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Should NJ, NYC Hotels Evict Bed Bugs Complainers?

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If NJ, NYC hotels follow the lead of Value Place Hotel in Kansas City Missouri, bed bugs complainers will be tossed out of NJ and NYC hotels. Jackie Trotter complained about all the red marks her two children acquired after moving into the hotel. She also mentioned the bed bugs she saw crawling in the sheets.

Jackie was stunned when she learned she was being evicted due to the bed bug problem. A spokesman for the hotel said “The best way that a property can deal with this matter is to isolate and eradicate that source from the property to protect the entire property. We followed the appropriate protocol.”

Hmmm! According to Jackie Trotter the red marks didn’t occur until they entered the hotel room. Perhaps the bed bugs were already in the room! The last thing we need in the world is for people to be afraid of notifying hotel owners of a bed bug problem. The quicker extermination procedures occur the better the chances of getting rid of them. I suppose if she would have complained about soiled towels she would have been kicked out for bringing soiled towels to the hotel room.

NJ, NYC hotels and residents with bed bugs call a NJ, NYC bed bugs pest control professional.

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I Want To Suck Your Blood

As Halloween approaches in New Jersey and New York City, there are plenty of ghoulish creatures to be fearful of.  Forget being afraid of that haunted house, your neighbor’s home might be frightening enough.  You never know where the creepiest of all creatures…..bed bugs… might be hanging out and waiting to take a bite out of…you!

With so many multi-unit dwellings in NY and NJ, it is hard to escape the bed bug nightmare.  Bed bugs easily zip from apartment to apartment spreading the joy of infestation from one quiet home to another.  Their presence will certainly cause emotional and financial strains for those that encounter them.

If you find that you have unwittingly been exposed to bed bugs, the time to act is now.  Bed bugs are quite hardy and can survive for over a year without a blood meal.  They prefer humans but will feast on any warm blooded animal.  They multiply at lightning fast speeds so infestations should not be taken lightly.

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Should NYC Bed Bugs be Considered a Health Hazard?

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NYC bed bugs are quite a problem and they are a major issue in Toronto. A municipal councilor of Toronto named Howard Moscoe wants the city’s health board to classify bed bugs as a health hazard even though they don’t spread diseases.

One pest control company in Toronto claims they have been fumigating 450 residences per month. Moscoe said bed bugs should be declared a health hazard due to the physical and psychological problems they are causing. Perhaps NYC residents agree with Howard Moscoe. 

One of the major benefits for cities, including NYC to declare bed bugs a heath hazard is that it will allow city officials to force the neighbors of bed bug infested residences to have their residence  fumigated for bed bugs. The critters easily move from one apartment to the neighboring units through cracks and passageways and soon a large portion of the building is infested bringing more misery and substantially increasing the cost of extermination.

Now you have more people accidentally transporting them to places of work and other locations and the bed bugs will be laying eggs all over the place in NYC and finally the city officials will say Oops!

Let a NJ, NYC bed bugs pest control professional get rid of the critters for you.

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The Early History Of Bed Bugs Part II Of II

Continuing from the post on Thursday.

Bed bugs have had many names over the centuries.  They have been called wall louse, bed louse, night riders, red coats, crimson ramblers, and wallpaper flounder.  As hard as they are to eradicate today, they were a nearly impossible pest to deal with during the early years.

Just like today, bed bugs were equal opportunity biters.  They can be found in the finest hotels and homes as well as the poorest communities.  In early times, the wealthy had servants to constantly change the straw in beds and clean obsessively.  The poorer communities suffered the worse because they did not have the means to fight the bed bugs.  The end result was more infestation.

The earliest exterminator was found in Europe in 1690, but only the wealthy could afford his services.  Bed bug elimination formulas were kept secret in early times, just like them are today.  For centuries bed bug exterminator’s main focus has been on prevention.  Companies were hired to inspect often for bed bugs and then get rid of early infestations.  Of course they did not have as many chemicals or special devices of today that would aid in the prevention and elimination of bed bugs.

The worst piece of advice given in early times to get rid of bed bugs was to fill the cracks of beds with gunpowder and light it on fire.

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NJ, NYC Bed Bugs Prevention

Once the NJ, NYC bed bugs are in your residence your trouble will greatly increase. The female bed bugs will produce eggs which in just a few days will become little bed bug nymphs with huge appetites; unfortunately for human blood.

What can you do to prevent a NJ, NYC bed bugs infestation?

Caulk all the cracks and crevices in the residence  and glue down loose wall paper since bed bugs love to hide and lay eggs in these areas.

Frequently vacuum your home including the furniture, drapes and the bed posts and frame.

Bed bugs  and their eggs hiding in bedding and clothes will die if you wash them in hot water.  

After you have vacuumed your mattress get a quality mattress encasement and make sure the zipper is completely closed. Beg bugs that are living in the mattress will die due to starvation. Leave the encasement on for at least two years since bed bugs have been known to live over a year without a meal by going into hibernation.

After traveling take all your clothes and immediately wash them in hot water and vacuum your suitcase and then throw the vacuum bag away outside in the garbage can.

The whole family needs to be part of the NJ, NYC bed bugs prevention plan.