Using Pest Control As Preventative MaintenanceUsing Pest Control As Preventative Maintenance

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Using Pest Control As Preventative Maintenance

A few years ago, I experienced a personal breakthrough as a homeowner. I realized that I waited to call pest control until my bug problem had grown out of control. Instead of simply controlling pests, we would have to work through from square one each and every time we wanted to resolve the problem. However, my pest control guy gave me some advice that has stuck with me since that day. He explained that we should consider using pest control as preventative maintenance. Since then, I have pest control spray regularly every 3-6 months, whether there are bugs in my house or not. Tips like these can be found in the articles on my website.

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Reasons To Call A Bed Bug Exterminator Promptly When The Pests Invade Your Home

16 December 2019
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Bed bugs can infest your home even if you are a meticulous housekeeper. All it takes is for someone to carry the bugs in on their clothing or for you to pick the bugs up in a hotel, and a nightmare could begin that includes developing itchy welts and battling the bugs for weeks. Once you discover you have bed bugs, or even if you just suspect that you do, call in a bed bug exterminator so you can end the problem before it gets out of hand. Here are reasons to have professional treatments done promptly.

DIY Treatments May Be Ineffective

It's a gamble to treat bed bugs yourself. The bugs are so problematic that you usually don't want to waste time fighting them without professional help. Some products might be effective at killing the bugs as long as the pests come in contact with it, but since the bugs can live a long time in hiding without feeding, they can come back days or weeks later even stronger than before. With professional treatments, you'll have a better chance of eradicating the bed bugs in all stages of their life cycle so you can get rid of them for good.

Bed Bug Bites Can Be Difficult To Hide

People react differently to the bites of bed bugs, but it's common for the bites to create welts and marks that take a long time to go away. If you have many bites on your arms or even your face, you may have a hard time covering them up, and you could be embarrassed to be seen. When you're fighting bed bugs, make your bed a safe place by doing things like placing the legs of your bed in water bowls or putting sticky tape along the bottom of your bed so you can sleep without being bitten all night. An exterminator can advise you on how to treat your bed so it's a safe haven from the bugs until they're eliminated.

You Can Spread The Bugs To Your Friends

Bed bugs are notorious for living in or near your bed, but they can also live in your closet and infest your clothing. Once the bugs are in your clothes and belongings, you can carry them to the workplace or to your friends' houses. It's very embarrassing to be outed as the source of a bed bug problem. Although anyone can get the bugs in their house, bed bugs have a certain stigma that makes you embarrassed if someone finds out you have an infestation, and the embarrassment is worse if you spread the bugs around.

However, the most important reason to get rid of the bugs is for your own sanity. Being bitten every night by the bugs and dealing with the intense itching the bites can cause is a stressful situation. Just the idea of bugs feeding on your blood is enough to be unsettling, so you want to get rid of the pests fast. An exterminator can use chemicals, heat, or dry ice to clear the bugs out so you can get your life back to normal.