Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite!

wonderwomanusa · Apr 29th, 2007, 23:33

We are travellers, and sometimes we stay in places that we wouldn't want our mothers to even think about, right?

What if we bring back some living souvenir that would make Mom freak out? There have been several news articles in the US about the reappearance of bedbugs -- and I'm sure that some of those critters hitchhiked home in our bags.

So here's an article to save, about how to get rid of bedbugs without toxic chemicals, just in case one or two of these critters go home with you after your next visit to India:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/28/HOG27PEHTJ1.DTL&hw=bedbugs&sn= 001&sc=1000

lotus blossom · Apr 29th, 2007, 23:45

i've been wondering if i brought cockroaches home with me since the last several hotels that i stayed in had them. i'm hoping that they didn't survive the airplane trip back with me.

wonderwomanusa · Apr 29th, 2007, 23:53

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Originally Posted by lotus blossom

i've been wondering if i brought cockroaches home with me since the last several hotels that i stayed in had them. i'm hoping that they didn't survive the airplane trip back with me.

You will know soon if you brought roaches home with you. Boric acid will kill them -- it's a slow but certain process.

Darmabum · Apr 30th, 2007, 00:03

I find the bottom of my shoe is also fairly certain, and quicker . . . more compassionate (the fact that you're killing them aside)

kullukid · Apr 30th, 2007, 00:12

I heard somewhere bed bugs don't like talcum powder,so if you stay somewhere a bit dodgy cover yourself in talc when you go to bed. KK

Silmaril · Apr 30th, 2007, 18:21

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Originally Posted by lotus blossom

i've been wondering if i brought cockroaches home with me since the last several hotels that i stayed in had them. i'm hoping that they didn't survive the airplane trip back with me.

Considering that cockroaches are the one thing that will survive a nuclear holocaust, followed by nuclear winter etc. I think they can probably handle flying better than we can . . . tough little beasts.

giripriya · Apr 30th, 2007, 22:34

There's a bedbug epidemic here in NYC - scares the living daylights out of me. I've heard that using a silk(not cotton) sleeping bag liner will prevent them from biting you.

vistet · Apr 30th, 2007, 23:14

I have a homecoming routine that takes care of this : everything (yes , everything : clothes , shoes, gear .. ) goes directly either in to the washing machine , or the freezer (or the balcony , means the same thing here most of the time

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Apr 29th, 2007, 23:33	#1
wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dhaka Posts: 3,567	Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite! We are travellers, and sometimes we stay in places that we wouldn't want our mothers to even think about, right? What if we bring back some living souvenir that would make Mom freak out? There have been several news articles in the US about the reappearance of bedbugs -- and I'm sure that some of those critters hitchhiked home in our bags. So here's an article to save, about how to get rid of bedbugs without toxic chemicals, just in case one or two of these critters go home with you after your next visit to India: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/28/HOG27PEHTJ1.DTL&hw=bedbugs&sn= 001&sc=1000

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lotus blossom re-member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: revolving around the sun standing still Posts: 1,892	i've been wondering if i brought cockroaches home with me since the last several hotels that i stayed in had them. i'm hoping that they didn't survive the airplane trip back with me. __________________ Not all who wander are lost

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Darmabum Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: in the mountains of Idaho Posts: 809	If you've gotta kill 'em . . . I find the bottom of my shoe is also fairly certain, and quicker . . . more compassionate (the fact that you're killing them aside) __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure - Marianne Williamson

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giripriya Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NYC, dreaming of the Himalaya Posts: 69	There's a bedbug epidemic here in NYC - scares the living daylights out of me. I've heard that using a silk(not cotton) sleeping bag liner will prevent them from biting you. __________________ Q: Ke garne? A: Dal bhat khanne, maaya garne, sutne! Last edited by giripriya : May 1st, 2007 at 00:54.

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kullukid Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: u.k. Posts: 997	I heard somewhere bed bugs don't like talcum powder,so if you stay somewhere a bit dodgy cover yourself in talc when you go to bed. KK

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vistet Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Umeå , Sweden Posts: 1,765	I have a homecoming routine that takes care of this : everything (yes , everything : clothes , shoes, gear .. ) goes directly either in to the washing machine , or the freezer (or the balcony , means the same thing here most of the time )

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