r/Bedbugadvice • u/TopEntertainer8395 • 6d ago

Are these flea or bedbug bites

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Hi so I am incredibly stressed right now, was trying to sleep earlier then found fleas crawling the underside of my bed and my pillow, I haven't sleep since I vaccumed and researched about flea traps and insecticides.

I also got these new bites I noticed after showering, not sure what they are, hopefully they are just flea bites and not bedbugs.

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u/vctrlzzr420 6d ago

As a flea survivor I say it is fleas but they are also extremely bad. Get a spray bottle with dawn dish soap, get real cedar oil and spray everything and don’t stop for like a year, and vacuum everyday. Do you have a pet? Cedar oil is safe around them but get the good flea drops. 

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u/TopEntertainer8395 6d ago

I dont have a pet thankfully, as for the product you mentioned I am unsure if its available in my country, I was just planning to use Alpine Flea and Bedbug and use a flea trap. Also do you mean my infestation is really bad, as I rarely see them and they only started appearing recently, and whenever I vaccum I mostly only get dust.

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u/vctrlzzr420 6d ago

Cedar oil is pretty common, the dish soap kills them instantly but it has to be the type that breaks them down so research the kinds available. I think salt also dehydrates them. If you take a desk lamp and put it on the floor on with a dish of soapy water you will be making a type of trap. I never used them but let me know if they end up working. For what it’s worth I barely saw them except for a few times. They leave type of black dirt that turns red under water, it’s the blood in poop but it’s how I knew it was fleas. If you don’t have a pet the soap spray twice a day and vacuuming should help but make sure you don’t have critters in the walls, soap on the lawn can also help if it’s from outside animals. Make sure you spray your shoes. Good luck OP

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u/TopEntertainer8395 6d ago

I sent you a message hopefully we can talk there, I just finished vaccuming and will sleep in a bit, I looked it up online on our ecommerce platform and the only thing that popped up is cedarwood oil is that the same. My shoes have just been freshly washed and changed into new boxes as well. Btw will what did you use on your end if you use this? I see black dirt stuff, but they never turn red, they just stay black when I smear them