What is the best product to kill fleas in my house?

Question

I have tried so many different home remedies and store bought products in the past week. And honestly they have gotten even worse since I treated my house. I am debating whether to get a teminator to come kill them or buy a product and do it myself. I want to go with the cheapest most effective method. The cheapest terminator I found was $70 for two sprays. If you list any products please tell me if you have used them the price and how effective they are. Thanks!!!

I keep my house really clean so I know it has nothing to do with being dirty. BUT I talked to a terminator he said you can go back into the house after 12 min not 48 hours.

Answer 1

First and foremost, you must treat your pet with Advantage. Do not use the kind you can buy in the store, they are a waste of money. Once you have done that, you can try a few things to get rid of the fleas in the house.

1. try sprinkling borax powder on the rug and then vacuuming it up. Borax is in the laundry aisle of the food store. Keep your pet out of the room till you are done and there is no Borax on the rug.
2. Use Raid flea killer spray. It's like a regular bug spray. You can do that, aim it at the rug, spray well, and then vacuum. Make sure your pet is out of the house or at least out of the room for this.
3. You can use a bug bomb (not "balm", that is something else entirely.) These bombs can be bought at Walmart or wherever. You must follow the directions carefully. Put away any food or dishes and make sure any pets are out of the house. Depending on the size of the room in question, you may want to set off 2 bug bombs. You set up the bombs according to the instructions, set them off and then *immediately* leave the house for at least a few hours...the container will tell you how long.

When you come back in, open windows, and vacuum again to get up any dead or partially living fleas. You need to get rid of the vacuum bag after this. Remember that there is a whole life cycle for fleas and you may get some eggs hatching after the treatment is done, but it shouldn't be as bad as now, and without a host to live on (your pet), they can't survive. Repeat the vacuuming and spray if necessary, but you shouldn't need to bomb the house again.

Your pet will stay flea free for at least a month with Advantage. It's not cheap, but it works. During the winter months, you can skip the Advantage or just keep an eye out for any fleas. You will find that you can let it go 2 or 3 months without reapplying if it's winter time.

Answer 2

Home remedies and store-bought products don't work, and exterminators are not necessary for fleas in this day and age.

Go and get some proper products from a vets. I could've told you before reading this question that stuff from stores doesn't work - they're not licensed to sell the proper chemicals, so they can't be expected to work.

Indorex, Staykil and Acclaim are products I can vouch for - also Skoosh, a brand new spray. Prices vary quite a lot, the first three may be around $20?? (very rough guess) - you can spray the whole house with these cans.

Goes without saying you also need to treat any animals you have - again, get something from a vets: Frontline is recommended.

Chalice

EDIT: And you're right, a house being clean or dirty has nothing to to with whether there are fleas around or not. Fleas don't feed on dirt, they don't need it to survive - pristine houses can have fleas too!

Answer 3

Baking soda dries the fleas out. The eggs are hard to kill. They go through their stages in hatching. Fleas have to be treated 2-3 times because of them. The baking soda needs to be on the carpet for a few hours. Vacuuming a lot will pick up the fleas.

Answer 4

Several years ago, I got rid of a flea infestation by treating my animals, then vacuuming the carpets, sofa, and anything else made of fabric every day for about two weeks.

I'm chemically sensitive and didn't want to have an exterminator spray any chemicals in my house. I can't remember what products I used on my cats and dogs back then, but the key is to treat the animals with a product that works so they don't keep bringing more fleas inside. Also, if there are fleas in your yard, you could be bringing them inside on your clothes. If all else fails, treat your yard too.

Answer 5

The vet sells products too. You must use Advantage on your animals and don't use the cheap stuff from the stores! Get the Advantage from your vet. You can also buy Diatomaceous Earth from garden and hardware stores. This fine powder has sharp edges (ground up shell fossils), and will cut the fleas as they walk accross it. They die within a few days. Unfortunately, spiders will die as well. This is a non-toxic way to kill off bugs.

Answer 6

cleaning and if you cannot win.
yo have to balm the house
an extreminator can do this.
you cannot enter for 48 hours.

mc.

Answer 7

Balm the house! it kills fleas, flys any little spiders so ull be bug free. then u will have to deflea your pets every month. they will hopefully go after. good luck