The voice is usually shaky and strained as I answer the call,”we think we have bedbugs” they say, nine times out of ten they have guessed correctly. like a doctor I start questioning the poor victim,” where are the bites, is there blood on the sheets, have you seen the bedbug?
I try to be gentle when I inform them that they have one of the worlds worst insects in their property THE BEDBUG,I then put on my detective’s hat and begin the interrogation, “where have you been recently,where have the other occupants been,did you stay in a hotel, were you abroad, how long have you known about this etc etc”.
A second treatment will be carried out using another type of insecticide and we will check for live and dead bedbugs, again all furniture needs to be emptied prior to this follow up.
During this period the client will be keeping a diary of bedbug bites, this should be reducing as time goes by.
Finally we can carry out the last treatment with yet another insecticide, this is done to combat any resistant strain of bedbug.
A chat with a relieved client to keep them up to date and how to be on their guard for the dreaded bedbug is the best outcome that we all hope for.