While Marit and her friend Synnøve were in Lithuania, they found two insects in the hotel room that they did not know what they were. – We were nervous and checked all the hotel rooms. I am terrified of bed bugs, says Marit. Mathisen smiles broadly at being confident that the luggage is free of bedbugs. Photo: Harpreet Kaur Nijjer / news Fortunately, the girls had nothing to worry about. The dog “Miss” sniffed through their suitcases, looking for the disgusting animals. Miss found nothing this time. But not everyone is so lucky. Scroll to the bottom of the article for tips on how to avoid bed bugs. Just as likely in Norway as in Paris For the third year in a row, Miss and dog handler Tor Iljar are ready on arrival for international travel at Oslo Airport. All travelers who want can get a muzzle in their bag. With Tor Iljar as dog handler, Miss has been searching for bedbugs for two and a half years. Photo: Harpreet Kaur Nijjer / news – We detect bed bugs about five times a day, says Iljar, who has trained dogs to smell bed bugs since 2010. Iljar would steer clear of a hotel that believes there is never a problem with bed bugs. – Those who admit it and do something about it, rather than those who deny it, he says. Photo: Harpreet Kaur Nijjer / news He says that the number of discoveries they make of bed bugs is fairly stable. – Could you be on arrival for domestic journeys as well? – We could do that. There has been a bit too much focus only on abroad, but living in Norway does not give any greater or lesser chance of bringing in bed bugs than in Milan, Paris or London. – How do you train a dog to smell bedbugs? Iljar says that it is a big strain for Miss with many people, so it takes eight to ten searches before she gets a well-deserved break. Photo: Harpreet Kaur Nijjer / news – It’s like training all other search dogs. You present a smell of the bed bugs, then you practice it in different environments. Iljar says that Miss’s sense of smell is fresh, so continuous training and good maintenance are important. What are bed bugs? A blood-sucking insect closely related to humans. Found indoors all over the world. You can get annoying bites. Some people get severe, itchy marks, while others get less or no reaction. If you scratch the wounds, you can get bacterial infections. Bed bugs are not known to transmit diseases to humans. Source: Norwegian Institute of Public Health And people are satisfied with the offer, says the dog handler. – Many wish we were here all the time. The horror bed Regardless of whether you are on holiday in Norway or Paris, you should always check the bed in the hotel room or the house you live in. Bed bugs are blood-sucking and like to crawl to a place where you lie still for a long time. In the worst case scenario, you could end up in a bed infested with bed bugs. Then there is a high probability that they will come home with you. For the first time, Storebrand has therefore exhibited a bed bug-infested in the departures hall. In the departure hall at Oslo Airport is the bed of horrors, full of bedbugs. The bed is well sealed, so the bed bugs cannot escape. Here is a close-up of some bed bugs and the black dots they leave behind. Here, the curious can try to see the bed bugs through a small screen on the outside. Possibly the traces of them. Still stigma surrounding bed bugs Hanne Iversen Rye, injury prevention officer at Storebrand, says that getting bed bugs is stigmatised. She thinks that is a sin. Rye says there was a decrease in the number of detections of bed bugs during the pandemic, but that we are approaching the same level as before the pandemic now. Photo: Harpreet Kaur Nijjer / news – When you are out and about, there is a high chance of bringing bed bugs with you because there are a lot of people, and a lot of rotation of people. Thus, the bed bugs are not due to the fact that you have stayed in a bad hotel or had poor hygiene, but simply just bad luck. Are you afraid of bringing bed bugs home with you in your suitcase? See Hanne’s best tip: You should take care of this to avoid bed bugs: Examine the hotel room carefully when you enter it. Look for small, black excrement spots that look like small dots from a marker, dead animals and shells from them. If you find bed bugs, ask for another room and investigate there as well. Keep luggage off the floor. Do not put dirty laundry on the floor or display the day’s outfit on the bed. And if you were to make a discovery: If you find bed bugs in your luggage, it must be frozen or heated. If you are unlucky enough to get it in your home, you should contact the insurance office to get help from professionals. It is no use scrubbing or vacuuming, you need professional help. Source: Hanne Iversen Rye, Storebrand Published 05.08.2024, at 16.51
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The Labrador Miss smells bedbugs in the luggage at Oslo Airport – Greater Oslo
