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AJ Richards: There he moved again. When he finishes a capillary and drains a capillary,
heíll move to another spot. Itís probably not smart of me to move him again because
now I have two big welts, but, can you see that? If you look from the side, you can see
him looking straight down in and his sucker stabbed right into me right now. Cameraman:
I can see it from here. Iím not sure if the picture, if the camera can pick it up. Thomas:
I think youíre the sucker, I donít think heís the sucker.
*Laughs* Look at that. I think heís getting a little fatter. AJ: Oh! I m
feeling that one. That one hurt. If I was asleep, I probably wouldnít have felt it,
but Iím watching him so I can definitely feel
it inside there. Iíll let it go long enough if you want to see it fill up. Heíll go to
twice his size. Thomas: Donít we already have
a video of that? AJ: We did a baby, so it Wasnít as visible. Thomas: Oh yeah. This
is an adult right here, huh? AJ: Yep. If you
watch his color change, he used to have just one brown spot right down the center. See
how it s filling up? Thomas: And thatís your blood filling up in there, huh? AJ Richards:
Yep, thatís all blood. Thomas: If you blow on him right now, is it going to bother him?
AJ: I don t know, try it. Thomas: No, doesnít seem to care. AJ: So, a feeding, a typical
feeding actually would take about fifteen minutes. Thomas: Fifteen minutes? AJ: Uh huh.
For him to get completely engorged, fifteen minutes. So, heíll feed, drain a capillary,
move, feed, drain a capillary, thatís why a lot of times Thomas: I know that fifteen
is like the max on You Tube. AJ: Yeah, I do know, so we can Thomas: I just don t think
that s going to work. AJ: Maybe we can do a time lapse, huh? *Laughs* Thomas: A time
lapse. *Laughs* AJ: Uh, but uh, that s why when youíll see typical markings from a bed
bug is in a line. Usually three or four, because they're cleaning out a capillary, they're
dropping down, you know, stick it in another capillary, draining it until they re full,
so, um, and once they feed, they actually wonít need to feed for uh, you know, about
three or four days. Thomas: So, what do you think? Do you think the bug repellent worked
then, pretty good? AJ: I would say it did. Cameraman: They have to eat that often? Thomas:
Should we try the other arm? AJ: Yeah. Well, no, they don t have to eat that often. Yeah,
Letís see if we can confirm it. Thomas: Letís go ahead and spray this arm over here. AJ:
They don t have to feed that long. Put it right there. Thomas: Very good. I gotcha,
right here. AJ: Oops, thanks man. Thomas: Dude, do you feel these things, dude? Thatís
nice. AJ: Popeye. *Laughs* Thomas: Woo hoo! AJ: Making me feel weird. Thomas: That's what
the arm will do for you. I know, sorry. AJ: *Laughs* Thomas: At least it's not sun tanning
oil or something all over you, AJ. AJ: Right. Thatís not too bad. Thomas: Heís getting
pretty big, dude, he might not even want to feed
at this point, I guess, but... AJ: Well, weíll try. Heíll double in size and, and he doesnít
know when his next meal is, so I would actually speculate that heíll keep going as long as
the blood mealís there, until heís full. So,
Letís see if we can bring him over here. Thomas:
Just put the paper down and see if he even crawls off. Look at that, he seriously doesnít
AJ Richards: Heís refusing it. Thomas: Yeah, I bet if you put the paper back up there,
Heíll climb up on the paper, too. AJ Richards: Notice the shape change? Heís a little bit
more elongated Thomas: Yeah, put him back over again, see if he feeds again. AJ: than
he was when he started. He was a little more round. And thatís very common, they go from
more of a tick shape to, the call it a cigar shape. Thomas: Look at that, dude. AJ Richards:
Heís feeding upside down. Thomas: Yeah, AJ Richards: Can you see that? Cameraman: Not
really well in the camera, but yeah. AJ: Look at that. Cameraman: *Laughs* Thomas: Yeah,
he full on, just, the repellent, the bug repellent works. AJ: Yeah. Thatís copyrighted, by the
way. *Laughs* Thomas: Yeah, first, you heard it here first. AJ: Bed bug repellent coming
your way. Thomas: That s right. Cameraman: Thatís really cool. Thomas: Weíre going
to insert it into some fragrance so that we have
fragrance kind. AJ: Yeah. Thomas: I m thinking like, uh, CK One, weíll call it K-9 One.
