Does heat hatch the eggs?

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Thanks, Kihun. I think you are right. I

have not heard about anyone using CO2 on clothes on the list. It was my husband’s

idea. I think it kills the live ones. The clothes are fine for a short while and

then I start getting bit. I am afraid that the eggs are left untouched by the

gas, and hatch when I put the clothes on. Therefore, I think I must bake all

the clothes I unpack from the CO2 bags before I wear them.

Hmmm, I think it is coming together for

me. We also gas the laptop and my espresso machine. They are fine before I turn

them on. When the heat comes on, does it hatch the eggs and make new live ones?

I cannot seem to use the laptop very long before it feels infested again. Does

anyone else have that experience? Also, I get the runs now whenever I drink

espresso (and there are tons of black spots on my cup), so I think the same

thing is happening with that machine – the eggs hatch in response to the heat

(and in that case, water).

Does anyone know for a fact that heat

hatches the eggs? If so, CO2 would kill the live ones, but the eggs would be

time-bombs, just waiting…

From: bird mites [mailto:bird mites ] On Behalf Of kihunonline

Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008

8:45 AM

bird mites

Subject: Re:

Dehumidifer Questions

Pamela, you have a great system using CO2 that many of

us have not

set up. I assume your gassed clothes are all free of live bugs,

right? This is just my take but I would just keep rotating a

limited set of clothes until this problem is gone altogether. I've

bought cheap clothing from Walmart and Old Navy to serve the

purpose. When you're finally free of bugs, then it's time to unbag

your wardrobe, but as a safe measure perhaps gas them one last time

before they go back in your closet and dressers? I have the same

concern - lots of my clothes are in garbage bags that have not been

dried from the dehumidifier. I'm scared to open them. I may just

end up tossing many of them out (although I've done that already to

a degree).

For your laptop, can you put it in a 2.5 gallon ziploc bag and gas

it?

For your car, I've done 2 sessions of heat treating using halogen

lights. I got the inside temperature up to 151F on my second try.

I plan to retreat the cars as needed until my condo and body is also

clean. If you heat treat your car, you can toss in whatever else

you want to treat inside the car (being careful not to let them

touch the light since it's a fire hazard). Last time, I tossed in

my sneakers in the car.

kihun

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> Hi everyone,

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> I think the dehumidifiers are working wonders for us! It has been

5 weeks.

> Like Jeanine, are big problems seem to revolve around clothes, the

laptop,

> and the cars.

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> My questions for Jeff or anyone is whether it is best for me to

stop keeping

> my clothes in plastic bags in the plastic bins? I mean, they are

not getting

> dehumidified there. Is it best for me to go back to hanging

clothes and

> using a dresser like a normal person? Can you imagine? LOL

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>

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> We have our clothes packed up in bags that have CO2 in them, and

then packed

> in boxes and have been stacked in the garage. Is it best to keep

all the

> cotton clothes bagged up and away from live mites so they cannot

breed in

> them, or is it best to bring all of the clothes into the house so

that they

> get treated by the low humidity, too?

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> Thank you for your input,

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> Pamela

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