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I've been dealing with bed bugs for 3 years now. My downstairs neighbors brought them when they moved in. I've been here for 8 years, then about 6-8 months after they moved in I started getting bites. I too didn't realize they were a real thing until this occurred. When I first started getting bit I thought it was some fleas brought in by my dog. I ruled that out. Then I thought it was some sort of rash as the bites were all clustered together. It wasn't till my downstairs neighbors tossed their mattress outside and asked me if I had a bed bug problem that I found out. I started looking it up on the internet and figured out what to look for. Sure enough bed bugs. I tried working with the neighbors bought diatamaeceus (sp) earth for both of us. I bought bed bug covers for my bed and made makeshift bed bug coasters for my bed posts. This knocked them way down but never all the way gone. My bites actually healed and i didn't get bit for awhile but they came back. Periodically the downstairs neighbors would toss more furniture outside to trash.

I cannot call an exterminator because it would be a waste of money. As long as the downstairs neighbors have them I will get them back. So I can spend hundreds of dollars treating my place only have them return in a few weeks/months. I tried to get the landlord involved and they ignore all my tickets. Then the downstairs neighbors have turned on me. They now deny the original events. Say they never came to me about them. Say the bedbugs came from me and are coming down the walls infesting them. The landlords.. they even raised my rent up $100 because I refused to sign a new lease that stated by signing I declare the house pest free and I'm responsible for pest issues. I plan on moving if I can tax return time of next year. Leaving nearly everything behind except for some key stuff (my PC stuff, important papers..etc.) , most of which is going to go into special quarantine. But I'm going to start nearly all over.

Unlike other pests bedbugs aren't attracted to garbage..etc. They feed on blood of people, they are nearly blind and fairly slow and hunt via carbon dioxide emissions (your breath) and heat sources. You can be the cleanest person and still get bedbugs. Bedbugs don't give a shit how much you wipe your counters or vacuum the floor. Unlike their name they will hide throughout the house, and yes your bed but not just your bed. Even rooms you don't use they will hide and then come out to feed. A fed bedbug can go months without feeding with some studies saying they can go dormant and last a year without feeding. Once they are set in, the best coarse of treatment is heat treating the house. Past 150 degrees insects (bedbugs, roaches, fleas, spiders...etc) will die So heating the entire house up for several hours will eliminate all bugs and their eggs. Heating treating a home is expensive though. $1000 or more. But it's got to be the whole house.

One of my key things when I move no more multi tenant units. I'm looking for a either a small house or even a mobile home if necessary. If I still end up bringing some with me I'll be able to hire an exterminator on my own if I'm in a home that isn't attached to anyone else. Though I'm hoping that I'm able to evacuate this place without taking any of them with me.
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