fleas in sleeping bag

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proff

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jean paul 3 years to leon
leon to santiago october 2017

• Oct 28, 2017

• #1

Hi anyone i think i have bed bugs in my sleeping bag could some one recommend a powder or spray to get rid off them thanks

 

Rick M

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• Oct 28, 2017

• #2

Fleas and bed bugs are two different things. Either way, the most reliable way to get rid of them is 45 minutes in a dryer....after the sleeping bag is dry.

 

domigee

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• Oct 28, 2017

• #3

Hi proff and welcome! Not easy from your post to know whether you have an infestation of bed bugs or fleas.... Can you do a search on the forum for bed bugs and how to get rid of them? @SYates did post a very comprehensive guide.
I'll try and find it for you,
All the best.

Here it is: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/de-bed-bugging-your-camino-gear.483/

I did wake up from a siesta on a flea infested pillow and that was easier to deal with. I put everything through the wash, again and through a dryer. Not sure what the hospitalera did with the bedding... Probably the same.
The fleas were there because she had taken in a pilgrim with a puppy... I don't think from her reaction she'll do that again in a hurry!

 

trecile

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• Oct 29, 2017

• #4

The important thing is the hot dryer. It's not necessary to wash it first to kill the bed bugs.

 

A

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• Oct 29, 2017

• #5

Please inform the hospy where you are now as well as those in the albergues you have been for the last few nights. These things can show themselves a few days after they have actually hopped on board.

 

James Peter McDonald

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• Oct 29, 2017

• #6

proff said:

Hi anyone i think i have bed bugs in my sleeping bag could some one recommend a powder or spray to get rid off them thanks

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Turn it inside out and put it and your backpack and clothes in a dryer for 2 hours. It worked for me.

 

Felice

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• Oct 29, 2017

• #7

Off topic, I know, but can anyone remember a thread about ticks? Not the usual one about Lymes disease, but some new species or new disease being spread by ticks that was new to Spain. I have a hazy recollection but don't seem to be able to find it by using the search engine. I'm asking because I have a friend who is not well and the doctors are struggling. Like Lymes disease, these strange tick borne diseases are not on every doctors radar.....

 

Kanga

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• Oct 29, 2017

• #8

@Felice I think this is the thread you need: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/tick-borne-disease-update.43020/#post-564456

 

Felice

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• Oct 29, 2017

• #9

Kanga said:

@Felice I think this is the thread you need: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/tick-borne-disease-update.43020/#post-564456

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Thank our very much, Kanga. That's the one I was thinking about. I searched just on 'ticks' rather than tick borne. All I got was that bad tempered thread, and I knew there was another one!

 

Rick of Rick and Peg

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• Oct 29, 2017

• #10

Felice said:

Off topic, I know, but can anyone remember a thread about ticks? Not the usual one about Lymes disease, but some new species or new disease being spread by ticks that was new to Spain. I have a hazy recollection but don't seem to be able to find it by using the search engine. I'm asking because I have a friend who is not well and the doctors are struggling. Like Lymes disease, these strange tick borne diseases are not on every doctors radar.....

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Lymes disease can have many symptoms that are not well known, even by doctors. On the same thread that @Kanga sent you too but just a few posts above the one she linked to I gave a couple links to an online version of a paper pamphlet someone gave me and Peg. Your friends's doctors may find this useful in determining what your friend has.

See https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/tick-borne-disease-update.43020/#post-443958