My boyfriend used to have an indoor cat. Recently the cat left, but now we have fleas in our apartment. The cat was never outdoors and all of a sudden they are everywhere! I need to get rid of them, and fogging didn't work the first time. Anyone have any ideas, any useful tips? What worked for you?
2006-11-09 08:00:58 · 27 answers · asked by bettedaviseyes79 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
okay, this is for the moron who said if they last more than 3 days they aren't fleas...
Upon entering the adult stage, a flea will immediately seek a host to feed from and will be able to reproduce. Thus, the flea life cycle begins anew. The female flea will lay 20 to 50 eggs per day and can continue doing this for over three months. Two out of three fleas are female, so the possibility for huge infestations, in a relatively short time, can be predicted during the course of one flea season (a season which usually begins in April in warmer climates and extends through September).
2006-11-09 08:07:36 · update #1
morons need not answer this question...if you didn't read it, and answered 'treat your cat' then you didn't get the part where I said THE CAT IS GONE!
2006-11-09 08:12:39 · update #2
Fleas are tough to get rid of. My cousin had recently moved into a small one bedroom apartment completely infested with them. They had to call a professional exterminator who bombed the place once, it didn't work. So they bought powder and bombs from wal-mart and had to powder the entire apartment and bomb it two more times to get rid of all the fleas. Use the powder along the walls and corners and underneath all furniture and beds to get the places where the bombs may not reach. Wash all laundry, anything that you can get your hands on on HOT water to kill the little bugs. Be persistent, you'll eventually get rid of them.
2006-11-09 08:25:30 · answer #1 · answered by dolly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The health food store usually has some good herbal shampoos and treatments for fleas that are non irritating. My favorite method is least irritating and might be enjoyable for your dog as it'll give him lots of your undivided attention: Pick the fleas off by hand and drown them in a bowl of water with a few drops of dish soap in it. Our dogs would line up for this treatment if they got fleas. There's tiny combs at the pet store to help with this..very cheap and can be quite useful.
2016-05-22 01:05:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that vacuuming and them microwaving the bag will help get rid of them. I bet the fleas are coming from another tenet in your building(especially if your cat was never exposed...) I would contact the apartment manager and make them treat the building. If the hall ways are carpeted I'm sure they have become a flea breeding ground! Good luck!
2006-11-09 08:26:41 · answer #3 · answered by pharfly1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fogging/flea bombs will only kill fleas that have already hatched. It will not kill the flea eggs. When the eggs hatch, you may have to bomb again.
Make sure you don't leave anything like laundry lying on the floor. The fleas can lay eggs in it...
Clean up. Seal up doors and windows tightly and the fog will work better.
Follow the directions on the product specifically!
2006-11-09 08:05:17 · answer #4 · answered by crazyotto65 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
someone asked a question about this yesterday and i'll give you the same answer -
vacuum... remove your bag and take it away from your home....repeat this...you are getting rid of live fleas, dead fleas and eggs so this will be a definite help...i dont like fogging because of the smell on my furniture and i dont want to remove everything or cover everything in my house so i use a bayer product that is concentrated....i wash out an old windex bottle or buy the empty spray bottles (about a buck apiece) and fill with water and poison....spray around the floor of your home...wait 30 minutes and then vacuum...the poison will slow em down enough that you can vacuum them up...make sure to take the bag away because eggs can hatch in it and live fleas can get back out....again this is the number one reason i dont own a pet
2006-11-09 08:16:05 · answer #5 · answered by cookiesmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The water thing works do that . The fleas come in on your pants or your feet. You do not need to have a cat or a dog to have fleas
2006-11-09 08:22:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask a vet, they're probably used to complaints like that and could give you some ideas on what to do and what products to use. since fleas like good hiding places like the carpet, linen, curtains, clothing, etc. you may have to vacuum, dust, and wash all those things in your apartment with a special treatment as well as fogging more than once. worst case scenario is having to get rid of your stuff and buying it all new.
2006-11-09 08:08:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have yet to keep fleas in my house for more that 2 weeks. if i find 1 flea on my cat i use front line immediately. then they leave for a month then they come back on my cat. but my cat is an outside cat. so i guess they die outside. i don't know really what to tell u. eat a lot of garlic. :)
2006-11-09 08:15:02 · answer #8 · answered by guesswhoohme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never had fleas but a professional exterminator should work. Also, you need to strip and clean the entire house, all linen or cloth items including couches, drapes, etc. Carpet cleaning after the exterminator comes. Eeeww. Talking about it is making me itch. Sorry.
2006-11-09 08:05:14 · answer #9 · answered by 1truthseeker 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to buy a couple pounds of diatomaceous earth (pool supplies) and a 1 pound box of Boraxo, mix it together (outside) then sprinkle it on my carpeting, broom it in then vacuum it up 24 hours later. This is the same as crawling through broken glass for us. Be sure no children crawl on the carpet while it is in use. You will have to repeat this a few times.
2006-11-09 08:07:52 · answer #10 · answered by Rich B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