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No bedbugs under here, mommy!

TODAY’S TIDBIT:  Certainly not a pleasant topic by any means but if you’re travelling this holiday season and staying in hotels or your kids are coming home for Christmas from college they could be bringing with them some very unpleasant “house guests!”

A bedbug

What Are Bedbugs?
Bedbugs are small reddish-brown parasites about the size of a ladybug that bite people and pets while they’re sleeping.  They don’t fly but walk onto your clothes, into your luggage or backpack and into your dog’s bedding and stuffed toys.  You may bring them with you into your home when you return from your holiday.

Bedbugs Can Bite Your Dog
Bedbugs don’t live on you or your pets but they feed on warm-blooded mammals and then go back into hiding in your mattress seams, headboard, behind the baseboards, in the drapes, on your clothes, behind your pictures and in your dog’s bed.  Clean or dirty places, bedbugs will hide anywhere.

How Do You Get Rid of Bedbugs?
It’s difficult but not impossible to get rid of these pesky critters!  Steam cleaning, using treatments specifically made for bedbugs, changing mattresses and getting rid of anything that bedbugs are living in are the best ways to rid your house of these pests. You want to kill them in the environment, NOT on your pet.

It’s easier to prevent an infestation than ridding your home of bedbugs.  Carefully check your luggage, clothes and dog beds before you leave your hotel or bring in any backpacks that the kids have brought home. 

See you on Friday for TODAY’S TIDBIT. ***Keep those pics of your doggies in their Christmas outfits coming for our Annual Christmas Photo Gallery***