Bed bugs are taking over

Chestnut

I agree that toxins are far more dangerous than bed bugs and they are causing all manner of health problems. There is an advert for Zoflora where the woman is dancing around her house with beautiful flowers popping up all around her. This is supposed to be the gorgeous scent from all the Zoflora products she uses. In reality she is poisoning the air with toxic chemicals.

We used to call my Mum the Zoflora Queen. She used it for years and years, long before Mrs Hinch recommended it and the world went mad!

Mum’s house always smelled lovely and germs wouldn’t last a second in there. Zoflora does need to be diluted correctly and Mum always did that. If, as you say, it is toxic, then it never harmed my Mum as she lived to nearly 97. It was used down drains, in sinks and loos, in washing, wiping down surfaces, etc and she must have used it for 60 years. 😉

My husband and I got thoroughly bitten after a weekend stay in a very expensive hotel in Vienna. I have never known such itchy bites! Luckily we didn't bring any home with us, although the bedroom was cleaned to within an inch of it's life and the suitcase and all clothing we took with us, including the laundry basket that the clothes were sitting in waiting to be washed, were all immediately thrown away when we realised what had caused the bites. We contacted the hotel and told them what had happened including various photos of our huge number of bites. They responded denying that the room was infested, but did offer us a complimentary return stay -as if!

My husband was once in a job that involved working away from home. He was bitten very badly by bed bugs, in a Premier Inn. That was about 10 years ago.

I was speaking to staff in a charity shop and they said they have lost volunteers due to the fear of bedbugs coming in with the donations.

There was a programme on Channel 5 this week about bed bugs. The epidemic really is a thing! And it can be serious if people are thinking about them all the time and it affects their mental health. They start getting anxious and feeling things crawling over them which affects their sleep. Once your mind locks into something it can be difficult to shift, so that must be awful.

Just reading this makes me itch 🤣

channel 5 bed bugs 7.30

The programme will also be on Channel 5 catchup. It makes you realise what an impact they can have.

Chestnut

There was a programme on Channel 5 this week about bed bugs. The epidemic really is a thing! And it can be serious if people are thinking about them all the time and it affects their mental health. They start getting anxious and feeling things crawling over them which affects their sleep. Once your mind locks into something it can be difficult to shift, so that must be awful.

Maybe all the more reason not to obsess about them.

Ok…… deep breath…….we had a bed bug and survived🎉
Went to a hotel near Gatwick about 10 years ago and brought home a hitchhiker.
We thought we’d have to burn the house down but luckily after I’d been bitten quite a lot, not him of course as I am so much sweeter.
I slowly peeled back the sheets and there it was. Readers I squashed it. Hoovered all round the bedroom, luckily we have a wooden bed frame which got the scrubbing of its life. End of problem.
Never put your case on the floor or the bed in the hotel and when you get home never on or under your bed or under any spare bed. Up in the attic or in the shed after hoovering and wiping down.
Bugs like me. When we lived in Nigeria some fly laid its eggs under my chin and mums décolleté. I still remember dad squeezing the little grubs out after they had hatched.