How to get rid of fleas?

Question

We have used fleas bombs twice and they didnt work.

Answer 1

You have 2 options - bombing the house. (Using a fogger). You can purchase them in the grocery store or at home depot. The instructions are on the box. Or you can call a pest exterminator.

To rid them in your yard try this:
Flea Treatment of Yards:
Flea eggs fall off in areas of the yard where pets spend time. Fleas can reproduce in areas that are warm and moist throughout the day, so if you are treating your yard for fleas, focus on those areas that stay moist and warm and around the doors of the house.

* Remove dead plants and excess brush from your yard, since they harbor critters and parasites.
* There are chemical-based yard sprays made specifically for yard treatment, as well as companies that apply such products. Commercial treatments include Archer and FleaFix. You can obtain more information by doing a web search.

* If you plan to use a commercial product, first read the label to make sure it?s safe for use around pets.
Do-it-yourself approaches that can help you save money and avoid chemicals:
* Spread beneficial nematodes in affected areas of the yard to naturally control fleas. These worms help eliminate fleas by feeding on flea larva. They are nontoxic, harmless to humans and pets, and even help control other nuisance insects. You can get them through some veterinarians and from several internet-based companies.

* Other alternative bug repellents can be found on the internet. They include BugBand products that use all-natural Geraniol instead of DEET to repel mosquitoes, fire ants, flies, gnats, ticks and lice. For details, visit www.bugband.net. You can find details about NaturVet herbal flea repellent at www.naturvet.com .

* Ivory Liquid Soap approach: Rather than poisoning fleas, Ivory reportedly suffocates fleas, gnats and other bugs. To spray Ivory in your yard, use a garden sprayer attachment such as the one made by Ortho Sprayer. Fill it with Ivory and set the dilution dial to 2 tablespoons. Saturate the area, then let it dry before allowing your dog or anyone else walk on the treated ground. Using this method, people treat their yards every 4 to 6 weeks.

* Homemade solution to repel insects from from Hints from Heloise: Make a solution of 1/2-cup of liquid dishwashing soap, 2 tablespoons of ammonia, and 5 to 7 cups of water. Use a bottle spray attachment to apply the solution.

* Outdoor/indoor bugzapper alternative: Pour some water in a white dinner plate and add a few drops of Lemon Fresh Joy dish detergent. Set the dish on your porch, patio or other area. Mosquitoes reportedly flock to the dish and then die at or within a few feet of the dish, soon after drinking the mixture. Joy was the specified detergent, but other brands can work.

* A fairly safe way to keep mosquitoes away is to spray your yard once a week with Simple Green, which is available at home and garden stores

To keep them off your dog:
Use frontline, advantix or advantage puchased through Petmeds or at your vet. Or try Dietary additions for boosting immunity and repelling bugs:
** A half teaspoon of nutritional brewer?s yeast daily can provide the B complex vitamins a dog needs. Dr. Michael Fox has recommended brewer's yeast or nutritional yeast (but not baker's yeast), giving 1 teaspoon per 30 pounds of body weight mixed with the animal's food.

** B complex vitamins ? 50 mg once a day for cats and smaller dogs, and twice daily for larger dogs.
** Use Omega 3 and 6 fatty acid supplements.
** Add a tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar to the dog?s water bowl.
** Add .a teaspoon each of safflower oil and powdered kelp or seaweed to the food bowl.
** Fresh garlic in small quantities can help repel fleas by making the animal taste unpleasant to fleas. Grate a small amount of fresh, raw garlic into your pet?s food at mealtime, about one-half to 3 chambers of the clove (chamber, not a whole clove) depending on the animal?s size. One vet recommends one crushed clove of garlic (not a whole bulb; a clove is just one chamber) per every 30 pounds. Some holistic health practitioners recommend heating the garlic for easier digestion, and to not to give them garlic every day.

Answer 2

We had the same problem when we moved.. The house was totally infested... I got a 12 lb bag of baking soda/ 1 lb bag of salt and sprinkled the rug and let it sit.... If you can overnight.. The baking soda/salt dissolve the eggs/larve and smother the fleas... Vacuum a couple times a day with a good vacuum and dump the canister outside/throw the bag away.... We then got some foggers and set them off in the rooms/hallways. If you have a basement don't forget that area as well, if you do the fleas will just "flea" down there.... I then let the dog in for acouple days and DID NOT treat her with drops I let any remaining fleas go to her and then I gave her a bath with reg. dog shampoo and then the drops treatment.... I continued to vacuum everyday and haven't had a problem since...

Answer 3

Bombing the house is good, but it's not the only step. Also bag up any cloth items-clothes, stuffed animals, towels, ect-and run them to a laundry mat. Toss all of them in the dryer for about twenty minutes. The heat will kill any fleas and eggs. Clothes piled in drawers are great for fleas to hide in to escape the fumes from bombs. It's also a good idea to shampoo any carpets in the house after bombing. One last thing you can do is to sprinkle Seven Dust-you can get it at any garden center-around the borders of your house. It keep fleas and other insects from coming into the house on their own. I hope this helps.

Answer 4

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