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if you've ever dealt with bed bugs, give me the rundown...

You cannot win. I had bedbugs, i fought them for a year and only won by throwing away everything i owned. I don't hate many things but i hate bedbugs.

if you can sleep thru the night knowing they're there, do so. By the way, don't bother trying to move to a different room, they will find you from your CO².

When you leave that dump, take the hottest shower you can stand right before you leave and scrub your hair (ugh im getting ptsd flashbacks from bedbugs in my hair). Change into freshly laundered clothes that you prepared and left outside.

When your arrive back home, don't bring a thing from your trip inside. First get everything washable (or dryable) to the laundry and put that shit on high heat. What you can't bear to throw away stays outside until you can cleanse it with heat too. (Black trash bags in the summer sun are enough).

Pray it was enough.

God i hate bedbugs

Bedbugs are a bear to get rid of, you're not going to successfully get rid of bedbugs in a rental. Period. That being said, you and all of your belongings are now contaminated. High heat will nuke them on your clothing. So here's what you can do do decontam yourself and not bring them to the next place and not trash everything you own. Take all of your luggage and drop that in a garbage bag. Grab a can of bed bug spray for your shoes and head to a laundromat with some spare plastic bags.

Remove one entire set of clothes. And throw them in a dryer on the highest setting or an hr. Take your shoes off and spray the fuck out of them outside. If you don't have a good spot to leave them to dry outdoors. Put them in a second bag and take them with you. Take the rest of your cloth belongings and toss them in a dryer on high for at least an hr. Throw away the bag, when the first set of clothes are dry and you're done handling any cloth that could be contaminated. Check through everything you own and make sure you spray down anything that cant be washed and that you're not missing any cloth items. Very carefully strip. Put your current clothes in a bag and, tie that fucker up tight. Set the contaminated bags far away from your current clothes and then nuke those in the dryer. This will get rid of them on your luggage and body. Bear in mind those Fuckers jump so be careful with the swaps. I have absolutely done this while homeless/on the road. It sucks but you don't actually have to throw everything you own away.

Bedbug bites are always in a line. Take photos of the bites and the sheet before you move. You will not beat the be bugs. They are worse than cockroaches. The longer you stay there the more likely you'll bring them with you.

I'm not too familiar with bed bugs but I've heard they are a pain to get rid of and tend to catch a ride on suit cases/bags to the next location.

I saw a video ages ago of a guy getting rid of bed bugs and he basically just used some tape and went under every single crease and crevice of the mattress and frame till he got all of them. Looked very laborious.

If it was me I'd run as far as I can. Last thing you want is to take bed bugs back with you.

Move, bag up all clothing super tight and thoroughly wash it and dry it over and over. They're a nighgmare

Not sure if you can get it shipped to Argentina, but there is finally a pesticide that reliably works on bedbugs. I talk about it here. https://hexbear.net/comment/4050105 Its called Aprehend, and its a little tricky to apply but after fighting them for years I was able to finally knock them out with one treatment. Lmk if I can help anyone with this, I dealt with them for years. They are a trauma.

But in general, they are almost Impossible to get rid of.

If you're stuck there, try a mosquito net tent.