Bed Bug Treatment Services in The Bedford Area

If you have bedbugs in your property or at your business then you have a predicament that is not going to disappear easily, without expert help. Pest Professionals in Bedford can assist to provide you with instant advice and help if you have a bed bug issue in two incredibly easy and effective steps:

The no obligation telephone consultation service applies to both residential and business customers in the Bedford area. No bed bug job is too large or too small for us to look at. Where appropriate we are able to advise on any immediate action required to safeguard your well being, property or belongings in advance of a visit. If a visit is required we let you know if there will be a call out fee and also advise on the likely fees of any bed bug treatment should it be required.

Bed Bug Problems

Bed bugs are a rapidly growing problem in the UK both in residential and paid-for accommodation environments. They are expert hitch hikers and if you start getting bitten in your sleep not long after staying away from home or in a new property, they could be the root cause.

Bed bugs like to live close to their blood meal. They have a flat profile and can live and hide in the tiniest of cracks and openings between joints in the bed or bedroom furniture, or behind headboards. The seams of mattresses are another preferred harbourage point and bed bug mattress encasements should be considered as a measure to cut down on bites quickly. Bed bugs emerge at night, reacting to changes in your carbon dioxide output when you are sleeping. They use their mouth parts to break through the skin, injecting an anti-coagulant and anti-biotic all at once so they can readily feed on your blood without having you feeling it. They normally feed for 5-15 minutes until they are full, which can result in them being three times their normal size.

Bed Bug Bites and Effects

There is no one common reaction to bed bug bites. We have come across premises with severe infestations, yet the occupants show no signs of bites. Others may experience a row of reddish bites and for others a true irritation. One of the most common and very real effects of a bed bug infestation is psychological, causing occupants to be unable to go to sleep and (not that unusually) go through considerable stress and trauma.

Bed Bug Identification

Bed bugs are often mistaken but are not difficult to identify. An adult bed bug is 4-5mm in length and easily visible to the human eye. They are six-legged and have two prominent antennae projecting from the head near to the eyes. They have five defined life stages with nymphs being smaller and often translucent. Eggs are about 1mm long, and white or yellowish in colour.

Bed Bug Signs

Because they hide so readily it can be very difficult to locate bed bugs. However, after they have fed they are often too big to get into their hiding place and have to defecate to get back into a safe place. This deposits black spotting around their living area, which can be seen by the human eye. There are a number of bed bug monitors available. We recommend the Cimexine Bug Drawer Monitor which has a quick-view window enabling you to check for bed bugs without having to risk coming into contact with them.

Bed Bug Treatment

Bed bugs are one of today’s problem pests because they are very difficult to discover, and hard to kill. They are proficient in developing resistance to even professional strength insecticides and unfortunately you are extremely unlikely to have any success tackling the problem yourself. We specialise in bed bug removal routinely independently test the insecticides available to pest controllers against bed bugs that we know have developed resistance to insecticides. We know which ones are the best and which ones attain only poor results. We recommend heat treatment for bed bugs when the outbreak is well established, including GUARANTEED BED BUG ERADICATION through our sister company Cimexine.

If you need sound advice or quick solutions to bed bug troubles anywhere in Bedford or the surrounding towns and villages – speak to us.