Yikes, Pix.
I was in a hotel two nights last week and now I have odd itchy little bumps on my left hand. They must be bites, but I'm pretty sure they're not bedbug bites. So annoying.
Sympathies to Liese and lisah and Scrappy. {{Buffistas}}
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Consuela - Aug 14, 2012 8:21:13 am PDT #18083 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
msbelle - Aug 14, 2012 8:32:09 am PDT #18084 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
just fyi. If you have bedbugs, it is best to NOT switch beds as they will follow.
First thing would be to seal the mattress - everyone I spoke with or read info on recommended Protect-a-Bed and when I last bought them BB&B did not carry them.
Throwing things out is discouraged because it will spread the bugs in the neighborhood.
I am happy to chat with you via email.
Pix - Aug 14, 2012 8:40:28 am PDT #18085 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks msbelle. I'm miserable about the possibility. The one cool thing is that our local exterminator uses trained bedbug-finding dogs to figure out if you have them and where they are. I think that's pretty amazing.
Will seal mattress today. I will email you when I can.
Jesse - Aug 14, 2012 8:44:43 am PDT #18086 of 30001
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Ugh, Pix.
lisah, that's so terrible. God.
I am back from the vet -- different story from a different vet, yet again -- and wish I could take a nap. I didn't get to bed last night until 1:30, and didn't sleep as late as I wanted to.
Kate P. - Aug 14, 2012 8:49:57 am PDT #18087 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh god, lisah, that's awful. I'm so sorry.
Pix, yikes, here's hoping it's nothing serious! Are the bites very itchy? I had bedbugs once in a hostel in Melbourne, and they were insanely itchy -- like, as bad as poison ivy. So, um, if the itching isn't too bad, maybe it's not bedbugs? (Also, whoa, bedbug-finding dogs? Who knew such a thing existed??)
Pix - Aug 14, 2012 8:52:23 am PDT #18088 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
I'm horribly allergic to anything that bites, so I'm covered in itchy, scabby welts. ND doesn't have a mark on him. I also react like this to fleas, spiders, and sometimes even mosquitoes. Sigh.
Zenkitty - Aug 14, 2012 8:56:11 am PDT #18089 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Yuck, Pix. I hope it's just fleas or some critters easier to deal with.
"I hope you have fleas" is not something I ever imagined saying to a friend.
Kate P. - Aug 14, 2012 8:59:15 am PDT #18090 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I'm horribly allergic to anything that bites, so I'm covered in itchy, scabby welts.
Ugh, so it already totally sucks even if it's not the worst-case scenario. So sorry!
Pix - Aug 14, 2012 9:04:22 am PDT #18091 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks. I'm pretty miserable. But now I have a plan. The local mattress store sells the protect a bed cover, so I'm going to start with that. Then I will enlist the help of the bug-sniffing dog. Mostly I will hope if it is bedbugs, they haven't spread yet.
Atropa - Aug 14, 2012 9:06:23 am PDT #18092 of 30001
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Oh, poor Pix. I hope it's not bed bugs.