fleas----help
01-11-2014, 06:20 AM
#32
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it cost me over $100 a month ago to get rid of the dogs....sprayed the house, bathed, put stuff on dog that was gotten at the vets...I was told there is a cycle to fleas and you have to break that cycle...egg...hatch....adult...more eggs. the stuff I put behind her ears seemed to do the trick...now flea free LOL
01-11-2014, 07:50 AM
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Sprinkle borax leave for 20 minutes then vacuum. We had fleas at one time and borax did the trick. They don't come back either. One of my Aunts bought an apartment building and it had roaches, borax worked to get rid of them. This is how I knew about borax to treat my home for fleas, and no I've never had roaches or any other kind of bugs.
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01-11-2014, 08:52 AM
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The same thing happened to me. We bought the flea bombs from Home Depot, they worked for about 3 days. We did this twice and finally decided to hire an exterminator. It worked and I was so relieved. I tried all the natural things, was washing the sheets daily, we don't have wall to wall carpet so we took the area rugs outside and hubby steam cleaned them. I swept,and mopped until I was blue in the face. I was so upset and distraught, all the work for nothing and I was the only one getting bitten. Now I know how a animal feels when it has fleas.
01-11-2014, 10:52 AM
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I am a retired vet tech. We would recommend to our clients to always lay a few mothballs balls on the floor, vacuum them up then vacuum like normal. Fleas, larva, and eggs can live live, hatch and and reinfest your home. The mothballs prevent this as it kills them. I would suggest vacuuming everyday until you do't see them anymore. I would strongly suggest to bomb your house using a bomb for each room.
01-11-2014, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by tessagin
I don't envy you a bit. We use Preventic flea and tick colors. If you have carpet get some salt and baking soda. My sister had a horrible problem when she moved into her new home (rental). She spread the salt and baking soda all over the carpet and the other flooring. It burns the fleas and their eggs. She has a shitzu and even sprinkled some on her. She said she saw the fleas fall off her dog. After couple days she vacuumed her carpet and swept the floors. The landlord replaced the carpet. Worst infestation she ever had experienced. But the salt and soda worked because of the sodium.
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