Learning how to kill bed bugs yourself isn’t too hard. It just takes some skills that can be easily learned.

First and foremost – is it really bedbugs that you are dealing with? Bed Bugs are so small that it can be hard to identify them. Use a flashlight to find signs of these bugs.

You might find the actual bugs along the seams of your mattress. But unless you have a large infestation you might not even see them What you might see is signs of them including discarded shells, blood smears, or fecal droppings.

Always look first in areas around where you sleep. Despite their small size they can crawl up to 20-25 ft in a night.

So you should look in areas around your bed including your mattress and frame. If you have pictures on the wall next to your bed – check behind them too. Check any furniture next to your bed including the bottom of any drawers.

If you have a large infestation they might also be in other areas of your home including your favorite chair or sofa. Each of these will need to be treated.

Neat Or Sloppy

Just remember that the bugs are looking for blood. It doesn’t make any difference how neat or messy your home is, they are just looking for blood.

All that having a messy home will do is give the bedbugs more room to hide.

Learning how to kill bed bugs yourself works whether you are treating the problem yourself or hiring an exterminator. By the way, if you are hiring and exterminator make sure that you are using one with experience in bedbugs. Bed Bug Exterminators

Preparing To Treat

Many people make the same mistake when they start to treat. They throw away any furniture or clothing/bedding that they suspect is infested. While it is important to treat these items, just throwing them away can be a costly mistake.

Worse, if you are dragging these items through a common hall area it can spread the bugs to your neighbors. So the best tactic is to treat in place.

The first thing that you should do is identify where the bugs are in your home.

Your Bed

One of the most common areas where you are likely to find bed bugs is on or around your bed. Start by stripping the bed of sheets and blankets. Put them in a trash bag that you take directly to wash in hot water and dry on hot heat. Don’t re-use the trash bags or reuse them. They might have bugs in them.

Once you’ve stripped the bed pull off the mattress/box springs. Clean your bed frame with bleach water and then treat it with a Bed Bug Powder and Spray“>bed bug spray or diatomaceous earth.

One of my best suggestions is to use aSafeRest Mattress Encasements“> Mattress Encasement. One of these will totally encase your mattress, sealing in any bugs that might be inside and protecting it from any new ones. A bedbug SafeRest Mattress Encasements“>Mattress Enclosure is tough enough to last and durable. You can also find enclosures for your pillows.

Protect Your Bed

Once you have your bed frame cleaned you should consider putting Bed Bug Kit for 3-4 rooms at BedBugSupply.com“>bed bug cups on your frame. These make it hard for the bugs to get up on your bed. You can also use double-sided tape on the legs of your bed.

Consider moving the frame away from the wall temporarily if you can. Make it harder for the bugs to get to you.

I also put Bed Bug Kit for 3-4 rooms at BedBugSupply.com“>diatomaceous earth on the frame before replacing your mattress. This will also help if you have a frame that sits directly on the floor.

Put your mattress/box spring back on the frame. When you put the sheets back onto the bed make sure that they don’t hang over – touching the floor. This will make your bed a Bed Bug Free Zone!

Once your bed is treated you can treat the rest of your house as needed.

Retreating

Once you’ve treated your home the next thing that you MUST do is retreat. These bugs grow by hatching from eggs. These eggs are extremely hard to kill. After two weeks they will hatch and start re-infesting your home.

Many of the treatments kill on contact but do nothing residually. This is why maybe the most important thing you can do is retreat. You need to do this as many times as needed until all the bugs n- even the newly hatched ones are dead.