Originally Posted by
Lois-nounoe
I had done everything last summer for my cats. Nothing worked. Two are alergic to any kind of insectiside. Dawn is the best thing I have used and I spray the carpets with the Enforcer from Wal Mart. The cats are doing much better and I use a flea comb on them to get the fleas that remain off. I also found if you put a white bowl with a little water and a couple of drops of dish soap on your floor at night with a small llight over it the fleas will go in and drown! I paid $30 bucks for the Black Jack flea Beacon and all it cought was a couple of flies, a couple of crickets and my little cat who was after the crickets and flies (twice)! Bowl of water worked much better and it was FREE!!!! LOL
Poor little cat! My husband's grandmother used onions to get rid of fleas from in and around her home one time. I don't know if you're desperate enough for your home to smell like onions, but it is a cheap repellant. You can quarter the onions and toss them outside around the foundation of your home, etc. And if desperate enough (or you just like the smell of onions) you can put them under furniture in your house.
I do sympathize with you, I myself am battling fleas this year. My husband's grandmother lives next door to us and has a miniature daushound who up until recently has been infested with fleas. And I have two cats, both of which are indoor cats. Well, the fleas in our yard are horrible, but getting better after putting down lime. One of my cats escaped outside and when she came back in, she brought the fleas in with her. Dawn dish detergant is safe to bathe your animals in, but I can't use it because I'm allergic to Dawn. And, unfortunately, both of my cats hate baths so it's becoming more and more painful for me to bathe them. They hiss, claw, and sometimes bite now. Bad little kitties.