How do you get bed bugs?
Many people are faced with a infestation of bed bugs. Bed bugs can be found throughout homes, apartments, hotels, and even automobiles. But where did these bedbugs come from and how do people get them? Is it poor sanitation or do they take a ride and come home with you.
The first way to get bedbugs would be bringing them home and he used sofa, mattress or other furniture. If you pick up a free mattress that may be out in somebody’s trash or you by use piece of furniture these could be ways that bedbugs can enter your home. It’s at all possible avoid used furniture but if you need to make sure you thoroughly inspect the entire sofa, mattress or other piece of furniture. You want to look at each crack and crevice in the headboards, bed frames, nightstands, and other pieces of furniture. Bed bugs will be found in the smallest cracks so inspection is very important. In the long run it may be cheaper to purchase new furniture than to pick up used furniture with bedbugs. Bed bug treatments can run into several hundreds of dollars to treat. So think twice.
Another area of concern would be going to a hotel on a business trip or vacation and then bringing them home in a suitcase or bag. So again inspection of the hotel room is vitally important. Make sure you pull back the covers and look around the edges of the mattress lift up the mattresses in the box spring to see if you can find any bedbugs. You are also looking for blood spots on the mattress or covers. When you’re searching the room don’t forget to look behind any pictures, headboards, and nightstands. The bedbugs will be located near a host so start your inspection close to the bed and move out from there. You can also carry special bed bug bags for your luggage to seal them up preventing the bedbugs to enter. Make sure you keep your luggage and clothing up off the floor and use a luggage rack. And when you get home from the hotel place your bags in the garage and bag up all your clothes and run them through a hot wash or a warm dryer cycle.
So the answer to the question how do you get bedbugs can be no simple answer. Bed bugs can be found in several locations and even some that I have not mentioned. But the best thing to do if you’re worried about bringing bedbugs home is to do a thorough inspection of anything you bring home or any place you stay. It is much better to be cautious than to be careless and bring bedbugs home.
