This is kind of a random place to ask, but fuck it.

Staying in La Plata Argentina to learn Spanish. Found a good deal on an AirBNB with solid reviews. The woman who owns it has been a PITA the entire time. I showed up and there were some dirty dishes. She told me that was impossible bc her relatives cleaned. Showed her pictures and she was still in denial lol.

Last night I got no sleep because I was itching. Found little black and brown spots on sheets, according to google it is probably bed bug casings or w/e. I just know the owner of the place is going to deny it and be annoying. AirBNB is notorious for bad customer service, so idk if I would get any refund. Especially since I’m a week in and the stay is until mid January.

I am low on funds… What do y’all think. Should I try and fight the bed bugs? And if you’ve ever dealt with bed bugs, give me the rundown… I don’t have a drier but I was gonna wash everything and dry it outside, then spray RAID…

Or should I use my credit card 😬 on another place I can’t afford… I don’t get paid until January, so I don’t want to do that. But I don’t wanna see these bugs spread like the plague and end up in my shit.

  • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    if you’ve ever dealt with bed bugs, give me the rundown…

    You cannot win. I had bedbugs, i fought them for a year and only won by throwing away everything i owned. I don’t hate many things but i hate bedbugs.

    if you can sleep thru the night knowing they’re there, do so. By the way, don’t bother trying to move to a different room, they will find you from your CO².

    When you leave that dump, take the hottest shower you can stand right before you leave and scrub your hair (ugh im getting ptsd flashbacks from bedbugs in my hair). Change into freshly laundered clothes that you prepared and left outside.

    When your arrive back home, don’t bring a thing from your trip inside. First get everything washable (or dryable) to the laundry and put that shit on high heat. What you can’t bear to throw away stays outside until you can cleanse it with heat too. (Black trash bags in the summer sun are enough).

    Pray it was enough.

    God i hate bedbugs

    • YourMom [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yup, i feel you on the hair thing. The first “symptom” was me thinking I had a dry scalp. Fuck this so much.

      Glad to know others have suffered through this. I will survive. Just sucks donkey balls that I have two finals today. 😭

  • Yurt_Owl [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m not too familiar with bed bugs but I’ve heard they are a pain to get rid of and tend to catch a ride on suit cases/bags to the next location.

    I saw a video ages ago of a guy getting rid of bed bugs and he basically just used some tape and went under every single crease and crevice of the mattress and frame till he got all of them. Looked very laborious.

    If it was me I’d run as far as I can. Last thing you want is to take bed bugs back with you.

    • BoneDemonBoofer@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The insidius thing about bedbugs is that they aren’t just in beds. Clothes, people, carpeting, cracks in the wall, baseboards, electric sockets. If there’s enough where you can clearly see them along the edges of beds. It’s too late, they’re already everywhere else.

        • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          • They can go a year without eating.

          • Their eggs last long too and are nearly invisible.

          • They can sense CO² from and will travel 100 meters to feed

          • They will go around barriers and drop on you from the ceiling

          • Theyd be cool if they didn’t suck

        • luddybuddy [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Yeah, largely because they don’t have chewing mouthparts (so can’t eat the poison) and don’t lick their feet, so won’t pick it up from there. You have to directly spray a bug to kill it, there’s no residual effect. Diatomaceous Earth works as a residual, as it gets in their joints, cuts them up, and dehydrates them.