Woke up with bites

[Mom of 3]

I've never seen them either (and don't want to), but after seeing this thread, I went in and stripped my bed again, and washed everything in HOT water. LOL!!! I think it's just the thought.

[Nikki+2]

Originally Posted by mizzwanned

The thought of bedbugs creep me out. I know if i ever did find any, i know where to call cause i always see these commercials on bedbug exterminators and their beagle sidekick But i really hope i dont have them, however the bites recently were from my bf's house so im going to tell him to check his bed. But he hasnt gotten bitten, only i have i always get bitten when i go on vacation too, they just love my blood.

Just do an image search to put your mind at ease. The bites are very distinctive and are usually in a line and almost look like scratches. I learned while researching them that their bites are called 'breakfast, lunch and dinner'. Gross, right? They freak me out too and my husband's bites took quite a while to heal. We went on a weekend trip about 3 weeks after the "incident" and I was a wreck in the hotel. He travels quite a bit though and used to travel all of time and this was the first bed bug experience.

eta: from what I've read they are really hard to find because they are so small and kind of clear. They hide in the seams of the mattress. It's probably easiest to identify them by bites. Gawd I can't believe I know anything about bedbugs. Anyway, whatever the source, aren't you lucky to be so sweet and inviting to whatever it is?

[Mom of 3]

Now I know why people vaccumn their mattresses.

[mizzwanned]

Originally Posted by Nikki+2

Just do an image search to put your mind at ease. The bites are very distinctive and are usually in a line and almost look like scratches. I learned while researching them that their bites are called 'breakfast, lunch and dinner'. Gross, right? They freak me out too and my husband's bites took quite a while to heal. We went on a weekend trip about 3 weeks after the "incident" and I was a wreck in the hotel. He travels quite a bit though and used to travel all of time and this was the first bed bug experience.

eta: from what I've read they are really hard to find because they are so small and kind of clear. They hide in the seams of the mattress. It's probably easiest to identify them by bites. Gawd I can't believe I know anything about bedbugs. Anyway, whatever the source, aren't you lucky to be so sweet and inviting to whatever it is?

lmao oh yes im so sweet to them, to be able to feed them a full course meali should charge them...lol YUCK omg i just looked pics of them online, they are GROSS!!!! Now im itchy!

[mizzwanned]

Crap...i was looking on google and looked up bed bites AND flea bites and omg how the heck do they get all those bites in one night? i swear these ppl have a million bites on them..but anyway this pic from google is similar to the bites i have except i only have 4 bites..3 are really close together and the other is on the other side of my stomach..also today i noticed teddy biting at his paws...but i dont understand cause the vet checked their skins and didnt see any fleas What should i do?

[Miao]

Originally Posted by Gypsy & Me

We had fleas a few weeks ago. The dogs weren't scratching and I could see no evidence of fleas on them at all. I was getting bitten all the time though. Everyday I would have 3 or 4 new bites but Amelia got none and still no scratching from the dogs. I sprayed flea spray in the house and Frontlined the girls and 2 days later I stopped getting bitten. So I guess we had fleas after all.

That might help? Seems to have eliminated the problem for Gypsy&Me. Better safe than sorry. Both at your bf's and your own home.

I know when I had a sudden flea infestation from my INDOOR cat a number of years back (must have either been from the windows where the neighbour's cats sometimes comes close to or from my dog at some point) I was the only one getting bitten for a while until, I believe, one day, the bf got bitten too. I started off with only a few bites on my stomach as well.