examination and after dismantling my bedroom and while treating, the wetness turned the black peppers into BLOOD. I was so confused. And the only live one I found was so tiny I couldn't in fact identify it as a flea. So after ALOT of internet searching, I found those black pepper spots were actually called FLEA DUST. Flea dust!!! 😱 I can not even tell y'all how grossed out I am. I never saw one flea on my cats and they weren't really ever scratching. Turns out the carpeted cat stairs we brought into the bedroom was the culprit. I have learned a hard lesson about free furniture and my poor kitties! 😭 When I bathed them the bath water turned a disgusting rusty red color. The plagues of Egypt! Bout fainted! Flea dust is FECUES with undigested blood in it. Y'all!! Anyway if you start steaming and or spraying treatment on any black spots, and they turn bloody looking it ain't Bed Bugs. Lol
Your so welcome
@@brandyc24_7 Fleas are the worst! I've had bedbugs and fleas, and bedbug feces also turn bloody when wet.
I bet it was bed bug poop though.
Brandy, I feel ya girl. Buy some 70% to 90% alcohol and put it in a spray bottle. Spray around your affected areas as well as use the steam. I buy bed bug powder and also regular soda. This dries them up when the walk through it. They become like the walking dead. This site is very good for telling you what to do. She is very good on explaining how to steam. There is a stigma about having these bugs from hell. Hang in there. 🤗Good look!
Thank you for this! I have a 13yr old and just noticed these bugs in his bed. Well his friends always sit on his bed when they come over. I just had a new born and me and him don’t have bites. I’m just glad I have one room to fully tackle but I’m still taking on the whole house. These stores are wild about bed big especially if they are worst than roaches 🙄!
I Love this video I wish I would of seen it when I was suffering. You are helping soooo many people. It literally gave me ptsd and if I see a small spec that resembles one I have a mini heart attack
Oh my goodness thank you! We have been trying to get rid of these things for what seems like forever. I'm going to be telling all my neighbors about this video as well since we live in an apartment complex. With all of us workin together we can kick these things for good instead of from apartment to apartment.
I'm glad i could help, please what ever you do just stay on top of the problem, i also i have a playlist of these videos to check out!!
Thank you for sharing, I have bugs crawling on me at night everytime I look around I find them on the wall on my bed I mop I sweep wash clothes for a couple of days they disappear and I see them coming around again..getting frustrated
Uhhhhh same they're like irredicable
@@mysteriouschicken1169 trust me, you can get rid of these. It just takes diligence, being very clean, lots of alcohol, and not giving up!
She is absolutely right. I’ve mixed DE, baby powder and baking powder and put that around the bed in mattresses. Vacuumed the mattresses and then steamed them and around the bed also sprayed alcohol mixed with water around the bed. Now I’m waiting on a product called Crossfire to be delivered. It’s what the exterminators use, once I use that I will get some thick plastic or a mattress encasement and seal the mattres after I have sprayed everywhere.
Kubwa Na Zuri I used 71%
What’s De?
Alicia Dillipree Diatomaceous Earth
You can use crossfire on the beds but you have to repeat every four to six weeks for a year.
You should be taking that headboard off the wall because they're most likely nested behind that as well.
Also any wall hanging pictures and loose bits of wallpapers, drapes etc.
I used a steamer with a pointed nozel to get inbetween wood pieces on the bed frame.
There's a powder you can get to puff into your outlets.
Steam along all baseboard as well and top moulding if you have it.
I removed all carpet throughout my home and went with hardwood flooring (still have to steam that too but harder for them to hide.) You can go with perfo flooring to.
Place food containers under the feet of all furniture and put some babyoil in the bottoms then they cant climb onto it.
Make sure no drapes are in contact w furniture and keep furniture off the wall at least 4 to 6 inches.
Get rid of all baskets dried flowers etc. They love books magazine newspapers stacked.
Try to reduce as much clutter as possible.
They also hide in electronics and multi outlet power strips.
They're very difficult and you have to be vigil for at least 9 to 12 mos. They die if they can't feed.
Biggest protection stay the heck away from thrift stores like goodwill, savers etc.
They don't wash and dry these products as they say. They're too busy and too much comes in so its not profit effective for them.
Pure alcohol (medical not to drink) kills them on contact but highly flammable. You can also use a natural disinfectant try to get a lavander scent they hate it and this too kills them on contact for some reason.
But yeh they come mostly from thrift 2d hand stores these days. And guests who go to them.
