>>>From: Elizabeth Ligeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I found little mites walking around on the pillow, but I lifted the removable outer cover, and sprayed it with fly/bug spray,and that "fixed" them for a while. Every time I saw and I repeated the dose, and I have not seem them for quite a few years, now!!<<<
If someone doesn't want to add poisons to their pillows (and has the room), there is an alternative--freezing. Wrap the pillow in plastic (so you don't get it damp from condensation when you remove it) and put it into the freezer. In a household freezer, leave it at least a week, preferably two. Then let it defrost, but keep it wrapped. After 3-4 days at room temperature, re-freeze. Freezing only kills the adults, not eggs, so this allows any eggs in the straw to hatch. The second freezing should kill anybody that hatched during the few days at room temperature. Just to be sure, freeze it a third time in case there were eggs that hadn't hatched yet. Don't wait too long between freezings, or you'll have eggs hatching and mites maturing and breeding (laying more eggs); you'll have to freeze it again. Robin P. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
