My girlfriends house has a flea problem and we are moving her out, and I don't want to take the fleas with us.

Question

Ok, the story is that my girlfriend needed to spend a couple weeks with her mom while we are in transition from a long distance move. Well, come to find out that her mom's dog has contracted fleas, and her mom is too lazy to deal with the problem by actually taking the dog to the vet and having her flea problem dealt with. Well, we know how to solve that problem... What concerns me, is that in a couple days, we are moving my girlfriend out, and into our new apartment, and we do NOT want to drag any fleas with us. What concerns me is that the dog had been sleeping on my girlfriend's bed, and my girlfriend has been itchy and has had evidence of bites on her. Some of our gear was also being stored there for this brief time too. What I am truely worried about is the fleas traveling with us in my girlfiend's soft goods (clothing, etc.). How do we deal with this?

Answer 1

Actually there is a really easy way to take care of the fleas without having to use ANY kind of poison and it's very simple. Just go to your local feed store (or pet store if you don't live near the country) and look for a bag of Diatomaceous earth. It's going to look like a bag of chalky white dirt but I promise it's excellent. Just sprinkle the dirt over your carpets, couch... bed... whatever... and it will kill all the fleas.
It works because it scratches off the waxy layer of the flea's exoskeleton, de-hydrating the flea and killing it. This only takes a day or two to work and is completely safe to use around humans and pets.
I hope this helps!

Answer 2

Get Some Jars & Put Dish Detergent In It & Set a Candel In It & At Night When There Is No Movement In The House You Can Light It & It Will Attract the Flea's . OR If They Are too Bad You Might Have To Replace All The Carpet In Your House & Do A Super Clean On All The Furniture .

Answer 3

1) Before packing, wash all clothing in warm to very warm water.
2) Treat the cat for fleas a few days before you move - use a reaaly good anti-flea medication like Advantage or Frotline or Revolution
3) When you get to the new place and unloaded your furniture and belongings, flea-bomb the place. This will take care of any fleas or flea larvae or flea egs that may have come with the furniture.

This was what I did for a similar problem when I moved houses. Both my cats and new home are flea-free.

Answer 4

Oh boy.

Yes, fleas are aggressive little bugs, and the only way to deal with them is to get aggressive right back. You will want to wash everything IMMEDIATELY when you get to the new place. In fact, you might even want to use a laundrymat and wash your bedding and things there before you go on to the new apartment. You will want to vacuum and shampoo your furniture and matress, and vacuum the carpets every day for at least two weeks to make sure you didn't carry any of the little pests with you.

It sounds like a lot of work- and it IS a lot of work. But it's far better than the painful itch the fleas will give you.

Good luck!

Answer 5

Wash everything you can in hot water before moving it into your new apartment. It might be a pain, but it'll help ensure you don't drag any into your new apartment with her bedding and clothing. If you happen to bring in a few, they won't be able to reproduce without a host....and humans don't really work as hosts since they can't stay on us hidden like they can with animals. So as long as you don't have any furry pets that could be infested, any small amount of fleas you may drag in will die after a short time (if not of natural causes, from being vacuumed and drowned as you two clean).

Answer 6

My suggestion would be to make sure that all the pet's get flea treatments and then if the problem is really bad you might have to use a bug bomb in the house I have been in a place wit fleas and well they can cause seriouse health problems take care of it right away and be sure to have a place to stay for the night.

Answer 7

in order to deal with a problem like this..understand how fleas are..,they only need blood,so after they bite you,they gone,they dont stay on you..,only when they hungry they come..
for every flea that you have,it can multiply like x 50-100 in no time.
they dont like water,they like heat..
so washing all the clothes you have there would get rid of the ones in there..
obviously the best thing to do is first get rid of the fleas and then move,just to be on the save side.
there are alot of products you can get from the store..to deal with it...i would use it in the new place too,just to be certain that the ones that prolly comes with you,get killed there,or just leave.

Answer 8

I agree on the bombing thing , my brother & his wife were moving into a new house & their cats had fleas so they treated the cats & once everything was loaded into the U-Haul they threw a flea bomb inside & shut the door , might sound stupid but it worked but the pet really should be treated , or getting the fleas out of your stuff is a waste of time

Answer 9

Don't move anything from the old house into the new house yet. Move everything into a storage warehouse for a while. Then slowly take things out while spraying things with flea spray etc. Allow the fleas to get into other peoples storage containers so you can loosen up that bug load.

Answer 10

Okay first of all. Fleas: cannot reproduce unless they drink the blood of a cat or dog. Fleas are almost everywhere being such tiny little guys, eliminating them is impossible from your new residence. But you are going to have to clean all of your furniture by having it shampood or using a spray on the wooden furniture, Your girlfriend should take a long bath, paying particular attention to her hair...as should you...and she should see a doctor, just in case.