I was supposed to be dogsitting this weekend and when I got the the house I immediately put my bags on the guest bed and went on about feeding the dogs and making dinner for about an hour and a half, I then went and sat on said bed (fully made, I was sitting on top of all of the covers) for another hour before seeing a small bug. I tried not to think much of it until I saw more and realized I had been sitting on a bed bug infested bed for about an hour with everything I brought sitting on it for 2 1/2 hours.
I immediately put all my things in trash bags and washed the clothes that were in my bag on a steam and sanitize cycle and dried them on the sanitize cycle which all together took about 4 hours. I now do not know what on earth to do with the rest of my things that were sitting on that bed. I had my xbox in that bag along with multiple other items I use daily that can’t be washed.
Does anybody know what I can do to make absolutely SURE that I don’t bring these bugs into my own home??
Small details to add -
- I am already home, everything that was there is still sitting in tightly sealed garbage bags in my garage (they’re all double bagged as well)
- My actually luggage is a carry on type bag that’s made of thick fabric and I plan on washing and drying that on high heat
- It is absolutely confirmed that its bed bugs, there were large ones and small ones and the owners had just bought a new wooden bed frame on facebook marketplace for that guest bed room last week