get reed of fleas?

Answer 1

Prevention is the best approach with fleas, but once you have them, it is a process to get rid of them, and it can be difficult. Vacuum frequently and get rid of the vacuum bags frequently. Wash your pet's bedding in hot soapy water frequently.

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Answer 2

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Fleas can transmit disease and tapeworm. Keeping your pet and his environment clean is the single most important part of a successful flea-control program.


Steps:
1. Understand the life of the flea. An adult female can lay one egg per hour for every hour of her life (usually three months). Fleas thrive in heat and humidity and are most active in summer and fall.

2. Help prevent fleas indoors by vacuuming your home thoroughly and frequently, paying close attention to corners, cracks and crevices. Dispose of vacuum cleaner bags conscientiously, as adult fleas can escape.

3. Remove fleas from your pet using a fine-toothed comb, and drop the fleas into soapy water to drown them.

4. Wash pet bedding in hot, soapy water weekly; this is the most likely site for flea eggs and larvae.

5. Prune foliage and keep grass trimmed short to increase sunlight, as flea larvae cannot survive in hot, dry areas. Remove piles of debris in areas close to your home.

6. Bathe pets weekly if possible. If bathing is not an option, speak to your veterinarian about appropriate alternatives.

7. Watch your pet for signs of flea trouble: excessive scratching and biting, especially around the tail and lower back; 'flea debris' (black, granular dried blood) and fleas themselves on the skin; and possibly raw patches where the animal has been biting and scratching himself.

8. Talk to your veterinarian about various treatments for your flea-plagued pet: a flea adulticide applied monthly to the skin; a monthly pill that prevents fleas from reproducing but doesn't kill adult fleas; and multipurpose products that prevent flea reproduction and control heartworms, hookworms, whipworms and roundworms. Also consider flea collars and flea powders.

9. Look into chemical flea-treatment products to apply by hand around the environment in spray or powder form. Ask your veterinarian for a recommendation on the best product and how to use it.

Tips:
Be diligent in your exterminating efforts. A flea pupa while in the cocoon is impervious to treatment and can live for eight months without feeding.

Veterinarians are skeptical of homemade flea remedies such as garlic, vinegar, vitamin C and kelp.

Call on a professional exterminator for severe indoor and outdoor infestations.


Warnings:
Be very careful with all insecticides to be used on pets or around your home. Read directions carefully.

Never apply a flea product to a cat or kitten unless it is labeled as safe for cats. Cats are very sensitive to insecticides.

Ingesting fleas could give your pet tapeworm (see related eHows about preventing worms).