SAN JOSE — If you think you have a bed bug problem, your first inclination might be to wash your bedding, apply a store-bought pesticide and/or relocate your sleeping arrangements. However, we strongly recommend not doing any of these things until you have a pest control professional look at your home.
When it comes to bed bugs, DIY measures are unlikely to be successful. Bed bugs are tenacious and difficult to eradicate, so it’s best to leave this task to a professional. Even moving your sleeping arrangements to another part of your home can backfire. Bed bugs are very particular—they like to feed on the same person again and again. If you relocate, the bed bugs are likely to follow you, which will exacerbate the original problem.
Also, if you refrain from taking DIY measures, it’ll be easier for your pest control technician to assess the situation. By allowing the technician to go into the untouched environment and evaluate the nature and scope of the infestation, you’ll help them determine the best means of handling the problem.

Advice for Dealing With Bed Bugs

Get expert advice on eliminating bed bugs from your home with these practical tips and proven strategies. Read more to safeguard your living space.

Advice for Dealing With Bed Bugs by Jim Rossi

By Jim Rossi of {BR} Presto Pest Control, Inc.

DIY Rodent Exclusion

Video: Advice for Dealing With Bedbugs


so when customers have bed bug problems
we tell them right from the start
please don't use any chemicals
please don't change the area which
you're sleeping at the person that's
being bit we want to be able to walk
into the environment and identify and
see how it is at the time that the
problem is occurring
what happens is most of the time
customers will either move to a
different area where they're sleeping
and now the bedbugs want to travel and
follow to find the host they're very
particular and they want to feed on the
same person over and over again so when
a person decides to move the area
because they're getting bitten too often
what happens is the bed bugs will then
travel trying to find a new host so we
recommend that customers that have bed
bug problems don't
put any pesticides down don't move or
change in your behaviors don't try to
wash anything allow us to go there and
try to find the evidence of bed bugs
whether it be their shell or their fecal
deposits
you can also buy online monitoring
devices uh whether it be with an active
lure inside that will actually allow the
tractor bed bugs to that lure and it can
be inspected later to verify that bed
bugs are not


Video: DIY Rodent Exclusion Step


one of the things that customers can do
themselves which is great and i educate
them about doing and a lot of times they
actually end up doing it themselves
which is doing rodent control one of the
basic things you can do is just walk
around the outside the perimeter of the
residence or commercial building and
look for any type of gaps or holes
around piping or compromised vents
rodents only need a dime size for mice
and a quarter size for rodents to fit
through and most people don't realize
it's that small so you can use your
finger or even a pen you just need to
make sure it's excluded it's covered in
some way with metal not with foam
because the rodents get right through
that but a quarter inch mesh you could
buy at a local hardware store screw and
screw it in around the opening to secure
it and exclude the area to prevent
rodents from getting access back into
the structure

Video: Tip for Termite Treatment


termites are very common both in
residential and commercial structures
it's very easy to spot their fecal
deposits for a kick out hole you know
just don't sweep away and clean up those
deposits save them as a block bag and
leave that spot marked so that the
inspector can come out and actually see
the point where the infestation is and
then we can come up with a treatment
plan to solve the problem to make sure
you have a pest-free environment

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Jim Rossi: Getting the Bugs Out

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