AJ: K-9 One, there you go. Thomas: *Laughs* AJ:
You know, an application, really, the only application for something like that would
be, youíve got them at your house, or youíre paranoid, so maybe you want to spray yourself
down, or an inspector, myself. Knowing that that works, Iím going to be soaked in bed
bug repellent as I go in to do inspections because, thatís actually Thomas: Yeah, I
went in there with you yesterday, and I, so the
reason why this all started is I went in there with him yesterday and my wife would kill
me, I mean just kill me if AJ Richards: If he brought those home. Thomas: Yeah, exactly.
Not only that, but the house we went to was pretty, pretty bad, I mean, really bad, I
mean, weíve got some footage weíll show you
on that, but I didnít want to get any, so I sprayed myself down. And AJ didnít believe,
Didnít know itíd work or not, but he still would AJ: I played it safe, didnít I? *Laughs*
Thomas: Yeah, you re not going to take any chances, are you? AJ: No. Thomas: I mean,
if there s a chance it s going to work AJ Richards: Yeah. Thomas: So, there you go.
AJ Richards: Spray it on my shoes and the bottom of my pants. Thomas: I just might be
using this to, uh, using this anytime I go to the movies, theaters now, or in hotels.
AJ Richards: In hotels, yeah. Thomas: Why take a risk, I mean, that s like, if you get
a bed bug infestation in your home, it s a couple thousand dollars. AJ Richards: Yeah,
if you, if you have a problem and most people realize what they have until it s an infestation,
and at that point, theyíre talking an easy minimum of fifteen hundred to two thousand
dollars on an average size home. If you catch it early enough, there are chemical treatments
and steam treatments that can be successful for a quarter of that price, but like I said,
most people donít realize what it is until theyíve got an infestation and, and then
itís too late, so, and the one time you don t
take a precaution, you know, it s probably that time that you re going to get it, so
Thomas: Dude, look at him. Heís huge. AJ Richards:
See how much bigger he is now? Thomas: Yeah. AJ Richards: And he s dark red. Heíll get,
see how, look at the back of him, how, oh, there he goes. Thomas: Oh! Oh! He just pooped
on there. Oh, sorry. AJ Richards: So, he just Thomas: No breathing on the AJ Richards: He
just defecated. Thatís my blood. And thatís something you want to watch for, say you
have white sheets, which I recommend by the way, it s easier to spot, if you see that
on your white sheet, Thomas: No pun intended. *Laughs* AJ Richards: If you see that on your
white sheets, then you start looking. Call in a dog; call in a professional, whatever
it takes. But, you want to find that right away. Like I said, youíll save yourself thousands
of dollars potentially. Thomas: Yeah, he totally doesnít look like a tick anymore. Like when
I first looked at him, he looked just like a tick, but I mean, he s like a little accordion
back there that just fills up. AJ Richards:
Yeah. And Thomas: And just poops it right out. AJ Richards: Notice heís, notice heís
not trying to feed anymore. Heís pretty much full. Thomas: Yeah. AJ Richards: I mean, heís
got his blood meal. Now heís just trying to find a place to hide. Thomas: Good, letís
put him away. AJ Richards: Let s do it. Thomas: Iím done with him. That was pretty
nasty. I didnít like having that on my arm one bit. AJ Richards: I noticed. Thomas: Alright,
at any rate, Iím a happy camper. Go buy some today. AJ: *Laughs* Thomas: I think that s
a wrap. See you guys. AJ Richards: That s a wrap. Thomas: Check back in sometime.