2006-07-26 08:15:26 · 18 answers · asked by linziultrastar 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
set light to it...............go to a vet and get something but remember to treat your pets aswell as eggs can lay dormant for a number of years
2006-07-26 08:18:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no particularly eco-friendly way to do it. You can get aerosol spray cans from any large hardware store, which you turn on and then leave the room quickly. Each can will do a few hundred square feet (read the label), so for a large house you will need several. You will need to get all pets out of the house while fumigating. Plan your route so that you can minimize breathing the fumes, then place the cans quickly and get out of the house and stay out for several hours. Then, open the windows and air the place out for a while. This will kill the larvae and adult fleas, but it will not kill eggs, which will hatch and make more fleas, so you may have to do it again in ten days or so to kill off the new crop.
2006-07-26 15:27:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no way to get rid of fleas without killing them and the eggs. Use a flea fogger and put seven dust on the carpet and then vacuum the powder up a few hours later. When you deflea your pet be sure to do it outside and you need to also use a flea killer outside or you can get them on your clothes and bring them back inside. If your pet sleeps outside, put seven dust in his sleeping area. You can also use it on your pet and then brush it out of his coat You will need to repeat whatever you use in two and four weeks as the eggs can take 30 days to hatch and the cycle will start over again. There is also a powder you can buy to put in your carpet that is made just for fleas. Good luck.
2006-07-26 15:36:00 · answer #3 · answered by brutus367 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i agree hot weather really does bring out the fleas...
the only way i can really suggest of removing the fleas is either of the following ways...
. Using flea powerds, sprays although this isnt eco friendly
. Have you tried the electronic flea killers that you can get normally from decent pet shops. No powder, they work on eletronic bulbs and sticky plastics to trap the fleas.
. A pretty obvious one, but regularly de-flea your pets, it breaks the cycle...
2006-07-26 15:21:41 · answer #4 · answered by blacknedkittie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
,years ago, i had fleas in my carpet , and the only way i could get rid of them, was to cover the floor in 5 dust, or 7 dust ,or beetle dust, put it very heavy all over the carpet, use the whole bag , and take a broom and sweep the dust down into the carpet , and leave it there. for 2 or 3 weeks and it will kill all the fleas, treat your animals with the same dust , and this should take care of your problem, it did mine good luck,
2006-07-30 15:33:16 · answer #5 · answered by lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to keep the carpet, use dog or cat flea shampoo (different kinds of fleas) on the carpet, then leave it hanging outside for at least a week, preferably where your pets can't get near it.
If you keep hens, the fleas may come from them.
If it's a wall-to-wall carpet and you keep pets indoors, get rid of the carpet altogether.
2006-07-26 15:22:26 · answer #6 · answered by Paul 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A few companies use a product like salt that dehydrates and is eco-friendly. The fleas are on a cycle so it takes time.
2006-07-26 15:25:34 · answer #7 · answered by Dirtt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a small plate with dishsoap and water under a nightlight. The fleas willbe attracted to the light and the scent of the soap then jump rightinto the plate and of course drown. This necer fails. You have to clean plates every one to two days and put one in each room that has the most fleas. It does work, TRUST ME!
2006-07-26 16:32:13 · answer #8 · answered by Bethany B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vacuum every day, including all rugs and upholstered items. Do not miss any spots (like under the beds) Throw away the vacuum bag right after by putting it in a garbage bag and taking it outside. Lightly treat infested areas with a non-residual pyrethrum insecticide. (pyrethrum comes from a certain plant)
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2006-07-26 15:23:59 · answer #9 · answered by jamm0069 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortunately, fleas have become Extremely resistant to most natural products, but Raid is starting to make some green products but i don't know if their flea products are available in green yet....their standard flea bomb is the best of the four I tried last year.
other than that hard floors tend to keep fleas at bay much better than carpet
2006-07-26 15:20:44 · answer #10 · answered by Shrek'shandsomeidenticaltwin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have your carpet professionally steam cleaned. Or consider removing the carpet all together and putting in a pergo or tiled floor. Then the fleas will have nothing to nest in.
2006-07-26 15:36:02 · answer #11 · answered by littleone78 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