HEEEEEEELP! We've been taken over by fleas!

[Daddas1Punkin]

Triple threat! lol. Does anyone know how these work?
Any reviews? Thanks, back at 1:30, would appreciate the help!

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Tried the Natural Defense; wasn't impressed.

btw, when you vacuum - & you need to vacuum every single day for at least 2-3 weeks to break the flea breeding cycle -- suck up some boric acid powder or sevin dust first or else cut up a flea collar & suck a piece into your vac cannister every time you vacuum, & it'll kill the fleas as you suck them up.

I try to go as natural as possible & believe me, in La. we have plenty of humidity & heat that fleas just love -- I use a mix of boric acid powder, DE (diatomaceous earth) & sevin dust - 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 mixture & sprinkle it all around the outside perimeter of the house & yard next to the house where our dogs go out to potty. DE contains silicates & will permeate & kill any soft bodied insect. You do have to reapply it after it rains.

Capstar works good in the short term to kill fleas but is only good for a day or so. Original Dawn detergent will kill fleas; soap them up good & let it sit on them for a good 5-10 minutes then rinse it out.

There are a couple of oral monthly flea meds that are supposed to be very good but my dogs have sensitive stomachs so I've never tried them.

 

[Daddas1Punkin]

Tried the Natural Defense; wasn't impressed.

btw, when you vacuum - & you need to vacuum every single day for at least 2-3 weeks to break the flea breeding cycle -- suck up some boric acid powder or sevin dust first or else cut up a flea collar & suck a piece into your vac cannister every time you vacuum, & it'll kill the fleas as you suck them up.

I try to go as natural as possible & believe me, in La. we have plenty of humidity & heat that fleas just love -- I use a mix of boric acid powder, DE (diatomaceous earth) & sevin dust - 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 mixture & sprinkle it all around the outside perimeter of the house & yard next to the house where our dogs go out to potty. DE contains silicates & will permeate & kill any soft bodied insect. You do have to reapply it after it rains.

Capstar works good in the short term to kill fleas but is only good for a day or so. Original Dawn detergent will kill fleas; soap them up good & let it sit on them for a good 5-10 minutes then rinse it out.

There are a couple of oral monthly flea meds that are supposed to be very good but my dogs have sensitive stomachs so I've never tried them.

Yea, I just read a bunch of near death by those products, so they are going back! We are going to try home remidies, going to look up some right now. I know, that DE kills mites on chickens. It works great, we better wait to use it outside though, it's supposed to rain tomorrow for a few days, that'd just be a waste I think. Thanks for you advise!

 

[Daddas1Punkin]

cool!
http://www.myhomeremedies.com/topic.cgi?topicid=293

 

[Whispering Winds]

Something else that works and is cheap is salt. Salt your carpets, sprinkle it everywhere, and it dries them up. The bug bombs work, but you HAVE to do it every 7 days for at least 3 weeks. DG is a good place to get them, and I had to use them a couple of times and they did the trick. Worries me about the toxins, but sometimes you just have to do what you gotta do to get things under control.

 

[Daddas1Punkin]

Something else that works and is cheap is salt. Salt your carpets, sprinkle it everywhere, and it dries them up. The bug bombs work, but you HAVE to do it every 7 days for at least 3 weeks. DG is a good place to get them, and I had to use them a couple of times and they did the trick. Worries me about the toxins, but sometimes you just have to do what you gotta do to get things under control.

Yes, I read about the salt. We are going to try. thanks!

 

[Peaches Lee]

The best way to kill these fleas dead is Advantage or Frontline. It needs to be applied monthly because each flea now is producing thousands of little eggs to hatch out next month. I hate fleas, terrible pest. Good luck to you.

As a word of caution, if you have cats--DO NOT put DOG flea medications on CATS. Always use CAT flea meds on cats! Very important!

 

[Daddas1Punkin]

The best way to kill these fleas dead is Advantage or Frontline. It needs to be applied monthly because each flea now is producing thousands of little eggs to hatch out next month. I hate fleas, terrible pest. Good luck to you.

As a word of caution, if you have cats--DO NOT put DOG flea medications on CATS. Always use CAT flea meds on cats! Very important!

Yea, I would never put the wrong kind on the wrong animal. Thanks! I killed 23 fleas on one dog, and today the other dog gets a bath. DAWN DISH SOAP if your dogs have fleas!!!!!! IT KILLS THEM really fast!!!!! IT WORKS! I Love you DAWN!

 

[tadpole98]

we had that in the suburbs and our dogs were basically bald. we battled them for two years, fleas would jump all over us pn the couch, in bed, during dinner, EVERYWHERE
we vacuumed everywhere three times a day for wo years
my goodness, if i would have been thinking better back then i would have done that one 'bombing' the house deal where it kills all the bugs

 

[Mattemma]

Shiitake mushrooms!!!!

Just had to chime in again and let you know there was a freaking flea on my arm last night as I was reading in bed. I am sooooo upset. I really thought I got them all,and here the fleas have been breeding(on the cats atleast) for 3-4 months. Don't even tell me the numbers I am facing. I am itchy just thinking about it. I would toss them all out of the house today,but I want the fleas going on them.Time to get a different type of drop and start washing and spraying the house all over again.

Fleas I hate because they are so hard to catch/kill,but ticks get the eeeeewwwwww factor x10.

Yeah,bag up and take outside the vaccum collection.If you have a filter on there you could even spray that with flea spray. I better get cleaning.