Mattress Encasements

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...

Second Bed Bug Forum in Portland, OR

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...

House declared clear by bug sniffing pooch

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...

Feeling a bit jittery tonight

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...

No New Bites

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...

Fighting the good fight?

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...

Bed Bug Forum Portland Oregon

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”...

All clear with chemical treatment

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...