DIY: Home made bed bug prevention

Bed bugs crawling on the corner of a mattress

Once you’ve got bed bugs, we don’t recommend taking things into your own hands. That’s why exterminators were invented.

But what can you do to prevent bed bugs at home before that happens?

Here are some quick and easy steps typically recommended by bed bug professionals:

1. Make sure your bed is not touching the wall
2.  Remove excess clutter from your apartment or wall
3.  If your neighbor has bed bugs, make sure to get your apartment checked out too (p.s. This is a new law about adjacent apartments in NY state!)
4. Keep personal items like purses off of the floor, especially in public areas.
5. Make a moat to protect your bed! Putting some talcom powder in a plastic bowl can prevent bed bugs from being able to climb onto your bed.
6. Encase, just in case! Buy clothing and mattress protectors that are certified bed bug proof, to ensure that bed bugs cannot bite through.

Bed Bug Tips for Travel and Home

Bedbug.com is proud to announce the most comprehensive bed bug tips on the web to date!

Whether you’re worried about bed bugs in your clothing, luggage, or bed; Bedbug.com has the bed bug prevention strategy you need!

These varied tip sheets will help to prevent bed bugs whether you are hosting a bed bug free sleep over party, booking a hotel, or simply cleaning the laundry.

No possible bed bug habitation is too big or too small for bedbug.com’s bed bug prevention and elimination tip sheets.

Bed Bug Movie – Do I have bed bugs?

With the Oscars coming up, we felt like we should produce a movie too. While we don’t expect to come away with a golden statue, we hope you find our movie helpful in the ongoing battle against bed bugs.

If you’re still looking for more bed bug tips, you can see our official website at www.bedbug.com.