Re: Will Freezing Kill Bird Mites?

[Guest guest]

It didn't work for me. I don't think my freezer gets cold enough. Maybe

if it did...

Anyone else?

katiejill

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> I read somewhere that putting your clothes in the freezer overnight

> inside a plastic bag will kill the blood-suckers. Any validity to this

> claim?

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[Guest guest]

I froze my shoes for a month and it didn't do one bit of good.

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> I read somewhere that putting your clothes in the freezer overnight

> inside a plastic bag will kill the blood-suckers. Any validity to this

> claim?

>

[Guest guest]

We tried it during our infestation and it didn't work...

Trly

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> I read somewhere that putting your clothes in the freezer overnight

> inside a plastic bag will kill the blood-suckers. Any validity to this

> claim?

>

[Guest guest]

I remember reading one of Tim's research articles on the birdmites site and the test showed that it took 3 days of 4 below zero to kill birdmites. Very hard to do. We sat our car out side with windows down when our temps. reached 9 below zero and it didn't show any effect on the things in the car. Rita

Re: Will Freezing Kill Bird Mites?

We tried it during our infestation and it didn't work...Trly>> I read somewhere that putting your clothes in the freezer overnight> inside a plastic bag will kill the blood-suckers. Any validity to this> claim?>

[Guest guest]

it didnt work for us either...on the other hand heat did work.

you can 'bake' your belongings in the oven at 200F for 20 minutes.

this did work for us for clothing, blankets, shoes etc

[Guest guest]

Yeap. Z's right! Heat does kill these things. Microwaving works well too.TrlySent via BlackBerry by AT&TFrom: "zmooks" <zuleikahwalker@...>Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:11:42 -0000<bird mites >Subject: Re: Will Freezing Kill Bird Mites? it didnt work for us either...on the other hand heat did work. you can 'bake' your belongings in the oven at 200F for 20 minutes. this did work for us for clothing, blankets, shoes etc

[Guest guest]

Boy am I glad I asked the knowledgeable folks! All this time we've

been alternating freezing with washing hoping to save some wear and

tear on our weathered clothes. And I don't even want to see our

electric bill.

So how do you bake or microwave your clothes? Do you put them inside a

container of some sort first? Thanks for your help.

vb

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> Yeap. Z's right! Heat does kill these things. Microwaving works well

too.

> Trly

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> Re: Will Freezing Kill Bird Mites?

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> it didnt work for us either...on the other hand heat did work.

> you can 'bake' your belongings in the oven at 200F for 20 minutes.

> this did work for us for clothing, blankets, shoes etc

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