Yuk, my house has fleas!! (Oh, and so do my cats!)?

Question

How on earth do i get rid of them???
I have tried loads of Bob Martin treatments for the house, and the cats, but they have not worked!!
Do i need to get the expensive stuff from the vets ( i dont mind the cost if it will work).?
also, someone told me that if i treat the cats, that i dont have to treat the house, as the fleas will jump on the cats, therefore absorbing the stuff that kills them..is this true??
Many thanks!

Answer 1

u need to get some special people in m8 - sorry





ha omgosh my next door neigbor had that. they was vacuming the pets lmao.
then they lent the vacum cleaner to a different negbor and then when the different neigbor opend the vacum, there house was full of flees too looooooool.

Answer 2

First treat your pets-
If your pet is full with fleas, you must treat your pet first then tackle all the other areas with fleas. It would be smart to remove your pets from the house after they are treated while you or a professional exterminator tackles the job of getting rid of the fleas in your home and yard, etc. to avoid re-infestation on your pet.

Pet flea products have changed a lot in the last 2-3 years. The new ones are safer, easier, and more effective. Monthly spot applications are the new front line in the flea battle. Applied only once a month, some will actually repel a big number of fleas - a great help to the allergic pet that cannot handle even one bite. The best will also help prevent re-infestation by rendering the fleas unable to reproduce.

But, be careful. More expensive is not always more efficient. The battle against fleas is matched only by the battle of the giant manufacturers to get every dollar out of their spot-on products. Great strides are being made to lower the cost in treating pets. Check with your vet before using any flea product. What may work well for your dog could be very harmful to your cat.

Answer 3

Fast way to get this done. Hire an exterminator service and have the house, front and back yards treated when everyone is out of the house. Take the cats with you to the vet and buy Advantage. Apply it to the cats. While at the vet have them treated for worms. If they have fleas, they have worms. The house may need another treatment in approx 14 days if you still see a few fleas. If they jump on your cats the fleas will die. You can go the cheaper route and buy defoggers and take the cats to the vet but an exterminator guarantees the work.
Good luck.

Answer 4

No its not true. You have to treat both the cats and the home. It is a costly affair at times and totally infuriating. Make sure to get a flea spray for the house that kills not only adult fleas and ticks (just to be on the safe side) but the larvae and eggs as well. You will have to spray everywhere, under the furniture, the furniture, under the bed, closets, pet beds, etc.... Bombing the house with flea killers may be easier but you would have to be out of the house with live plants and animals for at least 3 to 4 hours. I just bought a spray at Agway for the house and sprayed all the carpets and under everything because I have a dog with a flea allergy and develops hot spots when bitten. Unfortunately I just went through this with the dog and a costly vet bill to care for the hot spot. I received flea solution to put between her shoulder blades which kills the fleas and protects her for a month. Having a brain fart at the moment, and cannot remember the name of it for anything. I have to go back and get more next month. It is 13.00 a piece. They also have this for cats. You may be able to get it from your local vet without having to bring the cat (s) for an appointment. Most sprays do not require you to be out of the house. For me ,it is just easier to use the spray, that way I don't have to find a place to keep my pets while the house is being fumigated. If you choose to try to bathe the cats which is very difficult, you will have to put the flea shampoo on the butts and around their faces and ears first to try to make a barricade because fleas will try to go in their eyes, mouth ,nose ,ears, up their butts to get away from the water and shampoo. I was told this by a groomer. I have actually seen this done and its true, the fleas race to any area they can to get away. it is the saddest thing to see because your trying to get the fleas away and at the same time trying not to get the shampoo in the animals eyes. Good luck.

Answer 5

The best thing for you to do is to treat both the cats and the house, to insure that the problem is eliminated. There are numerous foggers on the market available. Of course you have to designate a day where no one is home, including animals. This will destroy the majority, if not all, of them. Also there is not a flea repellent that you apply to pets that also protects against heart worms, so I'd look into that if I were you. But I know that it would be a bad idea just to treat the cat and not the house, because the amount of fleas around your house are destined to out number the ones on the cat.

Answer 6

OK..I've read everything that's been written so far, and haven't seen "my" answer, so....here goes. My dogs got fleas, brought them in the house and gave the fleas to my cats (not to mention the carpet!) I tried Frontline for cats (on my cats), Frontline + for dogs (on my dogs), Advantix and Biospot, for each of them. NOTHING WORKED! The fleas now-a-days have become immune to the ingredients in those treatments! A NEW flea product (for cats) came out this past summer, and it's cheaper (a little) than the Frontline, so I tried it! IT WORKED!! It's called "Promeris" .They didn't come out with it for dogs til later. But, they now have it for dogs, too. Just don't get the dog one for your cats!! After the Promeris worked on the cats, I still found a few on my Chihuahua, so when I got the stuff for my dogs, I went to Petsmart and got some Carpet Powder called "Natural Defense" by Sentry. It uses different "oils" to kill the fleas/eggs, etc. After I dosed my carpets ALL OF THE FLEAS DISAPPEARED! That was a couple of months ago, and I haven't seen any since. Ask your vet (that's where I got the Promeris) if they're carrying it, yet. It's put out by Fort Dodge Animal Health. I think you'll be happy with it, if you give it a try. I certainly am...........Good luck.

Answer 7

NO it's not true! You have to treat the animals and the house and if your cats go outside, the yard. Bug bomb the house, bathe the cats with Sergant's flea and tick shampoo as directed, you may need to spray your yard with bayer, it kills pretty much everything. And keep a close watch on your animals, flea eggs incubate in3 day cycles (so I'm told) so you have to make sure that you kill the fleas and the eggs, because if you just get something for the fleas, it won't work, you'll just have another army on your hands in 3 days time. People say frontline works or advantage, I don't think so, I still always saw fleas and ticks on my animals with both, so don't waste your money, if you want to buy it, buy it online, you'll save buttloads of money over the vet.

Answer 8

You have to treat both the cats and the house. Get some Frontline for the cats. It works great. Then go to Wal-Mart and go to the pet section. There, you will find Home Control brand bug bombs. Make sure to follow the instructions. They cripple the larvae so they never reach maturity, thus ensuring that they cannot reproduce. You'll have fleas in the house still for a while until that generation dies, but you won't have to worry about the next. Good luck!

Answer 9

You need to go to the vet and buy Frontline. Or you can buy it off the internet but make sure it is a reputable site and not a fake product. It is extremely effective and you can be sure that if you use it once a month, your cats will be rid of the fleas.

Do not buy flea products from the pet shop as they do not work and some are very harmful, even life-threatening to your cat. (See www.hartzvictims.org)

If you get Frontline from the vet you can also ask them for a powder or spray for your furniture and bedding.

And you'll need to hoover daily to ensure that the fleas do not come back as their eggs can hang around.

Best of luck.

Answer 10

You need a treatment for the cats from the vet or supermarket.
So the fleas won't bite the cats.
You also need a strong flea spray to stop them breeding in the cat's bedding.
Or just have the house fumigated professionally.

Answer 11

Get Siphatrol spray from the SPCA, to spray the cracks and crevices in your home. Bottle for about 1000sq ft. = $15

Get Ovatrol for the pets, same price approx.

This stuff is absolutely incredible, really works, and it's non-toxic to pets and people. Only the fleas (and some other insects) are affected. It's a hormone that ages the flea to death within 3 days and it's the only product that really stops laid eggs from hatching.

Don't waste your money or your health on all the other products, this stuff will keep your home flea free for about a year per treatment.