Bedbug eradication, he says, "is a bit like being a social worker, " dealing with clients distraught by infestations.

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Alfie Kiernan, an Irishman with a new bedbug-abatement business in Regina, deploys a bug-sniffing dog to case apartments and hotels.

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Bedbug infestations have increased over the years and experts say they are likely to continue to rise for a little while longer.

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Feel free to ask any bedbug related questions and when i get around to it i will answer as many as i can.

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Other kinds of vermin such as lice and scabies can get into the mattress as well, although they are less common than mite and bedbug problems.

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Bedbug calls have gone up by 81 percent since 2000, the study said, and 67 percent of surveyed pest management companies have treated bedbug infestations in hotels or motels.

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My company gets hundreds of bedbug related calls weekly.

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It's an odd request in the circumstances, but Gilroy is more than ready to ride that train of thought: Arthur may be batty as a bedbug, but if he wants to switch sides it's OK with us.

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But the bedbug story is troublesome.

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