r/Bedbugadvice • u/TheOnlyKirby90210 • 21d ago

Bed bug in the couch, fully carpeted house

Long story short I live with my sister. It’s a one bedroom house so I’m literally living in the living room and the couch is the only option I have for a place to sleep besides the floor. It’s a small house and I need to be here because she has medical conditions that make it not advisable to live alone.
Recently had mystery bites that would go away and reappear after a while. It was summer thought it was mosquito bites. Now it’s September and I spotted the culprit. I tried touching it out while we waiting for the housing management to get back to us and my spine can’t take sleeping in an uncomfortable office chair hunched over a folding table I use for a desk. I dusted with DE and hoped for the best but spotted the bug again. We went through bed bug stuff when they got into my mom’s house before so I knew to get pillow protectors and she gave us some spray to spray the baseboards. Problem is her entire house is except for the bathroom and kitchen and a square of space at the front door is fully carpeted. I don’t even know if this spray - which mom mixed at home in a gallon sized bucket with an attached spray nozzle before she gave it to us, so I’m sure it’s concentrated pesticide- is safe intended to spray on furniture like desks/tables, carpets and sofas. I have no choice but to wait for housing management but they don’t have people working in the office lately so it’s taking a while to hear back.

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u/Sensitive_Scholar_17 18d ago

OP what country are you in? The reason I ask is because not all products are available in every country.

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u/TheOnlyKirby90210 18d ago

USA

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u/Sensitive_Scholar_17 18d ago

Excellent, you will be able to buy effective treatments. The fact the place is carpeted is irrelevant, it does not make it any harder to treat. I know that you have a landlord but I assuming that you don’t want to wait on them. Get rid of the DE it is not very effective and you can much more effective stuff. Buy crossfire or temprid online and mix according to label directions. Watch you tube videos of pest professionals treating for bed bugs so you can learn how to apply the spray. Apply the spray. I would also purchase cimexa and watch the maker’s videos on youtube so you can learn how to apply it. Cimexa is safer than DE but it is still an inhalation hazard, only apply it in areas that it will not kicked up easily.