subject: Bed Bug Proof Mattress Covers – How Encasements Can Help You Fight The Bed Bug Invasion [print this page] Bed Bug Proof Mattress Covers How Encasements Can Help You Fight The Bed Bug Invasion
Nobody likes to think about bed bugs. It is not pleasant to think of having an insect crawling on you, biting into your skin and sucking your blood while you sleep. However, these particular creepy crawlies are a growing menace. Ignoring the possibility of having them invade your home won't help to keep you and your family safe. It is better to think about them and set up defensive measures before they become a problem. Using special bed bug proof mattress covers ("encasements") is a simple but effective precaution you can take.
Bed bugs are very small. The adults are about the size of an apple seed. They are a dull brown in color, but they take on a dark red color while they are digesting a recent blood feed. The immature ones ("nymphs") are even smaller and are almost transparent. Their small size makes it easy for them to go unnoticed, especially as they hide during daylight hours.
Bed bugs hide during the day and come out at night to feed on human beings. They will make an exception and feed on animals if humans are not available. But their food of preference is human blood. They don't live on the human body the way fleas do. They hide in any small crevice where there is a supply of human blood nearby.
When night falls the bed bugs come out to look for food. While you are tucked up snugly in your bed, you are a magnet to these creatures. Bed bugs are attracted to human beings by warmth and by the carbon dioxide they exhale. They commonly hide in places like the seams and buttons and piped edges of mattresses. The only safe way to be sure your mattress does not become infested with bed bugs is to seal it in a bed bug proof mattress encasement.
It would not be advisable to try to keep bed bugs away by spraying your mattress with pesticide. Many pest sprays are unsuitable for use on mattresses and other soft furnishings. Most bug killing sprays are only effective on contact with the insects; spraying your bed would not create a barrier to keep bugs away. Sealing your mattress inside a bed bug proof cover is effective and there is no danger of the side effects that might be present with the use of chemical sprays.
You need special mattress covers to do the job of protecting your bed from these pests. Bed bug proof mattress covers are manufactured from closely woven fabric. The bugs can't get through the weave and they can't bite through the fabric. The seams are specially constructed and the encasements are sealed with a specially designed bug proof zipper.
Bed bug proof mattress covers are designed in such a way that they don't offer hiding places to these pests. There is nowhere for the bugs to hide and nowhere for their eggs to hatch. Covering your mattress with an encasement makes the seams and other hiding places of your mattress inaccessible to the bugs. With one of these special encasements in place, you don't have to worry that your mattress might become the home of an army of bed bugs.
Bedding is expensive. You don't want to have to throw it away. If you fail to protect your bed with bug proof encasements, you risk it becoming a refuge for the pests. Bed bug proof mattress covers will keep your mattress free of infestation without risking damage to your health through the use of pesticides. You can also get bed bug proof encasements to protect your box springs and pillows.
