Does anyone know the best way to get rid of fleas. Help I am under attack!!!!!?

Question

I've tried everything in the book.

Answer 1

one in the book that isn't well known. boric acid that you can buy at home depot. i had a litter of cats in my garage and it was infested with millions of fleas. we could go in or open the door without our clothes being covered black with flea's. we knew about boric acid as its a fine powder only found in new mexico. at home depot, its under the raid brand sold for 4.95 for a pound bottle. you can buy it direct on the net for the same price for 20 pounds. we put it all over the floor of the garage and after three days not one flea was left.

Answer 2

Take the little thing to the vet and buy some Advantix. It's good for a month at a time. I would give the little thing a bath without the flea shampoo but a regular conditioning shampoo for cats first. Then they have carpet powder or spray to sprinkle on carpets that will kill fleas and their eggs. Lock the kitty in another room while this goes on. I would also recommend treating your outside yard with a pesticide that kills fleas. We had the same problem and after that, the fleas were gone. But definitly keep up with the month to month Advantix and you shouldn't have a problem. But definitly treat the yard as well. Fleas don't pop up from anywhere. They come from outside.

Answer 3

In order to keep your house "flea free", you need to treat your animals monthly with either Frontline or Advantage. To get the fleas under control now, try bathing your animal and having your house professionally treated. You may want to have your yard treated as well. Summer time is the flea season, so fleas are everywhere now. When fleas lay eggs on your pet, the eggs fall to the floor and sink to the bottom of your carpet, couch, bed, and dust. When they hatch, the larva starts to move to the top of the carpet, then attach themselves to a host (they can sense carbon monoxide from a passing animal or person), then they begin feeding on flea dirt (dry processed flea fecal matter, aka blood), and start the process over again. Remember, just treating your house will do nothing if your animals have fleas. Treating them monthly will help a lot.

Answer 4

Flea baths for the cats till they are flea-free.
Vacuum every day (or more). Cut up pieces of a flea collar and put that in the vacuum bag.
Take your cats (and any other animals) out for the afternoon and flea-bomb the house.
Good luck!

Answer 5

First you have to get flea bombs. The day you plan on bombing make sure that your animal is getting a flea dip and combing at your vet. While bombing take all clothes and linens and wash in very hot water. By the time you get all of that done you will be flea free.

Answer 6

Boric acid works beautifully and it's safe so long as it isn't ingested found usually at hardware stores:

It can be used as an antiseptic for minor burns or cuts and is sometimes used in dressings or salves or is applied in a very dilute solution as an eye wash. It is poisonous if taken internally or inhaled, although it is generally not considered to be much more toxic than table salt (based on its mammal LD50 rating of 2660mg/kg body mass).

It is often used as a relatively nontoxic insecticide, for killing cockroaches, termites, fire ants, fleas, and many other insects. It can be used directly in powdered form for fleas and cockroaches, or mixed with sugar or grape jelly for ants. It is also a component of many commercial insecticides. In this use, especially in the case of cockroaches, the boric acid in the form of a powder is applied to areas frequented by the insects. The lightweight particles cling to the legs of the insects and eventually cause fatal chemical burns. Boric acid for this use in residential apartments is sold commercially in urban areas afflicted with cockroaches.

Answer 7

Becareful sometimes it's not fleas and it might be scabies, it's what I had but I too thought they were fleas, he had them too. Anyways, the scabies medicine did wonders and I'm not sure but the fleas aren't really biting either now. Also use Frontline for a few months to kill them all off.

Answer 8

I have a cat and all I do is buy him a flea collor. you can also spray your house with flea spray that is what we did. If your cat is an outside cat try keeping him inside for a while.

Answer 9

sprinkle 20 mule team borax all over your carpet and work it into the carpet, let it set a few days and vacuum it up, the fleas come up with it. repeat as often as nessesary

Answer 10

this work trust me blue dawn will help on the pet as for your house most bombs will work dont let it out side