Submitted by "Anonymous" on 06/27/2008

I discovered bed bugs in my apartment (205) at the end of may, 8 months after moving in. I've been told that they've probably been here for a couple of weeks before I discovered them because of the size of the infestation. I haven't had anyone stay here, nor brought in any furniture. all of my furniture I've had for at least 4 years. The PCO the building uses inspected my apartment but wouldn't treat it until I got rid of all furniture. I am having Baked Bed Bugs do a thermal treatment of my apartment, because after doing some reading I realized that the building PCO is not very experienced in bed bugs and I have no confidence in his treatment. Once my lease is up I'm going to move out, and buy a new bed and couch. The building has had mice problems, and when Baked Bed bugs did their inspection (much more thorough than the building's PCO) we discovered mouse holes that the bed bugs could use to travel to other apartments in the building. I'm going to seal those up, but I can't guarantee the bed bugs haven't infested other apartments, so I'm having the landlord get them inspected.