look im not crazy read below can i use that to get rid of fleas?

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I'm really feeling sorry for everyone who has fleas right now because I just got through having one the worst flea problems I think I've ever had. Here's what I did to get rid of them so hopefully it will work for you.
Mix lysol and hot water in a spray bottle (half and half of each) and spray everything in your house that cannot be washed. Lysol, come to find out, kills flea eggs and flea larvae on contact. They start bleeding immediately-its weird.
If possible, wash everything that can be washed in hot water. If you have dark clothes that youd rather not wash in hot water, wash them in warm water.
search fleas its the second entry

Answer 1

Have you talked to a vet about this? I understand that it might have worked for you but it's not going to work on all cats and it might possibly kill some too. You should never put any chemicals on any animals unless they are specifically designed for animals.
All i'm saying is that some people might not get it right and then they'll have a serious problem on their hands. Probably not a good idea to be posting this where all kinds of people can try it. Some will do anything not to have to pay a vet bill, I know first hand and I hate seeing the animals suffer!!

Answer 2

I'm not sure how long ago you are talking about...but during the cycle of the flea...you will be getting more! Check it out!
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 3

I used to have that problem when I owned two cats. We didn't use Lysol, instead used an organic cleaner that has over a thousand uses. Some of you know what it is. It was safe for the cats, but not the fleas. The fleas didn't bleed, just drowned.

Any fleas that survived were trained to perform in a flea circus.

Answer 4

Here is a reference to treatmenst for fleas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea#Flea_treatments

Things I did to help with a flea problem at my brothers house,

Use the Freezer:
Take anything that's small enought to fit in a sealable plastic bag, and place in the freezer, such as articles of clothing, stuffed animals, pet toys, leashes, collars, etc.
Leave in freezer over night, to make sure you have killed them. (note: make sure you don't block the flow of air from the vents of the freezer)

If you have neighbors with dogs, use a citrus solution and spray the perimeter of your back yard, this helps control infestation, coming and or going from yard to yard. Here is a site with natural solutions to the problem.
http://www.invisiblegardener.com/gardening_center/natural_flea_tick_control.html

Another tip is to use preventative measures, spray your yard even when you believe you've gotten rid of them, prepare for them to preven further outbreaks.

The vet is likely going to have the strongest medicine to help treat the immediate problem. And the ones they have also help continue to kill the fleas after they fall off of the animal.

They realy are horrible and I know the sooner they are gone the better, so I hope this helps some.

Good luck.

Answer 5

Lysol is very toxic to cats--you cannot use it around them!!!

Phenols : Cats are sensitive to Lysol cleaner but not only because of their sensitivity to the alcohol in the product. This cleaner also contains phenols and cats have problems detoxifying this type of poison due to the low efficiency of the detoxifying liver enzymes.

Answer 6

I would never use that! What if one of my cats or other animals were to chew on something that was to be sprayed? Think about it: Would you expose your pets to such a dangerous thing, just to be rid of fleas?

Answer 7

I would ask my vet before using chemicals to get rid of fleas.