The discovery of bed bugs on the premises of any home, hotel, office, or other location can cause a bit of a panic. No one wants to hear the dreaded words, “It’s bed bugs.” Bed bugs can be difficult both to detect and get rid of. While there are services to treat bed bugs, one of the best ways to be sure of the presence of bed bugs and to be confident they are gone for good after the fact is to rely on K9 bed bug detection services. The benefits of using dogs to detect bed bugs are many.
Accuracy
Bed bugs are notoriously good at locating impossible-to-find hiding spaces. To make matters worse, bed bugs will lay eggs and continue to multiply, and the eggs themselves can also be difficult to detect. Between eliminating live bugs and getting rid of their eggs, you can feel as though you are up against the impossible task of ridding your place of bed bugs. Thankfully, there is a solution that is guaranteed to get rid of those pesky bugs for good. K9 detection with the use of trained dogs provides accuracy in detecting both bed bugs and eggs. Using specially trained K9s that are certified and trained to locate the presence of bed bugs is both a safe and efficient way to say goodbye to bed bugs once and for all.
Benefits
The benefits of using a K9 bed bug detection service over the services of an exterminator are many. For one, K9 inspections can ensure bed bugs are detected early. Early detection helps determine a bed bug problem before it reaches the infestation stage, where the bugs can be seen with the human eye. At this point, the infestation can be pretty bad.
To avoid letting it reach this point, schedule a K9 bed bug detection as soon as you even suspect there may be an underlying problem. Another added benefit of K9 detection services is locating specific infestation areas. The only way to completely rid a property of bed bugs for good is to locate each infestation and eliminate it. Because bed bugs are so difficult for humans to locate, this is where a trained K9 comes in that can sniff out bed bug infestations and their eggs. They can determine the specific rooms or areas of rooms where bed bugs are hiding to target problem areas and identify effective treatment options. Finally, a benefit of using dogs for sniffing out bed bugs is immediate results. Traps or other treatment methods are hit-and-miss.
Bed bugs can climb around traps, and there’s just no real way of ensuring that bed bugs are gone for good with other options. However, with K9 detection, you will see immediate results as bed bugs are located in real time so that immediate actions can be taken.
Services
If your business is in need of a bed bug sweep, Pest Force can have options for you. We can eliminate the problem in no time at all. Once dogs have come in to sniff the premises and locate bed bug infestations, our team of experts will come in to exterminate the site. We also offer specialized solutions that can help prevent bed bug infestations in the future. The K9 bed bug detection services can be utilized monthly or quarterly to keep bed bugs away for good.
Don’t let bedbugs get the best of you. Contact PestForce today for more information about our K9 bed bug detection services.
FAQs About K9 Bed Bug Detection
How Can I Prevent Bed Bugs?
While you can’t always get rid of pests like bed bugs right away, there are some things you can do to try to keep them from becoming an infestation inside your home. First, vacuum regularly. This ensures that the vacuum sucks up any stray bed bugs that may have made their way inside the home. Next, reduce clutter. Bed bugs love to hide in any type of clutter, so reducing clutter can eliminate spots for bed bugs to hide. If you do have an active infestation, use a dryer on clothes or bags when coming or going, as high heat can kill bed bugs.
How Do Bed Bugs Reproduce?
Stopping a bed bug infestation can be difficult. Once bed bugs are inside the home, they will continue to mate and multiply. A female bed bug can lay one to seven eggs a day after feeding. This adds up quickly! During its lifetime, a female bed bug can lay up to 200 eggs. One pregnant female bed bug within the home that lays eggs can easily lead to an infestation of up to 5,000 bed bugs within just a short six-month period. For this reason, it is important to address bed bug infestations quickly and efficiently before they spiral out of hand.
Where Do Bed Bugs Hide During the Day?
Bed bugs must stay close to their source of food, sleeping humans, which is why they will often stay so close to beds. During the day, they will hide in cracks in bed frames, mattress seams, dressers, box springs, or headboards to stay near the bed where you sleep at night. They will usually only travel up to 20 feet from their source of food and no further, a main reason why they are found near beds or couches.
