mes) and although he was an indoor cat, the "FLEAS" kept on coming back. this went on for some time, with no other signs of bugs...until one day i was changing the sheets on my bed and pulling the fitted sheet off flung a bug across the room. of course i screamed like a little girl (well i am a girl) as i crushed MY blood out of their disgusting little bodies. to be honest, i hadn't even realized bedbugs were a real thing until that moment, but immediately i knew that was what they were. i did not stay even one more night in that apartment, and threw out the majority of my furniture-including a brand new $1600 mattress (and the things that i did keep i had a pest control guy go over and tell me what was salvageable). easily one of the worst experiences in my life, and hopefully thanks to this website, something i will never again have to go through!!!