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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] 10 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago

seal it in a plastic bag?

[–] lapommedeterre 10 points 10 months ago

I dunno, I feel like I might be weeding out the fleas that can't handle the heat, and creating super fleas that will continue their lineage.

[–] [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.

[–] nomecks 1 points 10 months ago

Putting the items in the oven at 200f for a few hours should do the trick.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you have access to a sauna, that's a great option, too. Especially if you need to heat some bugs when the weather is chilling 80° F or less...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Found the Scandinavian

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you have access to a sauna [...]

I'm honoured, but really? Rethink.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

True, no self respecting Scandi utter an F°