Flea bomb advice!!!!!

[Dara311]

Hello everyone...yet again, i'm struggling with fleas...well it is now apparent that we have them in the house........we are planning on bombing this week, does anyone know what is the best kind to use, or if we need to put anything else down!? thanks!

[bchgirl]

Flea bombs are largely useless. They won't kill the eggs and a couple of weeks from now...the fleas will still be there and multiplying again.

If you have carpeting boric acid is effective in killing the fleas and interupts the development of the eggs. It's a powder....sprinkle it on the carpet and brush in with a stiff bristle broom.

[jeanm1963]

Well I have a suggestion and disagree that flea bombs dont work , I rescued a cat last year after the people next door left him outdside , I had to take him in since we were getting a storm well my house was infested in a few days.. I went to home depot and got a suggestion from the guy there, He said take all your couch cushions and make them in a tee pee shape, pull your couch - 4 inches from the wall, if you have books or crates or something that will hold your couch up in the air like 4-5 inches.... I used books and tilted the couch back a bit.... do this to all your furniture... wash all your bedding in hot water.. I took mine to a laundramatt....while I was bombing the house...make sure you vaccum really good before and after, throw the bag away both times...away and out of the house!! You have to leave the house for a few hours..... keep vaccuming and bomb again 5 days later.. it really worked... I was totally disgusted..but it really did work..... My daughter is soooo allergic to cats but we were getting a foot of snow with below temps I have no idea how the little buggers even survived the cold outside.

[jp4m2]

Originally Posted by Dara311

Hello everyone...yet again, i'm struggling with fleas...well it is now apparent that we have them in the house........we are planning on bombing this week, does anyone know what is the best kind to use, or if we need to put anything else down!? thanks!

Please don't bomb your home......bchgrl is correct, all your going to do is knock down the adult ones but it is useless against the fleas in the egg and pupae stage....Over the next 5-6 weeks you'll have a new outbreaks of adult fleas from the pupae that hatched. Most are not in the adult stage according to this:
It's been estimated that any given time, only about 1% of the poulation of fleas is in the adult phase. About 9% are in the pupal stage, 55% are in the laval stage, and 35% are in the egg stage.

All you'll be doing is coating every surface in your home with toxic poison......If you have children it is far worse on their systems to be exposed to these poisons......

I know most people don't want to believe it they want to get out the heavy artillery with poisons but your best weapon is your good old vacuum....Vacuum... vacuum ...vacuum!!.....The larvae and fleas like to seek out darker areas that is why it is important to get under furniture and along baseboards......And vacumme everyday,everywhere your pets lay down....

This is from a couple researchers.....

Sciencedaily .com: Lead study author W. Fred Hink, professor emeritus of entomology at Ohio State and a longtime researcher in nontoxic controls of fleas on dogs, sought to test the effects of vacuuming on all flea life stages and whether any extra disposal steps or additional chemical controls are necessary.

The study involved groups of 100 adult fleas at a time, as well as groups of 50 pupae and 50 larvae, by vacuuming them up from a tightly woven kitchen-type of carpet. Six tests of vacuuming the adult fleas yielded an average of 96 percent of fleas killed; three tests of vacuumed pupae and one test of vacuumed larvae (in their third stage of development) resulted in 100 percent killed.

In comparison, an average of only 5 percent of adult fleas died after being held in paper vacuum bags to test for toxicity, and an average of only 3 percent died when circulated in moving air.

“I did not include eggs in the vacuum study, but I'm sure they would not have survived,” Hink said.

Dutch journal Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata:
The old upright is not only lethal to adult bugs, but it completely wipes out their young. Scientists from Ohio State University had set out to determine what additional measures might be needed to kill a bunch of Hoovered-up fleas: burning, freezing, poisoning, maybe even a little good old fashioned stomping. But it turns out that getting sucked into a vacuum bag does the whole job.
The researchers were so surprised by the results, they repeated the study several times. In each experiment, they sprinkled a kitchen carpet with 100 cat fleas, either adults or juveniles. And they found that the vacuum snuffed out pretty much all of them.


So expect to have this problem for 4-6 weeks til you get it under control...Good luck and get that vacuum out!..

[Yorkiedaze]

Here are great ways to rid pets and home of fleas.
Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia - Ticks, fleas, bees, flies, snakes and other gremlins! And how to deal with them!

Natural food grade diatomaceous earth flea and tick treatment information.

[Dara311]

Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze

Here are great ways to rid pets and home of fleas.
Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia - Ticks, fleas, bees, flies, snakes and other gremlins! And how to deal with them!

Natural food grade diatomaceous earth flea and tick treatment information.

thank you so much for this info! I am going to try this first before i do anything drastic!!!!! I don't want to use chemicals either! so thanks again!

[yorkiejunkie]

jp4m2 has it right... vacuum in the morning, and evening... every day, for as long as it takes... better that chemicals, under everything, and all around the base boards... I am in the battle, but I am winning... tea tree oil in the shampoo makes the dogs less appealing as well. Try to figure out where they are coming from... easier said than done... Good luck!

[Dara311]

Originally Posted by yorkiejunkie

jp4m2 has it right... vacuum in the morning, and evening... every day, for as long as it takes... better that chemicals, under everything, and all around the base boards... I am in the battle, but I am winning... tea tree oil in the shampoo makes the dogs less appealing as well. Try to figure out where they are coming from... easier said than done... Good luck!

thank you so much! both dogs are flea free, so thats a good sign...last night was the first night no scratching! hopefully i'm getting this under control!!!!!

[Mom to Hot Rod]

Whichever you decide to do I can say that the bombs worked for me. When we moved into one of our homes, it was infested with fleas and our 2 poor six month old kitties got so infested! I got tons of bites from those little suckers too!

I bombed 3x to ensure that I got rid of them! The poor kitties got dipped 2x and then I did it at home a 3rd time. This being over a month and 1/2 time.

If you do decide to bomb, there are some that are better than others so you will need to read the labels. I did this some 15-20 years ago so I do not remember the brand that I used. Just remember, they can be on your clothes too so if you choose to bomb, open your closets too. Good luck.

[John123john]

I know only 3 ways how to get rid of fleas.
The first one is essential oils, they are work well.
The second one is flea bombs.
And the third is special sprays.
I used only essential oils.