I have had a PCO come out and identify bird mites in my apartment. He fumigated and used chemicals that have IGRs as well as used Sterifab. I cleaned, cleaned and cleaned. Washed on hot dried, etc. They kept biting me, and no matter how thorough I was, living out of bags etc, eventually I'd still feel them on me throughout the day. My roommate feels nothing, but I have a positive ID. Anyway it has gotten to the point that I have evacuated my apartment to get some sleep. I know my do nothing landlords who I complained to about this will probably not get rid of the pigeons nesting in the eaves of the apartment. I am considering moving out. My question is- if I put things in storage- will these mites eventually die without a host? If so, how long will it take? There are so many differing opinions and not many legitimate sources on the internet. I have read that they die within a few days, weeks, months and of course that they can last 6 months without food. Just trying to figure the best strategy while I am couch surfing. Thank you in advance for any help. I find people on this forum very rational and fact based and the stuff out there on bird mite sites and forum are so varied in opinions! I apologize in advanced that I am using this forum but have few reliable sources to turn to!
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