How do I get rid of fleas?

Question

I am getting fleas in my house. I don't have any dogs or cats and I am 100 percent sure it isn't the fish.
Where do these nasty things come from and why do they cling on to me? It is definitely not lice because I picked up the little vermin and squashed it with my fingernail. I hate these things.

Answer 1

Well to help answer this question, you are not the only one they go on they go on even the nicest of people they don't discriminate and No, you don't have to have pets in order to pick up fleas, they come in on you, mostly inside hems of your jeans or pant legs things like that, you can exterminate them by making up this solution, first you get some shallow container such as pie tin things of that type, then you fill is half way with water and add two tablespoons of dishwashing liquid, you put this on the floor and put a light over it and the fleas will come hopping to the light and jump right in the water and die, also you must use diatomaceous earth usually sold at a nursery or hardware store or swimming pool supply sprinkle that on your carpet and vacuum thoroughly but leave it on the carpet for several hours so it can kill the eggs they have laid also do any furniture you have with this follow the same directions, also if you sprinkle Borax on your carpet in the same way, and leave it there for few days then vacuum up it will also kill and dry up those fleas and their eggs. You can also get the fleas that could be in your yard so you don't bring them in on you again by sprinkling that diatomaceous earth I told you about earlier

Answer 2

Chances are good that there are flea eggs in your carpet, especially if you live in a home or apartment recently occupied by someone else. If you have ANY furred creatures in your home, they are a possible, but unlikely source. I moved into an apartment just under two years ago, and had this problem; my cats had never had fleas, being indoor cats, but suddenly they (and I!!) were getting bitten.

The solution I found was two-fold. Get a spray for the carpet that you can spray in the most heavily-infested areas; that's most likely to be places where you often sit, such as living room furniture, computer desk, or anyplace else you work or relax on a regular basis. The other step is to get some foggers that you "set off" in the rooms of your home. You'll have to leave for a few hours while they do their work, but they work very well. Be sure to get both spray and foggers that kill eggs as well as adult fleas, or you'll just have the same problem all over again when the existing eggs hatch.

Once your rooms have been fogged, vacuum upholstery, carpets and drapes well, and change all bedding; after vacuuming, discard the vacuum cleaner bag OUTDOORS so that any surviving eggs don't even REMOTELY have the chance of hatching indoors and starting things all over again.

I did all this, and my apartment (and cats) are flea-free now. Good luck!

Answer 3

Well since the pets are not bringing them in. YOU ARE. But since I have never lived in an apartment, I never thought about the fact that another animal may have left them for you.
Although what I have to say will work also.

This means your yard MUST be sprayed about three times 10 days apart, as the eggs hatch about every 10 days. After three times you should have killed this spring crop. But you will need to stay on top of it or they can re invade you yard.

Inside you have to do the same thing.

1.Vacuum a little seven dust into the vacuum bag, then vacuum every inch of your house really well.

2.Spray your house inside or if you hate the chemicals on your floors repeat number one every day or two. Until you stop seeing fleas. Make sure you add more dust to the bag.
Or they will not DIE after you vacuum them up and they can get back out. When you are done put the vacuum bag into a securely closed plastic bag and get it out of the house.

3. Depending upon how severe your flea invasion is, you may need to spray your floors with a liquid pump spray.

Just remember the 10 day hatching thing. Three times is usually the trick.

The key is to repeat number one until you see no more fleas.

Answer 4

How long have you lived there?
fleas could have been left by another animal or brought in on your clothes and are now living off of you.
Go to the store and get some flea bombs. bomb the whole house. Wash all of your clothes and beding. All at the same time. Kill them all together.
It is still cold out side in most of the country, but if you live in a warm climate, the little pests can live outside (near a place that animals visit) waiting to hop on some animal or you for their next meal.
Maybe your friends or family has fleas and when you visit they hop on your there.
So like I said, bomb and clean everything, then pay attention to where you go, who comes over, and where outside you might be getting them.

Answer 5

Place a small lamp on the floor next to a wall...place a 2 inch deep baking pan, half-filled with water under the lamp...put two or three drops of liquid dish detergent in the pan...go to bed...in the morning, count the drowned fleas....should do this every 10-14 days as they lay thousands of eggs and will come back until you get them all

Answer 6

Fleas are a major pest. There are various species of fleas - cat fleas, dog fleas, rat fleas and rabbit fleas.
You can get rid of them by the safest and cheapest methods like boric acid.

Answer 7

Go to your local pet store and purchase flea powder, sprinkle it on everything that has fabric and let it set for as long as the container tell's you to, then you need to vacuum thoroughly and throw out the bag or dump out the canister and leave your vacuum outside over night.
Hope this helps and Good luck.

Answer 8

Take B vitamins to be unattractive to fleas. Use a flea spray in yard. And flea bomb the house.

Answer 9

buy some flea bombs and let them off. then spray outside house around the base and vents with a surface spray should last 6 months. may have to ditch infected material items.

Answer 10

Buy the stuff that says "do not use indoors" and use it inside the house; it's the only stuff that works.