They've spread worse than ever throughout the US over the past few years. There's multiple reasons why but no one is allowed to say it. Same with head lice.
I successfully got rid of them, took a week then 12 mos of starving them.
My kid went to savers and poof suddenly they're back after a few mos of nothing (I've found 3 young ones so far)
Im not happy.
Oh and pest control will charge a lot and even they can't guarantee the work
No edit on mobile sorry.
I want to add that most people you know won't tell you if they have a bedbug or lice problem because they get embarrassed thinking it means they're dirty people. Not true, my home has always been extremely clean. These type of bugs don't care about a clean or dirty home but their colonies will grow in places with a lot of clutter and where people don't clean.
Hotels are more like than thrift stores
CrossFire. Lavendar deters them, doesn't kill them. Not worth messing with but smells lovely. And for headlice, get your Doctor to write a script for a shampoo that kills them and the knits on contact. Repeat on day 7. You won't have to pick them out of your hair. Just wash the bedding in the morning. You're welcome. (Medicare pays for it but otherwise it's $200 a bottle. And the FDA Approved a topical suspension for kids under 10 in 2005. Lindane is the other one. Again, just ask your doctor. Tell them u tried the over the counter stuff first. Makes getting the prescription easier is all)
I use a similar steamer. I will say you are moving your steamer too fast over those areas. Move at the rate of 1 inch per second maximum speed. Go slow. I've seen adults running from the steam and even out in the open it takes a good blast to kill them, so go slow over those cracks, etc.
your Steamer works one treatment and that night i seen 2 bugs now it's been 3 weeks I've seen not one live bug. I use diatomaceous earth food grade for 2 months Dead Bugs are all under the bed and in the Room. steamer kills EGGS & BUGS Thank you.
Diatomaceous
Thank you - it's a ton of work. They've been in my house for 4 damn years.... I didn't know they were still here until my daughter came back from college. It TOTALLY sucks. Thanks for your help.
My dear i know that feeling. we dealt with these things for 5 years tried everything even steaming but they were so damn resilient cuz they had spread it was a damn i near infestation, we spent so much money and I even developed an allergic reaction to their bites which broke me out everywhere my face looked A mess finally what worked was ortho home defense haven't had these demonic creatures for 3 years now but I get you these things can drive you to your limit.
I had them and I had used diamatrias Earth a whole bunch of it and I vacuumed and did everything but honestly what helped me was literally washed and dry everything you possibly can and then buy a steamer it's $100 from harbor freight and steam your mattresses steam the floor steam everything you cannot wash wear gloves because it gets very very hot and just seem the heck out of everything and buy mattress covers after you do that and literally that saved me I was doing other things for months literally
Thank you very much. Your video has inspired me to get rid of these nasty things without paying some large money.
I thought it was a Joke when Mama said "Sleep Tight Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite" When I was in my 30's I found out those Devil's are Real..
Generic white distilled vinegar, full strength, kills bedbugs on contact. Use a pump spray.
I got them so bad one time from letting a friend sleep on my couch!! I had to leave wit my daughter but if ur bed is pushed up against the wall pull it out cause they are back there and if there is an outlet they could be in there!!!
Same it always happens to us nice people for letting people lay there head somewhere at night I'm on it now no riff raff on my couch anymore!!!
@@bennytherollinstoner1932 AND!! Dont let friends use your washer and dryer!!!
Have gotten them twice! I drive trucks that other drivers also drive.Certain that is where I got them. Wash everything in HOT water and dry on HOT! Vaccuum often, use spray and spread diatomatious earth at the threshold to prevent them from leaving the room! Stay dilligent! Repeat often!
Thank you so much I was crying feeling these crawl all over me lawd Jesus can't go to the store till the morning but hope my iron can bring me relief until then! Nothing else has worked ! (I heard diatamaceous earth powder from home depot or baking soda can help if you don't have these on hand and need mild relief until you go to the store folks! We can get thru this 😬✊
You are so welcome
I am almost certain that we got motherbuggers delivered with new furniture:( Bought new furniture during pandemic and had to wait almost 8 months for it. Delivery was 2 guys and a truck. We are older, do not go anywhere, not even go out to eat. I have become a steam genie!!! TY for video.
your welcome!
Thank u sooooo much. Im going to Amazon to get a steamer! God bless sis. They are eating my little 👦🏽!! Bless u...
Did it end up working please espond
@@jamesb1525
No. Too many places for them to hide. But I got cinerex. And thos great spray ( that worked fantastically!
