The poo factor

Jessica weighs in on the public health question—and gets down to one of the little known miseries of a bed bug infestation:

Yes, it means what you think it means. Bed bugs do, in fact, like to use your sheets as toilets, if you get my drift. It’s one of their trademark moves. First they feed on you, then they poo next to you, and then they cohabit with you, sometimes right underneath your pillow. I told you this was going to get ugly!

Waking up to bed bug “poo” all over your sheets and bedclothes is not trivial. You have to live it to understand.

But now you know.

Be kind to the bed bug sufferer in your life. They are going through an experience.

These pages may be of related interest:

  1. Permanent prophylactic measures, city of plastic bags
  2. “We have formed a tenants committee”
  3. The bed bugs on the mattresses that no one is responsible for
  4. Preparation, money, and the shortening of the window to act
  5. Cash for…?

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