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You have spent time and money getting rid of the bed bugs in your home. Now, you need to keep them out of it. While there is never a guarantee that they will never come back, there are several things that you can do now that will help you to keep them from returning.
Here’s a checklist for you to use to keep bed bugs at bay:
- As hard as it seems, try to keep bed bugs from returning by keeping yourself out of infested homes, hotels, motels, dorm rooms and other locations we mentioned that they like to breed.
- Inspect all of your clothing, luggage and other products that you take with you on a trip. Make sure to look for the signs of bed bugs that we mentioned including what they look like, the blood stains and the fecal stains.
- If you bring anything into your home that is second hand, make sure that you wash it and take great care in inspecting it. This including things like furniture, bedding, mattresses and box springs. Always do a detailed inspection before it enters your home.
- If you live in an apartment complex, talk to the landlord about their efforts to keep them at bay. If you have treated your apartment but the entire building was not treated, it is likely that there will still be potential problems in the future. If you are moving into a location, ask if there has been any occurrence of bed bugs and what is done about it.
- Keep crevices, holes, cracks and other pathways into your home caulked. Check them yearly to insure that they are fully sealed.
- If you have birds, pets or rodents in the home, it is important to realize that bed bugs will also use these hosts if they can not find a human host. Insure that any pets are treated (they are often mistakenly treated for fleas.)
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