The cinerex takes time but kills them + eggs
The spray kept them away while it was working. Tog' r they saved me sev'l thousands in exterminator fees!!
I have not seen any in months! So 😊!!!
I have bedbugs right now , theyre on my couch, but i killed alot of them! I sprayed Febreze all over my couch ,which kills them! Took the cover off, washed in hot water! But i still see one or two everyday! And its been a week since i discovered i have them! Thank you for your video!
Your so welcome, and I'm glad that you got right on it, I promise you can get rid of them, with everything I"m sharing my videos, and you can order the products from my amazon links on other video!
@@RINATALKSTV thank you so much, this is the second time I'm having bedbugs , I never thought I would go thru this again, but I will get them all gone eventually! Thank you so much!
First time getting bed bugs I’m crying 😭 thanks for the video
Your welcome!!
@@RINATALKSTV streaming the carpets really seemed to help thanks for the tips
Thank you for shearing this good ideas! I have been facing this problem long time and now I did what you did and now I am in good sleep. Thank you once again!😊
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Thank you so much for this video, I had no idea on what to do and was feeling bad about myself. I just ordered the Steamer, and have started to get to work on getting rid of these little BASTARDS!!!
Did it work?
I thought bedbugs were lining the corners of the ceiling and walls behind you.
Good tips, great video. Well and thoroughly explained.
how big do you think they are 😂😂
Chumlee told The Old Man on Pawn Stars that he had bed bugs. And the Old Man told him to sell, no burn down the house. LOL Just little levity.
We had them when I was 13. I would wake up in the middle of the night to my mom flicking her lighter. I remember I asked her one time what she was doing half asleep and she just told me “nothing go back to sleep”. She was burning the ones crawling ready to feed off me. It got the point to where I would sleep in the bathtub. I couldn’t even bring myself to sit down half the time it’s a NIGHTMARE. We heat treated the house and even after that it took months for me to feel fully comfortable. It gives you PTSD I was constantly on the look out or even if I a piece of hair was on me my heart would stop.
Just gotta get tuff that’s all and b careful where y’all going bc how did the bed bugs get there
bed bugs are from the damn devil i hate them god bless you for sharing/making this video!
there blood sucking vampires
I had trouble with these pests before really bad. I tried all kinds of things to get rid of them and they still lingered. I sprayed some 91% isopropyl alcohol everywhere and I haven't seen any of them since. I was surprised because I read somewhere that alcohol doesn't have a residual effect on them but it's been approximately 2 weeks and still nothing.
2 weeks is not long enough to tell.
And it stuns them for 4-6/days but doesn't kill them. Look up Green Akers Pest Control on youtube. And buy CrossFire and a steamer and stop with the alcohol before you burn the house down or the hairs from your lungs. So unsafe
I don’t know what to do, we’ve been dealing with this problem for now 3 years. We’ve tried so many things, washed all our clothes in super high temperature, the white powder thing, I also heard baking soda was good, essential oils, we sealed the small place between the walls and flooring, a bag for each mattress, we glued around the each bed. We used the steamer and they would go away for a few weeks and then comeback again. We used the steamer so much we broke it. The weird thing is that they always comeback around September and disappear in December. We have had companies come by and they’ve told us not to use their services because they can’t find any trace, no blood spots, no poop, nothing and they’ve said that our problem is minimal and can be handle it ourselves but here we are still dealing with these things 3 years later!!! I thought perhaps I was imagining things but Unfortunately a dog that’s it’s trained to smell them confirmed that we have them, plus the bites we have when we wake up. We also don’t get bitten every night but every 3-4 days, and always around the same areas. Is that’s normal?
I have a playlist of videos that will take you step by step on what to do, if there is not an infestation than you should be fine, I haven’t heard my children complaining about bedbugs anymore, nor my husband and I haven’t been bitten or see any, so what I have doing is working, but like I tell everyone you have to stay on top of the problem until they are all gone!!
We hired an exterminator(waste of money)& had gotten rid of them but they came back after about 6 weeks. They hide & lay eggs in EVERYTHING! So, the eggs were hatching. We used Suspend SC (I hear Crossfire is good also) & spray everything (baseboards, the cracks between the floor & baseboards, mattresses, around the door & window seals of every room in the house, the doors, inside the sides & outside of the dresser drawers, closets, behind wall decor, the couch, around the entertainment system, ALL furniture) EVERY week. Don't forget to spray the headboards, front & back, & the wall behind the bed (watch the sockets...put DE powder in all sockets). I even sprayed the lower parts of all walls! Wash comforters, sheets, throws, & pillows EVERY week. It's a lot of work but you have to stick to it for a couple of months. We had a lot of books so basically I took EVERYTHING (decor too) from the shelves & put into trash bags and set them in the trunk of my car & parked in the sun. It finally worked. Stick with it. Don't let these lil terrorists win!
