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What are bed bug mattress covers and how do they work?
A bed bug mattress cover is designed to fit over your mattress and should fully encase the top, bottom, and sides of your mattress as bed bugs can live in your mattress but can bed bugs live in wood? The short answer is not, bed bus prefer to be located close to a host. As bed bug mattress covers are comprised of high quality, durable fabric, that bed bugs are unable to get their way through.
What to do if your mattress is already infested?
If you suspect bed bugs inhabited your mattress just apply the cover to cut the bugs off a constant food source. If you’re wondering what bed bugs feed on, the answer is human blood. Just think of bed bugs as little microscopic vampires.
Do you still need to call a pest extermination company if you purchase the bed bug mattress cover?
Yes, while covering your mattress with the protective cover can kill off bed bugs which are trapped in your mattress, there is a chance that your sheets, blankets, pillows, and duvet covers are also infested.
The only sure way to permanently eradicate any bed bugs which may be lurking in your home is to call a professional exterminator. As the licensed exterminator has access to products and tools, which you can’t purchase over the counter.
Trust us, if you don’t want to waste your hard earned money, there’s no point spending hundreds of dollars on over the counter products, which are too weak to eradicate any bed bugs which may be hiding in your bedroom. Remember that if you don’t call the exterminators, it’s likely that your bed bug problem will return, even if you believe that you’ve eliminated them using over the counter products. If you’re looking to prevent bed bugs from infesting your home, it’s well worth investing in a high quality, bed bug mattress covers and proper bed bug control services.
What to do once your exterminator has eradicated the bed bugs in your home:
Once you’ve successfully gotten rid of your bed bugs, it’s well worth fitting the bed bug mattress covers to prevent bed bugs from targeting your bed again. It’s also well worth purchasing bed bug covers for your pillows as they are also readily available.
So if you’re feeling itchy when you wake up in the morning or have an inkling that there are bed bugs in your bedroom it’s well worth calling the experienced exterminator and investing in the bed bug proof mattress covers and bed bug monitors! If you would like a professional exterminator to verify activity please call the Exterminators at 647-496-2211.
