A problem a lot of households are having right now is an invasion of bed bugs. That's right, bed bugs have been with us a long time, even back to the 17th century. But, we seem to be infested more and more with them these days. And the way they enter your home in a lot of cases is if you travel. When you get home from a trip you want to inspect your luggage, inspect your clothes. What you're looking for is a little, tiny bug like this. And this bug can be about a quarter inch in diameter. And these bugs are nocturnal. And what they do, they're like a mosquito, they feed on blood. And guess what, we're the host.
That's right, the human body, it's a warm blooded creature, it expels carbon monoxide, and they are drawn to you, they bite you, they suck the blood out of you, you can actually have some irritants on your skin. You've got to get rid of these things because they're not going to go away by themselves. In fact, the female bed bug can lay about one to twelve eggs a day. So, where do you look? First of all, you look in the bedding, any type of crevices in the bedding, crevices in the mattress. But it's always not just in the bed. Other areas you need to look for is cracks in the bed itself, the bed post. Also drapery, also believe it or not, electrical outlets. And for electrical outlets, a powder insecticide is great. If you're going to vacuum, take the vacuum bag and dispose of it out of the house. Don't let it just sit in the vacuum cleaner. And there's different types of bed bug sprays out on the market. A lot of them are not designed to be used on a mattress. This particular one is. So you can spray in the crevices of the mattress. You don't want to sleep directly on it, make sure you use a sheet on that mattress. You've got to get rid of them, because they just multiply, multiply, and multiply. If the problem gets too big, I recommend you get a certified exterminator into your home and take care of that problem.