Yes they dont feed every day. My guess is someone who comes over keeps giving them to u. Even if you dont see the person at home and meet elsewhere they can get on u or ur purse and u bring it home again.
I have yet to tell anybody about my problem, i got it from a neighbor over a year ago and its been a battle my room is the worst! Deff doing this method! And hope to get some relief
All along I been thinking it was mosquitos that were biting me or I was getting rashes but I finally found out it was bed bugs!! The main area they always aim for is around my chin 😡 Spotted a few in my rooms and they were the babies. Smh gonna have to throw away my whole bed set and spray my whole room before I put in my new bed set because getting rid of them are too hard
Wait a good bit of time to make sure they are really gone before you start bringing anything you care about back in that space...
Tossing furniture can make things worse. If they are living in your mattress and you throw it out the few that fell off or are hanging out some where else, will move into other furniture like your couch, TVs, books, etc. The best thing to do is figure out the room they are nesting in and treat the hell out of everything using steam like her, heaters, sprays, de, etc.
We do what we gotta do as mother’s dont we lol! Kudos for all the work you’ve been doing and goin through for you and ur babies and tysm for not being shy but realizing we all deal with different things that we can’t help and ain’t even our faults. I commend you on doin that and helping so many mothers out there that are pulling out they hair tryna figure out wtf to do cuz they can’t afford the expensive treatments
I moved into my new Apt and my brother came to stay for a couple weeks AND NOW IM FREAKIN INFESTED!!😩😩IVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY 😢😢😢… I think im going CRAZY!!! I’m already suffering with depression , Anxiety, and PTSD AND NOW I HAVE TO GO THRU THIS??!!?!?!? Im so sick of life😔😔😔
Prayers going up for you, hope everything gets better for you!!
First time I heard about bed bugs was from my sister up north.. I had no idea these things exist in Alabama. But thank God she had already knew what I should do. But I am currently about to buy a steamer.. she told me she used a blow dryer 😅 I love her
Thanks for sharing
girl yes!!! i have a large steamer, that rolls around, and i do a thourogh steam after removing all bedding and animals etc... i steam it all, then i do a vaccuuming.... stand the mattress up against the wall, and througoughly steam...again!!! then i make a inesol/dishsoap and water mix, spray in on and scrub the bed with a dollar tree scrubbing brush...THEN i do another through steam of the matters (and my kids have bunk beds), so i steam all of that and remove all slats etc... same with the couch...if you cant remove cushins, easily...just buy a dollar tree drop cloth (or two) they are plastic, and seal up the furniture you need to, and make just a big enough opening to insert the steam nozzle, and just allow the now "bubble" to fill with hot steam air...yes you need to stay consistent... i did this at the beginning of quarantine, and all was well untill 4 days ago, i found just 2 bugs, but i said oh no...and im starting my process all over...also when i bag up my laundry and bedding, i twist it closed tight, and stick the nozzle of the steamer in, and again let it steam in the bubble, rior to going to the laundry mat... thourgh vaccuum of carpets and mop of floors.... stay on top of it, and they will go away... however its difficult,if you have kids that go to school, and if the school has a bug there, and they bring it back... just make a routing, to steam at least once a week, this works SO MUCH MORE EFECTIVELY than any powder i have used!!!!! deffinitely worth it... time consuming, but better than being bit up!!!!
Hello, happy you could get rid of your bed bugs. Please can you give the name of the steamer you bought or link where I could buy one? Thanks in advance.
Walmart
Thank you for this. I made the mistake of buying a mattress on Amazon, the first month I didn't notice anything and now I find bed bugs and it's revolting. I have never had them before. Thankfully I don't have carpet.
Thank you for being real and telling it like its! I really appreciated you taking the fine to show us how to get rid ice these nasty ass bugs! Cuz im tripping girl!
your welcome
Bless you Rene I listen 👂 to all the time Rene I told you about two weeks ago I was going to go find me a boyfriend are a husband you answered me back saying let him come to me but Rene I been Waiting for 11 years and right now today still don’t have any body I can call my on the one I can not live with out my soulmate Kene have a good day bless me and family’s
A family friend moved in last week and I noticed I've been getting bumps. I decided to check my bed and I found 1 bed bug on the matress and 2 on the frame after seaching for 2 hours I'm not infested but thats 3 many and I'm here asking for help and advice on how to make sure this problem does not turn into an infestation.
