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How to quickly get fleas or other bugs out of items you can't wash in hot water: leave them in the back seat of your car in 90° weather for the day. Fleas don't like that much more than dogs or babies (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Anyway my patient had bedbugs how'd y'all's weekend go?

(Works best for fleas since they're usually a summer pest, when that 90° weather is avaliable, but works for other things if the opportunity arises.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wouldn't want to invite bedbugs into my car even if the temp should crest the ~125°F needed to kill the eggs. I'd go to a laundromat and throw it in the dryer and run it several times

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

apparently it's practically impossible for me to catch bedbugs from a patient as a nurse. I can't do my shoes in the dryer like that. I also couldn't have done my leather jacket like that when my roomates caught me some fleas. Hot car is a fab solution in certain specific situations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

seal it in a plastic bag?