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Bed Bug mattress covers are an extremely important part of containing an infestation in your home without tossing the mattress out or buying a new one.

How They Work
These pests typically hide in areas near where their hosts sleep. Their feeding time is usually early in the morning while we are still sleeping. Crawling out of their hiding places they suck blood from us then crawl back to their hiding places before we wake. Mattresses and box springs are the perfect place for them to hide. These are places where they can hide in seams or small holes in the fabric. Once inside there is no effective way to get the bugs out. A mattress cover for bed bugs will seal the bugs inside where eventually they will die. It will also block the possible infestation of a new mattress.

What To Look For
Bed Bug covers are sometimes hard to find. Only specially designed covers will be effective in controlling the bugs. Once they are encasing your bed the bugs inside will be trapped and won’t be able to get to you and your family. Since Bed Bugs hide around your beds, anything that lessens the places they can hide will help you get rid of them.

How To Use Them
Mattress covers are an important part of any attempt to kill bedbugs that are infesting your home. To be effective you need two bed covers, one for the mattress and one for the box springs. Usually they zip closed on one end after they are pulled on. There are also smaller zip covers for your pillows.

Often times the best and most economical place to find mattress covers is on-line. You can find more information on these at http://www.bedbugfacts.info

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