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Bedbugs

Ok, so the flat I live in at the moment has become infested with bedbugs. Now I can't sleep. It is the most horrible situation to be living in, because I feel completely exaughsted, and all I want to do is lie down in my bed and sleep. But if I do that, the bedbugs will come out and bite me, and I cant stand the thought of knowing that these bugs are going to be crawling on my body while I'm sleeping.

Can anyone help me with my problem?

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keep turning your mattress - its meant to make them dizzy!! :biggrin:
Reply 2
get a new mattress :p:
Reply 3
yes, but bedbugs can live in the walls and any cracks in the whole place. I've washed all of my clothing, twice, and have a new matress.
Reply 4
RENTOKIL!!!!!!!!
Clicky
Reply 5
http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Bedbugs

Living with Infestation section...

I like the idea of putting the legs of your bed in water...
Mad Vlad
RENTOKIL!!!!!!!!

call me mad but I thought those were the wee folk who empty 'nastybins' from ladies loos?!!:frown:
Reply 7
Kill_More_Foxes
call me mad but I thought those were the wee folk who empty 'nastybins' from ladies loos?!!:frown:

Yes. They also do pest control and Deliver your next day delivery parcels 4 days late.
Reply 8
sleep in your bath?
Reply 9
Rentokil also sell Christmas Trees (my dad's photographed some a couple of years back) :biggrin:


As for the bedbugs, give your room and bed a really good vacuum with the most powerful/strongest vacuum cleaner you can find. That should hopefully get rid of most of them and make your room all nice and clean
Reply 10
Is there a canadian equivalent of Environmental Health?
Mad Vlad
Yes. They also do pest control and Deliver your next day delivery parcels 4 days late.

It's a CRAAAZZYYYY world :eek:
Reply 12
Im scared to sleep now. Shouldn't have read the thread, lol.
Reply 13
BouncyB
Im scared to sleep now. Shouldn't have read the thread, lol.

Sleep tight, and don't let the bedbugs bite :wink: MUHAHAHAHAHA!
Cover your bed in polythene? :biggrin:
Reply 15
Pure evil!
Mad Vlad
Sleep tight, and don't let the bedbugs bite :wink: MUHAHAHAHAHA!

Harsh :evil:
Reply 17
BouncyB
Pure evil!

You rang?
Reply 18
Actually the parasites in question are where the phrase "sleep tight don't let the bedbugs bite" came from. Because in the olden days it used to be a major problem, and it was something to do with the way their matresses were made. But the "sleep tight", is referring to keeping the matress tight, so the bedbugs can't get out.
is a bedbug a flea? or like a dustmite? do they bite? surely unless you are the flat owner, the loandlord should do something about it, as pest infestations are surely could as making the place uninhabitable?! i think you need to call pest control- get the place sprayed