Bedbug panic sweeps Paris as infestations soar..!

[rjfp1962]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66995977

[J4CKO]

Think memory foam mattresses are the game changer here, the bedbugs cant get in so cant infest them, or certainly not to the degree they can in with normal ones. Found this out when I stayed at a slightly ropey "Motor Inn" in San Francisco and noticed the mattresses were memory foam, though that was quite extravagant as they are pretty expensive, but then it probably cheaper than throwing normal ones away, pest control and bad reviews.

I was in the Sandman hotel in Calgary for work a few years back and woke up having been eaten by the little feckers, went to the desk and complained and was ushered to a quiet area where I got upgraded to a suite and got free evening meals, with drinks for the duration of my stay, work was paying so it didn't matter to me but the site was quite nice and free of parasites !

[rjfp1962]

According to a Times Radio "expert" interviewed earlier, they spread by suitcase and will be everywhere in no time..!

[Lotobear]

has Brexit been blamed yet?

[J4CKO]

Hop, Skip and Jump records may fall this time round then !

[z4RRSchris]

we had bed bugs in my last flat my flatmate bought back from travelin gsomewhere.

fking rank and took ages to get rid off, got into the flat below and above too.

[mikey_b]

z4RRSchris said:

we had bed bugs in my last flat my flatmate bought back from travelin gsomewhere.

fking rank and took ages to get rid off, got into the flat below and above too.

Well, they haven't survived millions of years by being easy to get rid of.

[DaveTheRave87]

It's France, they'll be on a menu in no time.

[munroman]

Before I met my now Wife, one of her Sons came back from Oz, threw his stuff in a wardrobe and forgot about it.

Unfortunately he had brought bedbugs back with him, basically any soft furnishing, carpets, clothes, were ruined.

It cost £,000,s to fix the damage with numerous pest controller visits.

And the wee st that caused it just shrugged his shoulders.

The Mrs still has a phobia about them ...

[Radec]

Hopefully they will sleep tight.

[dirky dirk]

My mate had them
reckons it cost 2k to fix, new bads mattresses bedding etc,
they were even in the mirror in the bathroom and came out for a munch at night

it was sending his head west


one of the reasons we only stay in a friends villa in tenerife my mrs is terrified of them

[LunarOne]

munroman said:

And the wee st that caused it just shrugged his shoulders.

What did you expect? He likely wouldn't have known his stuff was infested and he's no more at fault for getting infested than you are.

[Louis Balfour]

J4CKO said:

Think memory foam mattresses are the game changer here, the bedbugs cant get in so cant infest them, or certainly not to the degree they can in with normal ones. Found this out when I stayed at a slightly ropey "Motor Inn" in San Francisco and noticed the mattresses were memory foam, though that was quite extravagant as they are pretty expensive, but then it probably cheaper than throwing normal ones away, pest control and bad reviews.

I was in the Sandman hotel in Calgary for work a few years back and woke up having been eaten by the little feckers, went to the desk and complained and was ushered to a quiet area where I got upgraded to a suite and got free evening meals, with drinks for the duration of my stay, work was paying so it didn't matter to me but the site was quite nice and free of parasites !

Despite their name, bed bugs don’t limit their activity to beds. They can be in any soft furnishing, in wardrobes, under skirtings. Anywhere.

They are not easy or cheap to get rid of, and they have the creepy crawly yuck factor in spades.

The best way we have found to get rid of them is heat treatment.

But we really don’t want the French exporting this particular problem.

[s1962a]

Do those mattress protectors that cover the whole mattress help, or can they get through those too?

[Louis Balfour]

s1962a said:

Do those mattress protectors that cover the whole mattress help, or can they get through those too?

Not really. They are just as likely to take up residence in the bed frame, divan base, other furniture etc.

[Biker 1]

I stayed in a 'hotel' in India a few years back: it was like a parasite/insect zoo in the mattress & the bedding was heavily stained with a bright yellow fluid of unknown origin. I pointed this out to the receptionist who shrugged & gave me a different room. Less bedding stains, but just as many bugs, not to mention the live electrical wires sticking through the wall inside the bathroom right next to the shower!!!! I had a rubbish night's sleep with some very unpleasant dreams.

[z4RRSchris]

s1962a said:

Do those mattress protectors that cover the whole mattress help, or can they get through those too?

i covered my mattress in one of these as part of the treatment.

look loads of chemicals and hoovering basically. and throwing out stuff that was properly fked.

[eharding]

Lotobear said:

has Brexit been blamed yet?

Well, one is a blight brought about by a collection of odious blood-sucking insects, and the other is just some bed bugs?

[Leptons]

munroman said:

And the wee st that caused it just shrugged his shoulders.

Weird, what were you expecting?

[poo at Paul's]

Actually pretty easy to get rid of, provided you can find the ‘source’ of any re infection, and willing to live with some disruption for a bit.

Diatomaceous Earth Worked well after we moved into a new house that had an infestation..L..they had an old fur coat they’d left in the loft, and we traced it to that in the end.