Help required re cat fleas and eradicating from household.?

Question

We have just come back from a holiday and we had a relative come in twice a day to feed and water our cat 'Tammy' whilst we were away, unfortunately we have a problem with cat fleas in the home now...really small black things ...that bite. We have tried using Bob Martin flea bombs which fumigate via a plume of smoke, but sadly these do not seem to have worked,PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE does anyone reading this know how to help us rid our home of these things or perhaps can reccomend a product easily available on the market that will do this.
If you can help it would be much appreciated buy us and our cat, who now will not go onto the carpets or certain parts of the home.

Answer 1

Ask your local council to get the pest control people out. When i first moved into my house i kept getting bite although i had no pets and they came and did my house.It turned out the last resident had 5 cats and 3 dogs

Answer 2

stuff readily avaiable, I assume you mean over the counter? Well you COULD waste your money on those and find out (as you already have) that they don't work. OR.... you can take the cat to your vet for a free flea check, then get some stronghold, advantage, frontline etc drops and a proper household flea spray. Apply the drops every month for 3 months , spray your home, and hey presto, no fleas. Or you can muck about using this or that from the pet shop, which, incidentally is way more expensive than the stuff fromt he vet, and in 6 months time, STILL be infested with fleas and have flea bites all up your lower legs. BTW if the cat has fleas, it will also have tapeworm because the flea is the intermediary host for the tapeworm larvae. Get a drontal tablet from the vet too.
Sevin does not work as it only kills the fleas it touches. It won't do anything to the larvae in the carpet, cracks in the floorboards, door frames, skirting boards in the furniture etc. It has also had some nasty side effects.
With other safe and effective products available, why would anyone use something toxic which wasn't effective?
It is also listed as a toxic to cats product on:http://tinyurl.com/ybszqs
Taken from:http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&C=31&A=492&S=0
"Carbamates - (sevin, carbaryl) - These are topical insecticides that are less toxic than organophosphates and do not accumulate in the internal tissues of the pet. They kill the flea on contact. Resistance by fleas is common (it doesn't kill all the fleas). Although many of these products have been used on ferrets, toxic reactions occasionally occur, and we recommend avoiding their use. If you must use one of these products, only as directed by your veterinarian, and use a powdered product that has less potential for absorption through the skin than a spray or shampoo. Watch closely for reactions, particularly in those high-risk animals as described above."

Answer 3

If you read the Bob Martin packet all it actually does is repel the feas from the cat. So little Tammy's flea free but you're getting bitten to hell.
Frontline is the way to go. It is more expensive than Bob Martin but it's worth every penny.
It works so that the fleas become sterile and can't produce any more little baby fleas.
Go to your vet and buy a can of flea irradicator, sorry can't remember the name. Hoover your house from top to bottom making sure you get into those corners (cos that's where the little flea eggs like to roll) and actually move furniture. Make sure you throw out hoover bag straight after. Use can spray to twice the amount they say on the can. LEAVE HOUSE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. This action along with a dose of Frontline will clear up any flea problem.

Answer 4

There are two areas of focus: Your cat and the house

For your cat you can use diluted apple cider vinegar and a little mouthwash like Listerine to get rid of the fleas externally. A small amount of brewer's yeast is also said to get rid of fleas.

For your floors and walls, rinse with diluted white vinegar. Do this every day until there are no more biters and then every few days to kill any hatching eggs.

For furniture, if you really want to kill the fleas for good...bag your furniture. This will cut off the oxygen for the buggers. In two weeks the last of the hatching eggs should die off.

The idea is to kill the fleas and not everyone in your household. We absorb 60% to 70% of everything that comes into contact with our skin. Do the fleas in with doing in you and you cats in along the way.

Yah Bless...

Answer 5

The only thing I've found that works completely is treating the animal for fleas. Frontline, Advantage, advantix. This will eventually rid your home, but it may take a few weeks as eggs take two weeks to hatch. In the meantime, try putting flea powder on your carpets and beds and vacuuming it up after a few hours. Also, wash all your sheets and blankets in warm or hot water. This will only work after you have treated your cat. Good luck. Those are nasty little suckers!

Answer 6

First of all a clarification, you will need FRONTLINE or ADVANTAGE which should not absolutely be confused with Advantix which is only for dogs and VERY toxic to cats. When you pick up the frontline/advantage you should ask your vet for a good fleas spray to kill the fleas and the eggs laid around the environment. Your pets may need to evacuate the areas treated for some time. These two measures of treating the pet with topical frontline and the environment with a flea spray are the only real effective combination that can treat the problem.
Good luck!

Answer 7

frontline stopped being effective 2 years in the past as i found out to my value. with 12 cats and eight canines, a flea infestation isn't humorous. I and my rescue pals now use stronghold. greater than a number of the fleas relatively stay interior the residing house, interior the furnishings, cracks interior the woodwork, carpet, bedding and so forth. The frontline might have killed the fleas on the cat yet no longer the 80% residing off the cat.

Answer 8

Skip buying anything more from the pet store and get down to the vets asap. They will probably give you front line which got rid of my cats fleas he picked up from the cattery when we went on our hols.
Also treat the house, floorboards, carpets and wash the cats bedding, and anything he/she may have been in contact with as the little mites get everywhere.
Our cat got rid of the fleas within a few days of being treated and has been fine since.

Answer 9

First give your cat a good flea bath and get it on some flea medication such as frontline or advantage. This way they can't survive off of your cat. Then clean your carpet and furniture. Make sure that nothing is left. Make sure your cat gets regular flea treatment as to keep the fleas from coming back.

Answer 10

BEEN THERE! FIRST, GET FRONTLINE PLUS FOR CATS FROM YOUR VET OR PET STORE. THAT WILL GET THE FLEAS OFF YOUR CAT AND KEEP THEM OFF. FOR THE HOUSE, GET SEVERAL BOXES OF MULETEAM BORAX (found in the laundry detergent ailse, close to the boxed clorox 2 usually) IT IS IN POWDER FORM. SPRINKLE THIS ALL OVER THE CARPETS, ON FURNITURE AND LET IT SIT FOR AN HOUR. THEN VACUUM IT ALL UP. YOUR FLEAS WILL BE GONE. IT WORKS BY CUTTING THE FLEAS IN A WAY, ETC. THIS WAS ADVISE FROM AN ANIMAL EXPERT WHEN I NEEDED ADVISE AND I DID IT AND THE FLEAS LEFT. I EMPTIED MY VAC RIGHT AFTER OUTSIDE IN THE TRASH.
PLEASE GET THE FRONT LINE PLUS. IT WORKS AND IT IS SAFE.

Answer 11

I am a veterinary nurse and the only place that you can go to is your own vets. Dont waste any more money on getting products from your local pet store. You need to get the animal treated too and ask for product for the house. A spray for the crapet which works within 24hrs and a spot on product for the animals. Prices range depending on where you live - £60 is an approx price and this will change depending on size of house and how many animals are needing treated. All the best