Well you have stay on top of the problem and now is the time best to start, I have a playlist of all the video to prevent infestation
@@RINATALKSTV the only thing that will kill all creatures is, wait for it FIRE
@@RINATALKSTV checking that playlist now.
Boot that family friend out
Stay on top of it bc they multiple fast
I’m in a recovery house right now, and we just found them in the one room. There was an exterminator that came to spray stuff but I’m so scared they will spread into my room. I don’t know what to do at this point, but I have plastic on my bed, traps, I spray rubbing alcohol and vacuum regularly. I hate this!
We are very clean also, moving is not an option either. I have spent thousands to get myself back to square one and I feel like I’m falling apart again.
Any recommendations?! Cause if not I’m about to take a loan and get the place heat treated.
thanks for this, I have been researching for a while now because I want and need to get rid of them. It’s getting worse and no one in my house dies anything about it, like it’s a norm and I feel just disgusted to even go and hang with my friends so deffff trying this!
This is partly why I'm a minimalist...but my in laws house has them bad and I tried somethings to help them. They had a broken bed and were using cinder blocks and those bugs were in the damn crevices of the cinder blocks...🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ My husband has been dead for 3 yrs but I hate his mom and son are suffering though I think she is kinda used to it and doesn't mind. But when he passed and I moved out I washed everything I used on a reg basis then bagged everything else. I did use alcohol in their house but my husband was on oxygen and said the alcohol was bothering his breathing as well as reg bug spray. But the alcohol did keep them at bay.
I threw my bed away when it first started. i bought an air bed that people say the bugs can't get on them. that is not true, they do get on them. I can not put a cover on it because I have a head board on this one and it is not one like is on a regular bed. I had an exterminator here twice and I only found 4 dead bedbugs. spraying-no dead bed bugs. I did the bombs and found at least 50 bedbugs. Everyone say that the bombs don't work. They do work, and I will be doing another one soon. I did 3 at a time and they are inexpensive to buy.Now I have made an "iland around my bed. I put tape around it, earth on top and then a blanket to lay on. and the earth all around the bed. they cannot cross tape. I am doing all the walls. i have ordered a steamer like yours.of course I am also vacuming every day and endlessly washing clothes. I would move or sell the house if I could.
How did this all work out for you? We’re they still able to bite you?
Even seeing the b.b. cartoon. Causes a feeling of deeeeeeep hatred 😑😤
Thanks for the video! And you're so right! They're literally the worst bug to have ever!!!
Bugs straight from hell.
Bb cartoon?!😳
If you don’t have a steamer you can get the sprays and diatomaceous earth and vacuum empty vacuum…vacuum..empty vacuum…vacuum empty vacuum. Repeat repeat repeat…. Make sure when you empty you put it in a bag and tie it or seal it shut! This worked for me with a small infestation
What temperature does that steamer get to?
I used to have them and I just wanted to watch this just in case in happens again thank you so much
Your welcome!!
How did u get rid of yours
@@cathyferreira9242 well I don't really know my mum got rid of them and some dudes came and sprayed my house down
@@cathyferreira9242 By staying on top of the problem, continued steaming, every so often, and using other remedies!!
When you say “be consistent,” how many times do you do this whole routine? Every day for a week? More or less?
it took a few Months, every time i notice them i would steam
Once a WK for 1 year
So we've been battling these little spawns of satan himself off and on for a few months. We figured out they originally hitchhiked on one or more of us from a hotel room me and my family stayed at(not a crappy one either). My dad (who used to be a pest control specialist) said STEAM DEFINITELY WORKS. We will be purchasing a steamer asap
True…fly somewhere, stay in a hotel…there you go…bringing those critters home. Many people shop at thrift shops…beware of what you are bringing home. One of the worst insects to get rid of. Even when you think you have done everything…try putting a pair of your shoes into a plastic bag…set it outside in the sun a couple of days…see if bugs are in there in the bag. I am good now and just feeling sorry for people suffering. That’s why I reply at all. Steam helps, all of the bug sprays on the market, not so much. I used home defense, a spray bottle with 90% rubbing alcohol, a steamer, and for rug shampoo…added salt and baking soda. Little bugs wanting to travel through that…salt will scratch their shell and dehydrate the buggers. People think they have no infestation at all…really? Shake out your clothing or a towel over a tub…that is where they live. Had them in my car too! I lived it…no longer…all dead. Hope this helps somebody. Off the subject.
