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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)
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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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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 0 points 1 year 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.

[–] agertudici@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] Kornblumenratte@feddit.de 0 points 1 year 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...

[–] cerulean_blue@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Found the Scandinavian

[–] Kornblumenratte@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

I'm honoured, but really? Rethink.

[–] cerulean_blue@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

True, no self respecting Scandi utter an F°