how to rid your home of fleas.?

Question

I have tons of fleas in my house, we have no more dogs, and we really don't want to use harsh cemicals since we have a 4 month old

Answer 1

Get flea bombs, you must do it again in ten days to kill the eggs that hatched.

Answer 2

Getting rid of fleas is really difficult, I know by experience, here it is what you can do:
1. Put a flea collar for cats or dogs inside your Vacuum and keep vacuuming everyday. This will help kill the fleas that are inside the vacuum. It is important to do this because when people throw out the dirt outside in the trash the fleas come back to your lawn or house.
2. Fumigate the inside and outside of your house. If you have an infant fumigate all the corners with a non-odor spray.

You have to be very consistent for this to work. You get distracted for even one week and fleas will keep growing and becoming a bigger problem. Doing all this I eliminated the flea and tick problem I had so I hope this work for you. If the problen is big call a professional and Good luck!

Answer 3

You probably won't really like my answer, but just about one year ago to the day, my home was INVADED by fleas. This is a VERY serious problem - especially having a child in the home, you don't want the little one bit - and they bite in "clumps." These nasty bites can create blistered areas, and who knows if you, your child, or anyone living in the house could be allergic to fleas. After being HOSPITALIZED when I was bit over 500 times one night, a veterinarian met with me upon discharge with very specific guidelines - I'd fought the problem for 3 months and my MD believed that I'd soon develop a very serious allergy or cellulitis from the massive amount of bites. Here's what I was told:
1. On the first dry day, go to a hardware store and purchase a "pesticide" made specifically to kill fleas and spread it all over the front and back yards. You MUST attack them when they originate!
2. THEN... (my home was about 1,800 sq. feet) I was advised to purchase 12 (Yes, twelve) boxes of borax and sprinkle the powder all over the home - the carpet, the furniture, the bedding,- anything that had a "cloth" type of covering. I had to do it at night, keeping all lights off, and using a flashlight to minimize the risk that they'd literally come out of the woodwork and bite me like crazy. This took about one hour and you have to wear a mask so you're not breathing in the powder.
3. Finally, despite my protest that I didn't want to really use "chemicals" my actual life was endangered by the problem so I had to purchase 9 "bombs" (3 for each of the 3 floors) and set them off as simultaneously as possible - once again in a dark house - 2 days after the borax application.
4. I was instructed to not enter the home for 3 days. I didn't. The problem was finally over - it was a nightmare. When I did return, EVERYTHING in the home had to be vacuumed, washed, all food (except what was in the refrigerator) had to be destroyed, etc. It probably took one week to get up the TWELVE boxes of borax. My brand new vacuum sweeper was ruined in the process - it was just too much! So the problem was medically dangerous, and financially costly. (I was able to stay with family - but you'll also have to make accomodations for your family, too.)
NO ONE EVER mentioned hiring a professional. They only believed the borax, insecticide "bomb" combo would work.

I sincerely wish you the best. It isn't funny and it won't get any better on its own.

Barb

Answer 4

Well, I've read most of the suggestions and all are pretty good. I had the same problem when I moved to our new house the old owners had a cat that brought them in... Anyway, I went to the wholesale club and bought 12lbs baking soda $5 and 1 lb box of iodized salt.. Which is supposed to smother the larve and puncture the eggs.. It also freshens carpet and grabs loose dirt... I sprinkled that all over the carpet and let it sit overnight.. Put a flea collar in your vacuum and keep vacuuming until you pick up all the baking soda... Empty your canister or use a new bag.. Keep doing this at least once a week... We did also "fog/bomb" our house... Raid worked better than the others... Don't forget the basement if you have one... Good luck

Answer 5

Get a full grown cat and follow these instructions...you can use a pet to get rid of them, but you can't treat yourself with the meds...its up to you but read the info. on the flea's life.

You need something like FrontlinePlus...good source and cheaper than the vets is petshed.com...I use it so I know it works. A flea comb with a cup of hot water & a little dish liquid to dip the comb in when you comb your dog/cat. LOTs of vac bags and vac everyday and remove the bag and tie it in a shopping bag and take out of the house. This will work and you should see improvements within two months. DON'T use sprays, powders, house bombs, flea collars and over the counter products. They are dangerous and are full of pesticides and can harm you and your pet! To let you know as I was given a paper from the vets...cycle of the flea...They hatch from a cocoon like a butterfly...in one week they are an adult....as a adult they lay a egg every hour of their lives up to 1-2 years they live. The eggs hatch into a larva in about two weeks...they spend three weeks as a larva and then they wrap themselves into a cocoon. In the cocoon stage you can't kill them unless you plan on burning down your house...fire is the only way to kill them in this stage. What makes them hatch from a cocoon is vibration, heat, and all sorts of things. They need a host to feed on within one week or they will die. ( problem being is the cocoons can take up to five months to hatch! and they all hatch at different rates!) WOW that is a lot of fleas! FrontlinePlus uses two ways to kill the fleas...they first have an ingredient that paralyzes the flea so it can't feed and it dies...it does this for two weeks. The following two weeks it just inhibits the flea eggs of the fleas that feed on them and eggs don't hatch. This is why it takes a few months, but it does work. BTW...flea baths don't work either and will make it so the FrontlinePlus won't work.

Answer 6

I have heard of using a desk lamp on the floor shining over a shallow bowl of water, The light atracts the fleas and when they jump at the light they fall in the bowl. If this doesnt work, then set off some flea bombs and go somewhere for the day. cover the baby crib and stuff with plastic drop cloth, put the babies stuff in the crib first, It takes 4 hours for the bomb to settle down, Make sure you piolet lights are shut off to the furnace and water heater, Another trick is to put a peice of flea collar in your vacuum and suck them up and the collar will kill them.

Answer 7

GET BUG BOMBS FOR FLEAS