fleas???cant get rid of them, i have bombed twice in the past three days, sprayed furniture and put the carpet

Question

stuff under neath the couches and the beds, any suggestions. we are in the worst flea season we have ever had cause its been raining for three months strait!!help

Answer 1

you can use all the pesticides you want to but the eggs will not be killed by them.... you must use a growth regulator/inhibitor. frontline for cats or dogs must be used monthly and you must use an insect growth regulator like Nylar to treat your carpet and outside around your house. also vacuum every day. Nylar is about $10 for an ounce that can treat your house. treat the yard as youcan easily track them in. foggers and bombs will only kill the adult fleas and you'll see more about a week later. ---get the inhibitor. i got mine at a local pool/chemical center...that along with the frontline got rid of all of the fleas .

Answer 2

You will have to break the Flea cycle. Use Front Line
on your pet--its stronger than Advantix and Advantage. www.canadavet.com will save you some money. For the house
you will need two chemicals:
1) diatomaceous earth--its a powder. Its used by sweeping it around all of your floors.. The powder is very fine and stays behind in the cracks. It works by drawing all the water out of the Flea eggs. A garden nursery should have it.
2) Raid Flea Killer Plus Carpet & Room Spray--from walgreens or walmart. Make sure to spray all the furniture and all the drapes too.
Its important to wash all your linens and clothing in HOT water.
Keep in mind that at this point the People in the house are probly infested as well. You must vacuum every day as this will cause the fleas to hatch out early and thusly be exposed to the poisons sooner. The vacuum bad should be changed every time, taking care to wrap the bag in plastic to prevent escapees.

Answer 3

First thing you want to do is put the cat's on Frontline Plus. Advantage works, but it only kills adult fleas. Frontline Plus kills adult fleas, larvae, and eggs....and it prevents more fleas from infesting your cat for up to 30 days. For the carpets, try a specially formulated carpet powder. The nice thing about the Frontline Plus is that the fleas that are still in your home won't be able to reinfest your cats, so all you've got to do is purge them from your fabrics. I read an answer on here once about a woman using Dawn dish soap in a steam cleaner. She said it killed all the fleas in the carpet, but you have to make sure you rinse it really well or it will leave a film.

Answer 4

Are you using a topical flea product on your pets? One like Advantic or Frontline - not one you get at the pet store. Also flea collars are of very limited usefullness. Not saying don't use them, just don't expect them to get rid of the fleas on your pets by themselves.

Also, check out PestProducts.com. You can buy professional calibre pesticides for reasonable prices. I got their Inside Flea kit and it's been working well. The insecticides you get at the grocery/hardware store have never worked for us.

Also, vacuum... A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least daily. Every time you do, put the vacuum bag in a plastic bag and throw it away. When you suck the live fleas and flea eggs out of your carpet, you don't want to leave them in the bag. They can get out and reinfest your home.

Be sure you treat the areas your pets like to hang out. For us, that included my son's closet and under all the beds. Move the furniture and vacuum under it too.

Don't forget to treat the pets' bedding as well.

If you're still having trouble, you may need to treat the yard too.

Good luck!

Answer 5

Since everyone is telling you information on the inside of your house, you can get a flea spray killer for the outside as well. You can get an exterminator, or they sell that at Lowe's or home depot. When I lived down south we had pets, and a lot of fleas, we would treat the inside as well as the outside.

Answer 6

Here is my long winded advice (sorry):

PART ONE - Treat your cats:
Advantage and Frontline spot treatments both work well, but each works only on a certain type of flea. All the other flea collars out there are useless or dangerous. Call your vet to find out which works best in your area.

You need to bathe your cats first. Shampoo them with Dawn dishwashing liquid and leave the soapy lather on for 5-7 minutes. Be careful not to get it in your cats' eyes. Rinse them thoroughly. When they are dry apply the drops.

Even after you have treated your home (PART TWO below), you'll have to comb your cats out every day with a flea comb, as new fleas will continue to hatch out for a month from your rugs. Your set-up will be: the flea comb, a zip lock baggie, a lint roller. As you comb out each cat, stick the hair, dirt and fleas to sheets of the lint roller. When you catch a flea, quickly behead him with the flea comb, so he cannot wiggle free. Dispose of the lint sheets in the ziplock bag, and to be safe put it into a second ziplock baggie. Go on to the next cat. You'll know it when your cats are becoming cleaner. At the worst phase you'll need to do this every day or twice a day for each cat.

PART TWO - Treat your home: Do not call a pest control service. They put down some chemicals, and spray some, mostly without any consideration for the safety of you and your pets. You do not want any chemical residue left in your home, do you?
Go to Home Depot and get "foggers" or "fog bombs" of the strongest type you can. You're going to have to fog your home at least twice. But one fogger for each 1000 square feet of your home - for each session. So if you have 3000 square feet, buy 6 foggers. Be prepared to evacuate all animals and people from the house for the duration of the fogger plus 2 hours. Prepare carefully, according to instructions (cover food prep areas, put food away, turn off electricity and pilot lights, etc.) Everyone out, set up your foggers and set them off according to a plan, which will leave the door you exit from last. When the time is up, you'll need to come back in the house to open all the windows, and put on the fan, to let the air out of the house. Ventillate for 1-2 hours this way. Don't let anyone in before this has finished. Fog again in 2 weeks. (You are lucky if you can do this during the summer months!)

PART THREE - more house preparation: If you have a fair amount of carpet, this is not going to be enough to get rid of your fleas. All carpet must be washed thoroughly and vacuumed. If you have orientals, send them out for cleaning. (Don't forget the cat tree!)

Even after the carpets have been washed thoroughly and professionally, fleas may still hatch out. You'll need to vacuum the entire carpeted area of the house every day. Each day, immediately after the vacuuming is finished - remove your vacuum bag, seal it in double layer of plastic ziplock bags, and put in a new bag.

If you can buy (either on the Internet or at your vet) some spray Frontline or Advantage, put a tiny bit on a sponge and lightly rub it into some problem carpet areas. Also, you can treat a room that is isolated with carpet, by rubbing a mixture of table salt and Borax (1:1) into it, waiting 7-10 days, then vacuuming it up thoroughly.

I'm sorry to tell you all this, but you'll probably have excellent controll of all fleas within a month. You're going to think "My life is fleas!" But, this will pass and your cats will be flea-free and healthy.

PART FOUR - avoiding reinfestation: Make sure your cats get their treatment every month. We use Frontline and it is very expensive, but if we had 5 cats I would definitely use the spray (one squirt to the back of the neck skin) to save money. Comb your cats at least once a week after the fleas have passed, and keep a close eye on the situation.

Answer 7

Dish soap baths kill fleas. When using the dish soap bath, after you use the flea comb, simply dip the flea comb into a cup filled with water and dish soap. Dead fleas. Redo the dish soap bath in a couple of weeks to kill the new batch of fleas, (eggs survive) and keep using the flea comb on the faces of the animals, and anywhere else you have time to use it.

Answer 8

Vacuum, Vacuum, Vacuum!!! Place a flea collar inside the vacuum/bag to kill the ones you catch. Sprinkle sevin dust on all carpets and furniture...allow to set overnight, then vacuum thoroughly.

Answer 9

Take your pets to the vet for a check for fleas and treatment. You need to do what you did, plus all the linens, drapes, etc., which means a professional if what you have done does not work. But I bet your pets have them still.