by no bites | Jan 9, 2010 | bed bug supplies, Blog, Isolate your bed
Pest company professionals will tell you that if you can only afford one encasement it should be for your box spring. The underside of the box spring provides the perfect breeding ground for bed bugs. Encasing your mattress and box spring traps bed bugs inside and...
by no bites | Nov 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Multnomah County Public health hosted second bed bug forum this morning. Representatives from various housing organizations, more pest companies and the City Council participated. I think this dreadful problem is gaining traction. Some of the priorities the group came...
by no bites | Nov 10, 2009 | Bed Bugs, Pest Control
Multnomah Public Health will have it’s second bed bug forum on the 16th. This is such good news for the Northwest. I thank them for bringing this issue into the light and bringing together organizations and businesses to brainstorm solutions for managing this...
by no bites | Nov 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
After a brief scare, and an inspection nothing came up in the house. I had my car heat treated by a company, Sprague, which may be the first in the Northwest to offer Thermal Remediation. That’s heating your house (or in this case, my car) to about 130-140 and...
by no bites | Oct 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
The dog is coming tomorrow to inspect. It’s been a rough couple of weeks waiting for my appointment. Are they in my house? Are they in my car? Is that a new bite on the vein on my arm? How does that song go? “When will I be normal again?” Wish me...
by no bites | Oct 21, 2009 | bed bug dog, Bed Bug Dogs, Bed Bugs, Blog, DIY Pest Control
A follow-up to my last post. Stripped my bed and wash and dried everything. Sprayed the metal futon frame (still in dog dishes full of Murphy’s oil) with Bedlam. Bedlam is labeled for bed bugs and kills eggs, although common understanding is that it is not a...
by no bites | Oct 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
I first discovered my infestation last November, although I am certain they were in my home for at least two months before realizing what was biting me. I had seven pestacide treatments from three different companies (the first three from an incompetent company). I...
by no bites | Sep 22, 2009 | Bed Bugs, Pest Control
Very helpful. Don’t let the photos give you bad dreams. Bat and Bed Bugs Fact Sheet 2105a. Tarra Byte
by no bites | Sep 18, 2009 | Bed Bugs, Pest Control
In August (last month) Portland Public Health Vector Control hosted a forum on Bed Bugs. As I have been in contact (sending links/articles/rants) with Public Health throughout my ordeal, I was contacted and asked to speak at the forum as a former “victim”...
by no bites | Aug 6, 2009 | Bed Bugs, Pest Control
It’s been since May that I’ve seen any sign or bites. The little house has been given the all clear by two species, a human and a dog from Sprague. The craziness lingers but subsides progressively, and by that I mean the crawly feelings, bitey feelings and...
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