Help With Fleas, no indoor pets, house infested!!!?

Question

A friend of mine lives in a house with her husband and infant son. They do not have any indoor pets and yet they have a severe flea problem- actually the whole neighborhood does. It is very hot and dry and the fleas are everywhere. They have treated the yard and bomed the house, but the problem goes away for a few days, then it comes back again. They have tried 7 dust and Addams in the yard. Is there anything more they can do? It seems that when a neighbor sprays their place, the fleas all come over, then when they spray, they leave back to an untreated house, but come right back. They just tried spraying with Pamolive all over the yard since they have noticed that they bring in the fleas from just doing simple things like getting the mail.

Does anyone have any home remedies or other suggestions? The indoor fleas are not too severe YET, but they want to control it before it does become a problem. (also house is not on a slab, have bomed under the house too)

Answer 1

You know what the problem is? They just exterminated the house..but the whole neighborhood has fleas, the best thing to do is talk to the whole neighborhood and get the whole neighborhood exterminated! I

Answer 2

The problem usually is that some bombs will kill the adult fleas, but within a week or two, the larvae will mature or eggs will hatch, turn into larvae and then become fleas. You need a product that will kill all 3 stages of flea. ANd you also need to follow the recommended amount of bombs per house, plus open up all doors, closets, etc... so nothing blocks the flow of the fog. Put the bombs UP on a chair or something to get the poison equally distributed throughout the house. Make sure to put newspaper under the bombs though. In the yard, again, read the label of the poison you are using and make sure it lasts at least a month. We have used the kind that attaches to your hose and you spray it on with the water from the hose. The name of the insecticide was permethrin (that's not the name brand, but this is a very good insecticide for lawns and gardens). Bottom line, read the labels well and look for bombs that will kill enough. Generally even so, it isn't a bad idea to bomb every 2 weeks for 6 weeks or so if it is that severe. Add in treating the lawn and exterior ever 4-6 weeks and they should be flea-free. Nasty little buggers.

Answer 3

well, if they keep going from one house to the other, other then treating the whole block, i would say move. box everything up that can be, then bomb the house one more time the day before moving with all doors closed, then next day come and haul evrything away to new home in hopes that you got them all and won't be infesting the new house. you could try steam cleaning all the furniture though either before or after the move after the place has been bombed. i had a problem with fleas. i had cats, they got fleas, and didnt' realize they went into the carpets and stayed there. anwyays, i went away on vacation. put my cats in another home, when i came back the whole place was infested. i walked in and must of been 10 fleas jumped on my feet right away. i went to petcetra and got this powder stuff, very expensive. like 20 bucks a bottle, not that big of a bottle either. i got two of em and then left for a day. came back tehy were all gone. i steam cleaned the carpets 2 x. gave my cats a flea bath and haven't had a problem since. but doesnt' seem that great of a solution if the whole block has it.

Answer 4

Since there is an infant involved, you want to avoid toxins like sevin and malathion. The best advice I can give you is go to Orchard Supply Hardware and buy 'Flea Killer' nematodes. Or, you can also get them from

Answer 5

We had the same problem when we moved into our current house. Since, we hadn't moved any furniture into the house- I liberally sprinkled the carpets with a mixture of baking soda/idodized salt...I bought the 6 lb. bag of baking soda/1 lb. restaurant size salt... This not only deoderizes your carpet/picks up loose dirt.. It also dissolves the fleas eggs/larve.... So, I would remove bedding and place on the mattress etc... We bought the Raid brand bombs, and placed one in every room/hallway etc....Even in the basement and went out for the afternoon.... It took about 12-14 bombs...Vacuum,vacuum and vacuum some more....If you have a canister bagless vacuum empty it outside !! If you use a bag vacuum empty/change outside... Our last resort was when we brought our dog to the new house we did not flea treat her...We left her in the house for acouple days and then we flea treated her any fleas left in the house went to her and died and we haven't had a problem.... *if whatever brand of bombs you use DID NOT work call the 1-800 and tell them some of the cans did not discharge and you will get a refund/manufacture coupons for more....Just save some of the cans and your receipt...

Answer 6

reg ol table salt will get rid of them. a bit messy but works just sprinkle it all over, around house,wherever the fleas are at. is cheep too.