Bed bugs are a serious household pest. If bed bugs are present in your home, they can significantly disrupt sleep and comfort. Kansas City bed bug treatment is essential to maintaining a safe, pest-free home. Professional bed bug inspection and treatment is the only effective way to deal with an infestation and prevent infestation from returning.
If bed bugs have established themselves in your mattress or bedding. Here’s what you need to know about stopping the infestation before it spreads further within your home:
How Bed Bug Infestations Spread
Bed bug infestations are challenging to treat because they spread so quickly. These tiny, reddish-brown bugs hide in linens, furniture, mattresses, and even suitcases and clothes to transport from one residence to another. It’s not uncommon to encounter bed bugs when traveling and unknowingly bring bed bugs home from hotel stays. Hotels and thrift stores are the most notorious sources of bed bug infestations entering residential homes.
Bed bugs reproduce very quickly, with a single female laying as many as seven eggs each day and up to 500 in her lifetime. By the time you start noticing the signs of bed bug activity, several batches of eggs have likely hatched, and the newly hatched bed bugs can spread throughout your home.
How to Keep a Bed Bug Infestation from Spreading
Containing a bed bug infestation isn’t easy. By the time you have an infestation in your home, the only sure-fire way to deal with it is through professional treatment. That said, there are things you can do to prevent bed bugs from getting into your home and reduce the likelihood of bed bugs spreading further.
- Avoid thrifted upholstered furniture, or at least ensure the upholstery is thoroughly cleaned before bringing it into your home.
- Keep your suitcase on a luggage stand or table in hotels, and clean your suitcase when you get home.
- Vacuum your home regularly. This will also help deal with other pests like carpet beetles!
- Wash and dry launderable items on high heat.
- Change bed linens regularly.
- Use protective covers on mattresses and box springs.
Why Partial or Room-Only Bed Bug Treatments Fail
Whether you have a bed bug infestation in your home or a hotel, treating isolated rooms may provide temporary relief but will not eliminate the infestation. Bed bugs spread from room-to-room very quickly, traveling on clothes or linens or across the carpet.
Strategies for a bed bug-free home can help with the immediate infestation in your bed, but won’t take care of any eggs laid in other rooms. Even a single missed bed bug can lead to a renewed infestation within days. Persistent bed bug infestations can only be addressed through professional treatment of the entire building.
Signs You Still Have Bed Bugs
If you’ve taken steps to treat your home for bed bugs and want to know if it worked, here are signs you may have bed bugs still at large.
- You’re finding shells or molted skins (no larger than a lentil) on your furniture.
- You still have a strong, unpleasant, musty smell on or near furniture.
- You’re finding new dark spots on the mattress or furniture that look like mold or blood stains.
- You or other members of your household are still getting bed bug bites.
- Seeing even one live bed bug indicates the infestation may still be active
Professional Bed Bug Treatment: What to Expect
Getting rid of bed bugs may sound like an impossible task, but professional Kansas City bed bug treatment by Advantage Termite and Pest Control provides effective, long-term results.
Our treatments are customized to your home and pest issues. Our pest control technicians are experts at knowing where to look for bed bug activity, from common hiding areas in bedrooms to what stage in their life cycle your bed bugs are in.
Professional Bed Bug Treatment from Advantage Termite and Pest Control
If you suspect a bed bug problem, give us a call. One of our technicians will perform a thorough inspection of your property before giving you an estimate with a detailed explanation of our treatment plan. You don’t need to worry about removing or treating potentially infested items. Our team will handle the inspection and treatment process from start to finish.
If you’re ready to eliminate bed bugs and restore comfort to your home, Contact Advantage Termite and Pest Control for a free inspection and estimate. Contact our team at the first sign of bed bug activity for professional service.
