Beating Fleas

I got such a sever infection in my house I had to dust with Seven(spelling may be off) It's a stron pesticide, you could use fles bombs but I know you both have health conditions so be very careful. If you go this way make sure every four legged creature gets a flea bath before they get back in the house. One thing about the Seven it lasts a long time, years. I'd check things out on the Internet for ideas. Blessings, I know this is a big hassel.

Sorry to hear about your one pet.. As for fleas, tell me about!!!!! I have two dogs, beagle/border collie mix and I also use the drops. Penny has the beagle short hair, but Ciara has the border collie long hair and last month when I put the drops on Ciara, I tried to get it to her skin, but my daughter, (she's a groomer) came over and said Ciara had fleas..so we thought that because it is so hard to part that long thick hair, that maybe I should get her shaved..Not only will she be cooler, but it will be easier to apply the drops. Well, I applied the drops 2 weeks ago and now both dogs have fleas..I also use Zodiak, a spray I get at TSC to kill the fleas on the carpet, but it isn't working. As much as I hated to do this, I sprinkled some stuff on the lawn too, and still they have fleas.. Then I remembered another mylotter gave me this tip, which I started doing this week and I hope that soon these pests will be history. Here is what she said: [i]Use garlic once or twice a week - Use ground meat, cooked or hot dogs ~ Slice 1 - 2 of medium garlic, enough to put into hot dog - cut hot dog into 4 pieces with slice of garlic inside each piece~ If cooked meat is used, sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon of powered garlic to 1/2 lb. of meat cooked together. If the smell of the 'Doggie Garlic breath' is a problem, moisten a plain dog biscuit and lay or cover with fresh parsley or roll in dried parsley.[/i] I am using garlic powder and I really hope this works, because they don't have just a few fleas, but lots of fleas..:(

There are a ton of fleas in my area. We get them every summer and the cats we have this year don't even go outside, but they still have them pretty bad. It's sickening! Mostly we use Advantage to control it, and it works pretty well. I've never liked Frontline. Make sure you do not use any store bought treatments, especially Hartz! Hartz spot on treatments for cats contain a chemical that is toxic to cats and it will kill your cat! For some home remedies: Sprinkle salt around your yard just before it rains. I'm not sure why but this works to kill most of the fleas in your yard and on your property so you don't keep carrying them into the house. I tried it last year and it seriously cut down our flea population. Dawn dish soap kills fleas.. use the original blue kind. A vet told me this over the phone when I had a kitten too young for flea treatments. You can bathe the animals in the Dawn dish soap. It's safe for the animals, but kills the fleas. When the fleas in my house are real bad (and it's gotten that way many times due to not having the $ for the flea meds) I will sit with a cup of hot soapy water (put Dawn dish soap in the water). Anytime I see a flea on me I pick it up and drop it in the water... easier than rolling them in your fingers to kill them. I've also been so desperate that I'll sit and pick fleas off the cats and drop them into the soapy water. At night, if you're sitting there watching TV or something.. get a metal pan, like a cake pan or deep cookie sheet.. it's got to be a shiny metal kind that can contain water, like 2 inches deep. Fill it up with soapy water and place a lit candle either in the pan or right next to it. Obviously this works best in a dark room. The light reflects off the pan, which attracts the fleas, the warmth also attracts the fleas. They will jump right into the pan and die. Obviously this is something that will need supervision, that's why I say to do it while you're watching TV so you can ensure the animals do not go near the water or the candle. This won't necessarily rid your home of fleas.. but it will help! I've done all these things myself. Oh.. one last tip I learned.. vacuuming your home too often can actually increase the number of fleas you have. Something about running the vacuum over the carpets actually causes the flea eggs to hatch. Plus the fleas can escape from your vacuum. This is also something I've been told by a vet.. when you do vacuum, you must immediately empty the vacuum into an outdoor trash can so the fleas cannot reenter your home.. even if you're using a so called flea treatment on the carpets because they aren't necessarily guaranteed to work. As a last resort.. what I had to do when my fleas got too out of control.. get the animals and people out of the house for about 4 hours, and set off bug bombs in the house. You can buy these anywhere.. they kill any living bug in the house. Make sure to read the product to see that it kills fleas, though most do. We had to use these a lot in the first place we lived because at the time the only way to get good flea meds was through the vet (where as now we can buy them online) and the vet always wanted to make a new appointment for the animals which I could rarely afford. So at that time we would lock the cats in the basement and flea bomb the rest of the house. The only pain is that afterwards you have to clean everything to get the residue off. Putting sheets over things helps.. the fumes still get through but the residue does not.

We had that problem a few years ago, and OMG is was terrible! Our vet gave both our dog and cat a pill that instantly killed the fleas. They suggested we keep our pets with them overnight so we could bomb the house. We put a flea bomb in every room in the house (including all bathrooms). We never saw another flea again...thank goodness. That summer was terrible for pets all around our area. Pets that never had fleas seemed to have them. Good luck to you...I know the pain it is to have fleas.

We had trouble with fleas with my dog this year too. We found the Hartz spray found at wal mart and tried it. We sprayed down all the floors and kept our dog out for several hours while the smells dissipated. We also did a double dose of his flea gel and did a flea bath, making sure to keep the shampoo on for at least 5 minutes. I literally saw the little bugs falling off.

Good discussion friend and this was also in my mind because I am also tired with this fleas. Now in rainy season fleas and mosquito season is also started. We cant do the control fleas in our kitchen but on every pot cover with some other stainsteel.

My friend is having a horrible time as well. Everything we've researched online states to thoroughly clean your home - vacuum everything & then throw the vacuum bag outside in the trash. Use Sevin powder around the entire foundation of your home. Continue using the spot-on treatments unless you're using a cheap grocery store version, then I would switch to something better. Wal-Mart now makes a good Frontline alternative. If you've already been using Frontline, I have read that there are cases where Frontline just stops working. If that seems to be the case, try switching to another brand of treatment. Good luck, it's a rotten, nasty battle but it can be won! I am really sorry about the loss of one of your pets. :(

I've never had fleas but we've had lice. And I was recommended to use the flea spray from wal-mart as well on furniture. But I know fleas are probably much more agressive than lice are and probably have fewer areas they infest. I wish you the best of luck getting rid of this problem!

this is 2 days old and i just got it today. my hotmail is still really sucko. well i cant hep much on that i really know tho, how tough it is to control fleas. its one of the only few things i like about az. ive never had a lot of trouble here with them but they were terrible in florida. i just got to where i was giving coco a pill once a month for them and its all that worked was that pill. i cant remember the name but ask your vet about it. they are fairly expensive but last the whole month and really work. if you can keep the animals from getting them on them, it will help with the house infectation also.

Yeah this year the battle with the fleas are seeming unbeatable. I only have one big dog and it seems we have to keep bathing him. What i do is use dawn dish soap and it kills the fleas. At least until more find him