You can smack them, you bash them, you can squish them but you just can't seem to kill the little feaks.
2006-07-16 15:19:24 · 10 answers · asked by James S 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
If you have alot of fleas in your house and need to get rid of them go to your local grocery store to the detergent section and get some 20 Mule Team Borax soap powder. You sprinkle it all over the carpet and let it set for a few days. The borax basically sucks the juice out of them and they die along with the eggs. This is a great non-toxic alternative to flea bombs or other dangerous chemicals. It will not harm your kids or animals. After a couple of days vacuum up the soap powder. It will leave a residual on your carpet that will keep on killing them!
2006-07-16 15:27:07 · answer #1 · answered by d.a.f.f.y. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were to view a flea thru a microscope you would notice that it is almost "flat". Yep, it's body is basically flat and has hard armored shells across it, making it a pretty sturdy little fellow. It has an extremely strong exoskeleton and is lightweight, so can survive very easily. In order to kill one you would have to use something sharp such as your fingernail and "cut" it in half, or use pesticides. It's basically made for that which it lives to do..... crawl thru lots and lots of fur without any problems at all. .........
2006-07-16 22:28:43 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Trucker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two ways to kill fleas:
1. catch them and put them in a sealed container with water, they will drown after a while.
2. If the first way takes to long you can do this, get a lighter or other fire making tool and light it on the flea, this will catch it on fire and will kill it in a few seconds.
2006-07-16 22:34:45 · answer #3 · answered by Chewthis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They must have exoskeletons like ants. Plus because they are flat it makes them harder to squish. I'm just guessing. You can kill them if you put them in hot soapy water!
2006-07-16 22:26:56 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Stranger In Maine™♥ (Thriller) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother and his wife took their nasty dirty dog (in desperate need of a bath) into my mother and father's home and completely infested it with fleas... My parents are trying to get rid of them now. Let me know if you find out how to kill them!
2006-07-16 22:24:21 · answer #5 · answered by AnaGameela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL My vet actually showed me. Get/use your flea comb, when you get one, loose hair and all, drop it on a flat surface, with hair keeps them from jumping away so fast. Then, roll your fingernail over them, like a reverse finger-printing. They pop and are done, no more flea. Or you could get Revolution from your vet, kills fleas, eggs, ear mites, and internal worms.
Please, spay and neuter your pets!
2006-07-16 23:57:02 · answer #6 · answered by Suzette R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have a small, slim ,hard extieror! if u have them in the house u need to scrubb ur floors, and yes ur carpet too, ombs, powders dont do much good
2006-07-16 22:23:03 · answer #7 · answered by white boy with big head 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can poison them but why its the cocoon they make nothing and get in them and they are microscopic!!
2006-07-16 22:23:20 · answer #8 · answered by smoochiecooco0 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because they are so small and they have a hard exoskeleton.
2006-07-16 22:22:32 · answer #9 · answered by corbeyelise 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try popping them...works everytime!
2006-07-16 22:30:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