Flea infestation.
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Ok. My house is infested with fleas. This also happened two springs ago and all I could do was just wait till the subsided and killed everyone that I found. My dog is treated with Frontline and it still isn't enough. Yesterday, I brushed her after she dried from a flea bath and caught 30 live and hungry fleas in the first stroke. Sometimes I can squeeze one of them till it pops and it'll still bite me! I swear these bastards survived some nuke tests and hopped their way to Louisiana. Anybody got advice on how to get rid of them?
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http://www.orkin.com/other/fleas/flea-bombs/
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I would really suggest you get your dog flea-free as quickly as possible. And hope your luck gets better.
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Thats nasty
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Honestly flea bombs are a pain and kill maybe half (at best). Go to a vet and get the treatment (advantix?) that you apply on your pet and use your the pet as the pesticide. Make sure you get the one that kills fleas and larvae. Killing the larvae is key. Also is you want to up your treatment time, look up cedarcide and apply to floors and carpet. Cedarcide is all natural so it's safe for kids too. Key ingredient is CEDAR and ticks fleas and other pests absolutely run the opposite direction from this stuff. Down side, cedarcide is only available online that I know of.
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Get cap stars from your vet and they will kill all the fleas on your dog and for your house I would get the bombs. You can be flea free for about 30 bucks.
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You need to treat all areas at the same time. Animal, inside and outside house.
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Get advantage.
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Professional exterminator.
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Sell your K9 for Don Points and a new phone. Just solved all your problems. You're welcome.
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Burn the house. Rebuild.
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I thought about The Far Side's option
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I had the same thing happen to me but with my cat. 1. Baths don't get all of them especially after they've spread to your house. 2. Bombs work but only if your house is mostly sealed and you let the bombs sit for about 2 days, even then some may still be alive. 3. Constantly clean and when using a vacuum make sure once you're done it stays out of the house for a while because the fleas are still alive in the vacuum. 4. Since you live in Louisiana you can't kill the fleas with cold like I did with the winter here. 5. If they are in only certain areas KEEP THEM CONTAINED, check yourself when leaving these areas. 6. As harsh as it sounds you need to quarantine your dog, it's not allowed inside. 7. Your best bet is to fully treat your dog, make sure nobody has fleas on them or in their clothes, set bombs and leave the house for a few days at least this will kill them not only with chemicals but also lack of food.
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Let the cockroaches eat them.
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I used to live in a neighborhood that was infested with fleas.
I could walk to my car from the front door and have them all over my legs.
Dawn soap for bathing the pets until you can get real treatment.
I couldn't bomb my house because my sugar gliders are sensitive to the ingredients.
But we moved after the fleas invaded the house and would keep us from sleeping. Due to them biting us in bed. -
We had an awful infestation one time and none of the above methods worked to fully remedy the problem. I ended up going to lowes and getting a treatment called seven dust. It is only for outside use but I used it inside like a carpet fresh. It advises against this on the packaging, but nothing else was getting it. I left it sitting for the day and left the house then vacuumed it up.
I'm just saying what I did and obviously can't endorse using a product against what it advises. Therefore won't be responsible for your results or any injuries that result.
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The Far Side wrote:
✋I second this motion.Burn the house. Rebuild.
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I used Advantage Flea and Tick. I also made a point to vacuum and mop entire house 2-3x daily. That seemed to do the best. I agree that you need to treat outside house too. The key is to kill larve.
I tried bathing my pets - never worked.
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💮BΛΥИΞ💮 wrote:
This works.Honestly flea bombs are a pain and kill maybe half (at best). Go to a vet and get the treatment (advantix?) that you apply on your pet and use your the pet as the pesticide. Make sure you get the one that kills fleas and larvae. Killing the larvae is key. Also is you want to up your treatment time, look up cedarcide and apply to floors and carpet. Cedarcide is all natural so it's safe for kids too. Key ingredient is CEDAR and ticks fleas and other pests absolutely run the opposite direction from this stuff. Down side, cedarcide is only available online that I know of.
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The Far Side wrote:
What about the dog? Surely you don't suggest burning and rebuilding him too?Burn the house. Rebuild.
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✯ㄕ⼁⼕✯ wrote:
Of course not. Only if it's a Leggo dog with Leggo fleas.The Far Side wrote:
What about the dog? Surely you don't suggest burning and rebuilding him too?Burn the house. Rebuild.
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The Far Side wrote:
😂👍✯ㄕ⼁⼕✯ wrote:
Of course not. Only if it's a Leggo dog with Leggo fleas.The Far Side wrote:
What about the dog? Surely you don't suggest burning and rebuilding him too?Burn the house. Rebuild.
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Get a product called talstar. I have a few customers that sign up for flea and tick control. Treat inside the home, the outside perimeter around doors and windows. They sell granules for the lawn. Treat the lawn and all your trees and shrubs. It's a pain but works wonders. Re-apply every 3-4 weeks. Once the problem is controlled monthly treatments for a preventative. Pm me if you have any further questions. And good luck.
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It's amazing how resistant to killing some bugs are. I had weevils in a bag of rice, so put it in the microwave for 5 minutes. When the time was up - they were crawling all over the inside of the microwave. Didn't know what to do, so put the microwave on for another five minutes, and that managed to kill them.
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BakedBananas wrote:
It's amazing how resistant to killing some bugs are. I had weevils in a bag of rice, so put it in the microwave for 5 minutes. When the time was up - they were crawling all over the inside of the microwave. Didn't know what to do, so put the microwave on for another five minutes, and that managed to kill them.
Weevils wobble but they don't fall down.
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I think the biggest problem is the cats down at the barn. They are wild cats and are just there for rodent control. At night, they use the cover of darkness to move outside the barn perimeter. They move at night because, if we catch them with a clean line of sight during the day, they don't live long. 🙀 Gotta keep that population under control. Also explains why ear mites constantly reinvest the dog after treatments. She likes to use the cats for chew toys when she gets bored and isn't working cows or taking a nap.
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CountingCoups wrote:
Ok....after that post, I honestly can't bring myself to give you advice.... Killing kittens? Sad.I think the biggest problem is the cats down at the barn. They are wild cats and are just there for rodent control. At night, they use the cover of darkness to move outside the barn perimeter. They move at night because, if we catch them with a clean line of sight during the day, they don't live long. 🙀 Gotta keep that population under control. Also explains why ear mites constantly reinvest the dog after treatments. She likes to use the cats for chew toys when she gets bored and isn't working cows or taking a nap.
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Schmidty wrote:
Barn cats are a very different situation to your house kitty.CountingCoups wrote:
Ok....after that post, I honestly can't bring myself to give you advice.... Killing kittens? Sad.I think the biggest problem is the cats down at the barn. They are wild cats and are just there for rodent control. At night, they use the cover of darkness to move outside the barn perimeter. They move at night because, if we catch them with a clean line of sight during the day, they don't live long. 🙀 Gotta keep that population under control. Also explains why ear mites constantly reinvest the dog after treatments. She likes to use the cats for chew toys when she gets bored and isn't working cows or taking a nap.
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Nuke your house and dog and anything your dog has touched
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Been there. Done it. Best of luck.
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My dog got fleas as well, although a light infestation. The flea medications for the animal work great, but you will have to frequently treat all the areas that the dog lives in to treat the eggs. It can take months of steady cleaning to assure no further reoccurrence.
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