I used tea tree oil on my carpet & did the steam with rubbing alcohol & spray bottle with rubbing alcohol as well
Thank you so much 😊 idk 🤷🏽♀️ how my babies got these things in there bed it’s a nightmare..!!!
You’re welcome 😊
I wrote earlier about how to get rid of bed bugs. I forgot to add, steam your bed and mattress before you encase them. Plus put traps under your bed legs to keep them off your bed. Lastly, make sure you steam all furniture once a week or more often for several weeks. Read my previous post as well. Plus, shampoo all rugs in your house!
Yeah bed bugs are the worst possible bug you could ever have and if you got an apartment you might as well move because they're going to spread and if you have a house you can basically get rid of them but it's going to take probably 6 months I had to Buy a mosquito net tent and set it up to where I wouldn't get bit and I finally got rid of them.... this was probably 7 years ago and them things will give you PTSD
I just moved into a new apartment and got them 😭 I can’t move again I don’t have enough money and time for that all
@@scubatuba1083 best thing I can tell you is to buy rubbing alcohol over 90% because that kills him on the DOT. And if you can find a mosquito net somewhere to sleep in that's the only thing that's going to keep you from going crazy at night thinking every little thing that touches you is a bed bug, and honestly the only way you're going to get some sleep, they got this machine for like $299 and it was probably the best machine that I seen that could actually catch them because they only bite us because they can since the CO2 that we breathe out whenever we're asleep and this machine replicates CO2 and they come right for it and basically get stuck. But sorry to hear you moved into bed bugs just remember don't take any furniture to any new place everything left to be thrown away cuz just one bed bug and start the whole thing over again.
No need to throw all your personal items away like picture frames, extra clothes, DVDs and VCR tapes. Nuvo strips put everything in a plastic bag and leave it there for 2 weeks. Only thing is it's going to cost between 40 and $50. If you can afford it, you can buy a bed bug steamer for $130 to $150 and steam your mattress and your rugs and your baseboards and anything else you want in your whole house because it has extra accessories. I know, it's kind of expensive but cheaper than an exterminator.
The steamer on talking about looks like a vacuum cleaner
Thank you so much for this video! I'm so happy to find a natural way to get rid of these things. Wish me luck!
Your welcome
Thanks kindly as I've Never had probs w anything like this B4..just ticks & NEED to find out where to get Steamers from ASAP TOO 🙏 Have a Blessed day wknd Too!!!
Thank you so much hun with a very full house n a little one n animals it's hard to do the bombs which did not work bc of the stuff the hide behind n under I am going nuts I'm going to go get a steamer right now thank you again sweetie ❤️
What did u mix together in your steamer to get rid of them
I didn't mix nothing together, I just use water in my steamer!
This video helped out a lot when I had these last year, got rid of them fast from you techniques but it was wayyyy faster when I ordered this stuff called Crossfire, I got the smallest bottle I believe it was around 40-70 bucks in total I can’t remember but it was small but it was powerful, you mix half the bottle and pour like a gallon or half of gallon of hot warm water in a chemical pump sprayer from homedepot you can use the cheapest one you can find, and go in every hiding spot you can find or think of, we went through our whole mattress because that’s were they were mostly at and after that about a month later I only found 1 and that’s about it. We caught on early but the bites I were getting were outrageous and I couldn’t handle it, it felt like I was getting bit by several of them a night but I could never find them. When I did find some and it was very few I was really disgusted and it was a weird feeling because it’s like damn these little ass things that are hard to find and get rid of are finding ways to get to me and bite me every night
Where do you spray? I just doused my whole house in crossfire. So tired. Put my sheets outside until I have time to wash tomorrow 😢 now its time for me to go to sleep and pray not to be bug dinner
Hi I have a question.. How do you clean electronic equipment like computers? because I have bedbugs around my computer and Im being bitten in my computer room.
I really hope this works 🤞🏽haven’t slept all day and I saw one and ran away I’ve watched so much and u seem legit I’ll be back with results
But you have to stay on top of the problem, you can't do it once, not even twice, i have a playlist on how to stop infestation, before it even starts, so please check it out "How to get rid of bed bugs | Prevention!
@@RINATALKSTVTHANK YOU!
Any updates AnalyticalFN?
Were you able to get rid of them?
@@stylenchica yes
Hello, what brand of hand steamer do you have and where did you purchase it? I found 5 bugs on my bed.