Bed Bugs and Rats
Long story short: I’m in the middle of moving into a new apartment after fleeing my bed bug ridden old one. But the new apartment seems to have a small rat/large mouse. Since it’s on the first floor of a large building near an unkept courtyard, i’m thinking this will be an ongoing proccess. does…
Long story short: I’m in the middle of moving into a new apartment after fleeing my bed bug ridden old one. But the new apartment seems to have a small rat/large mouse. Since it’s on the first floor of a large building near an unkept courtyard, i’m thinking this will be an ongoing proccess. does anyone know someone who specializes in sealing up apartments (baseboards, behind kitchen cabinet etc).
Also, it looks like there’s a chance i might have brought the bedbugs with me. my building uses an exterminator who I don’t have much faith in. Also, since my wife is pregnant and we already have a young daughter, I don’t want to soley relay on poisons.
Does anyone know a good bedbug exterminator in the prospect heights/park slope area? And if they did rats too, wouldn’t hurt…
thanks
Careful, deliberate, and selective targeting with DDT. Yes, DDT has been proven to work. We just can’t indiscriminately spray everything and everywhere like they used to back in the ’50’s and ’60’s.
DDT, killed the bedbugs and malaria and host of other infectious pests before and they can again without causing the massive environmental damage, but only with controlled, selective, targeting of areas infested by bedbugs.
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. They will build up immunity in the bugs and harm humans and pets in the mean time
there are certain issues and things that people can’t be green about. bedbugs is one of them. stop spreading misinformation.
yes the chemicals are harmful to humans and pets, just dont be around to breathe it when the treatment is done. and bedbugs building up immunity to the chemicals? um no, i bet you dont believe in vaccination either.
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Sorry you have to deal with this!
There are plenty of links to exterminators in the forum, but I just want to add my concern about harsh chemicals and bleach… they are horrible. They will build up immunity in the bugs and harm humans and pets in the mean time.
Even if you did not bring the bugs to this new apartment, they might appear from another source. There is no telling really… good luck with it all! Hope they stay away!
oneasternparkway: I have sympathy for anyone in this situation. It points to why bedbugs are such a scourge, so costly to both tenant and LL, and so difficult for a LL to eliminate once introduced. I see exterminator recommendations were provided in response to your June post. Were their services ineffective? You might also want to review these links, if you haven’t previously:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/vector/vector-faq1.shtml
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/vector/bed-bug-exterminator-tips.pdf
Meow! But it might eat your baby.
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You just need to wash and bleach all your bedding. Whatever you can’t wash or bleach, throw out. Wash or dry clean every bit of clothing before packing it. Throw out old suitcases and items like that. throw out all matresses, boxspings, pillows, and sofas and sofa pillows.
throw out or throughly clean your shoes. After your stuff is in place in the new apartment bomb the new place prior to you and your family moving in and prior to the delivery of the new beds.
Call eric at precision pest control. 917-854-7090
Vinca–
Not sure what you’re talking about. Reluctance? We don’t know if we’ve brought them to the new place or not. It’s that simple. Not hiding anything. And we’re moving within the same apartment building, so we’ve been working with management every step of the way to move in a manner that won’t increase the infestation (which started when our downstairs neighboor got and didn’t tell anyone for a while). and please believe countless hours of scrupulous care and elbow grease have already been thrown at this problem. i’ve had every article of clothing washed and then bagged. we’ve thrown out our matress and bedframe and rug and are probably going to throw out both of our sofas rather than bring to the new place.
having said all that, in case we have ended up bringing them, what I’m looking for is a recomendation for a thorough exterminator who someone else has had success with. I don’t trust the exterminators who my management company has hired. i’ll pay out of my own pocket at this point to end this saga….
did you post a few weeks ago about moving to a new place to avoid bedbugs in the old building?