Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs in High Demand in St. Louis CBS St. Louis – CBS St. Louis

May 10, 2017 7:28 AM

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) The problem of bed bugs isnt going away and that means constant calls to one company.

Jay Everitt, technical director with Rottler Pest Control, says they are running seven to eight crews, six days a week trying to combat bed bugs, not only in the St. Louis metro area but as far away as Kansas City. He says they are fending off offers to buy their bed bug detection dogs.

I think what happens is management companies wind up spending a lot of money controlling bed bugs, and they think that the dogs might be able to help save them some money by finding these bugs quicker, he says.

Everitt says they had three dogs and just retired one. He believes itll take up to six months to find and buy another. Everitt says they have refused all offers to sell their certified dogs.

Right now currently we have two certified, what they call NESDCA certified canines, so theyre actually certified by a third party to make sure that theyre accurate, and we do that on an annual basis, he says.

Everitt says theyve had success with the high heat to kill the pests and they are also using fumigation methods to get rid of them.

Things arent getting any better, if anything I think theyre starting to elevate even more, he says.

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