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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 10 months 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] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bedbugs can handle 90°F just fine. You need to sustain at least 125°F for at least four hours to really desiccate them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

90 degrees outside the car? The inside of that car is gonna BAKE. And 2 hours before and after high noon ain't shit. cook those hoes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

125°F for four hours is needed to kill the eggs too.