I was out of town for several days, and worried the whole time that I might infect the homes I was satying in. I was as careful as I could be without buying all new clothes upon arrival (like I did with a prior trip).
I came home a few nights ago and resumed my nightly bed checks. I found nothing...until tonight.
I do suspect that when I'm gone for a bit and the buggers have no one to feed on, they are slightly less active. When I return home, they sense it, and show up a couple days later.
It also reminds me that the 30 days has passed since my landlords received a violation for the bugs, and they've done nothing to follow up with me. In addition, my lease is up at the end of september and I haven't received a renewal offer yet. I'm not banking on them sending one.
But the same thing will happen to the next lucky duck that moves in. I think it should be illegal for a landlord to rent the unit to a new tenant if bedbugs have been confirmed and not yet eraticated in the unit. A loss of income on the unit will hurt more than the expense of proper extermination.
