like it says, i was in the bathroom and i saw a flea crawling up my leg, what should i do? i got rid of all the clothes i was wearing at that time, ied rather not get stuck with nastly little hitch hikers, any ideas?
advice??
2006-12-13 16:45:00 · 14 answers · asked by cedric l 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
i didnt throw away the clothes, and morons who make jokes are, well, morons
2006-12-13 16:57:57 · update #1
If you have animals buy Zodiac flea shampoo and bathe them. The shampoo works instantly and is well worth the money. You don't have to bomb the house unless the fleas are bothering you that bad. If you have carpet buy a flea powder and use it on your carpet and furniture then vaccum, throw out the vaccum bag asap. Also wal-mart they have a purple canister called Bengal especially for fleas in the home. Spray it along the perimeter of the rooms, a light mist should do fine, clean out floor cabinets and spray some in there, make sure to get under beds. I believe the spray works on carpet, furniture and hard floors so you can skip the powder if you'd like. Give it about 2 or 3 days and problem solved.
2006-12-13 18:16:23 · answer #1 · answered by Jo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You truthfully noticed the flea? Or used to be it a tick? Flea's are so small you often cant see them and not using a magnifying glass... They are similarly as disgusting, however earlier than you name the vet ensure you double examine what you located. Anyway, there's a well danger they laid eggs. Where there's one, there's many. They make a entire collection of goods to do away with them. A shampoo is a one time factor, as is a flea/tick dip, that you just might use to your trouble to kill the onset of the fleas and ticks. It offers them remedy from the itching, and can kill any alive bugs to your puppy. A collar is low-priced and nugatory, as are the various BioSpot/Zodiac/Hartz/and many others drops for his or her again. Frontline and Advantix are each the main flea and tick therapies, and also will kill the insects on him and feature Insect Growth Regulators to give up the development of the eggs to toddlers, the toddlers to pupae and, pupae to grownup flea or tick. There also are sprays and powders on your dwelling, however doing a radical vaccuum and wash all of the bedding he is been round must be ample proper now for the reason that it began in these days. If in every week or 2 you spot them once more, you'll be able to begin battle then. You are not looking for an emergency commute to the vet, however your vet could have the frontline/advantix so you can also must move see them. You, additionally, must be well for now. I consistently get itchy speakme approximately fleas and ticks, however have on no account located one on me and I paintings round plenty of ticks. They might appear the identical on you as they do the puppy, and with the identical signs: itchy irritaton. They disguise in hot, darkish locations, ideally which might be wet, so examine your puppy in locations like their ears, "armpits" and footpads.
2016-09-03 17:46:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha first off stop freaking out, it's just a flea. They usually stick themselves onto dogs and/or cats and are mostly no bother to humans.
Instead of throwing out your clothes and spazzing out, you can keep your clothes. If you have animals however, go to the vet and get some medicine for them. After the animals have been disinfected then your house will be disinfected :)
2006-12-13 16:48:16 · answer #3 · answered by winds_of_justice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can bomb ur house to get rid of fleas and there eggs but you should also know that everytime you go outside they can jump on you and they are attracted to white clothes. Deal with it bugs are hear to stay.
2006-12-13 16:48:53 · answer #4 · answered by stephanie c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a pest control place and but a flea spray you can spray your carpet and your backyard so thats your pet wont be in pain
2006-12-13 16:48:23 · answer #5 · answered by Sunny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that sucks for you..THEY WILL NEVER GO AWAY..haha just kidding get some seven dust tomorrow and sprinkle it in the bathroom tomorrow just make sure no animals go around until you get it up.
2006-12-13 16:54:35 · answer #6 · answered by boydshit79 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
borrow the dogs flea color to be sure,you dont want them on your head .and have to shave all your hair off to get rid of them do you???
2006-12-13 16:47:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
have a flea bath
2006-12-13 16:48:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't worry they are not fatal it could have just got on you out doors no biggie
2006-12-13 16:47:39 · answer #9 · answered by Kathy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey why not cut the leg off while your at it .just to be on the safe side.
2006-12-13 16:48:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