Bed bugs are a pest that can infest your entire home and they can infest neighboring homes, or other places you frequent when they hitch a ride on you or your belongings. These pests can travel easily and may have been brought to your home from other places you have traveled. They can be a common problem in hotels, so you need to be vigilant when you travel and pay attention to the belongings that you bring home. If you have found that your home is infested with bed bugs, you need to get started right away in getting rid of them. You can start by hiring a pest control expert to help you get rid of them.
Read on for other bed bug treatment tips.
Vacuum And Clean Your Bed
You need to strip your bedding and remove them completely from your bed. Wash and dry them in a hot setting, then vacuum your mattress and box spring thoroughly. Remove the contents of the vacuum outside of your home to prevent them from coming back inside and empty the contents into a plastic garbage bag that you can seal tightly. Your mattress and box spring should be put into a protective mattress cover to prevent bed bugs from coming back into your bed. The mattress bag prevents the bed bugs from being able to climb onto your bed. Move your bed away from the wall and your mattress and box spring away from the frame of the bed. Wipe down the entire frame of the bed and place the legs of the bed into a shallow container to prevent these pests from being able to climb onto the bed frame.
Vacuum Your Entire Room
Vacuum your entire bedroom to remove bed bugs from your carpeting. Take your time and move the vacuum slowly across your carpet to remove them completely. Repeat this task daily until you are rid of the bed bugs from your carpeting. You need to empty the canister outside of your home. If you have bed bugs in other areas of your home, you need to vacuum these spaces as well in the same manner.
If you have bed bugs in your home, the first step is to call a professional pest control company that can help you to get rid of these pests. Then you need to stay vigilant and on top of the situation and take care of your home to prevent them from returning.