Fighting Bed Bugs On Your Own

Hello lynn bed bugs typically don t feed on pets and prefer humans.

Fighting bed bugs on your own. Listed below are a few ways you can use essential oils to get rid of bed bugs. Improper use can harm your health or cause a fire or explosion. Do not broadcast spray an entire carpet or floor. Mix an insecticide labeled for use on bed bugs such as temprid fx with water in a pump sprayer using the ratio found on the product label to create a bed bug spray.

31 jan 9 50 pm. Look for epa registered pesticides that have bed bugs listed on the label. Make a simple spray by adding a few drops essential oil into a spray bottle filled with cup 120 milliliters of water. Spray is completely pet safe and since it s water based with safe ingredients it s also not toxic if your pet happens to lick it.

Rub some essential oil onto your bed frame. Spray exterminates bed bugs but also works on fleas and other pests. Foggers should not be your only method of bed bug control. Spray onto baseboards in corners around door and window frames around bed frames and under furniture.

Be very thorough in all cracks and crevices where bed bugs eggs and other particles are hiding. Interceptors are special platforms or cups that are purchased to prevent bed bugs from climbing on to your bed. Run your vacuum across your mattress inside the bed frame under your bed along your baseboards and even your headboard. Better are one of the commercial pitfall traps made specifically for this purpose.

Dispose of your vacuum bag in your outside trash receptacle.