How to treat a flea infestation?

[MrsMozartleto]

Life has been a bit testing for someone close to me, and someone else, also close, is trying in her own sweet way to sort it out, only now there's cat fleas to be dealing with. Ho hum. A friend is scaring the bejeezubs out of them saying the council will have to fumigate and they'll have to move out for a couple of nights. That's difficult for all sorts of reasons including she's recovering from a broken hip and has mental health issues.

Anyhoo, anyone know the best, easiest, and least stressful way of dealing with a flea infestation? The cat is still there and won't be going anywhere.

 

[ycbm]

Petsmart sell fumigation cones and they can be successful, but I just found spraying every day for 3 weeks was best. I walked the carpet in bare feet and any day that any jumped onto my feet (they are heat seekers) the carpet got sprayed. The cats were spot on treated as frequently as it said on the packet.


ETA it was a really bad infestation, too, two flea ridden kittens brought them in, hot weather hatched them in droves in 3 rooms of the house.
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[MrsMozartleto]

Thank you.

I remember doing someone house a couple of years ago and it was pretty much powder and treating the dog in that case. None of this "Move Out and Fumigate or be Dammed!" stuff.

 

[ycbm]

I agree. The Petsmart fumigation is to close the room for one night, not move out!
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[MrsMozartleto]

I agree. The Petsmart fumigation is to close the room for one night, not move out!
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Indeed! I can only find the USA version of Petsmart. Is that the right one?

And, I can't see 'fumigation cone' on their site. It's not coming up on a search.

 

[Roxylola]

You can get indorex on amazon. That's always worked well for me. I don't often even do the animals, just the house.
Then hoover hoover hoover, empty the bag in the outside bin every time, in fact, if it's a bag I'd change it every time not just empty

 

[ycbm]

Indeed! I can only find the USA version of Petsmart. Is that the right one?

And, I can't see 'fumigation cone' on their site. It's not coming up on a search.

Sorry, it's now called Pets at Home in the UK. And the product now seems to be an aerosol "room fogger".

 

[MrsMozartleto]

Sorry, it's now called Pets at Home in the UK. And the product now seems to be an aerosol "room fogger".

Ah. Thank you. Will go looksee again.

 

[Rowreach]

You can get indorex on amazon. That's always worked well for me. I don't often even do the animals, just the house.
Then hoover hoover hoover, empty the bag in the outside bin every time, in fact, if it's a bag I'd change it every time not just empty

Yes, Hoover bag should be taken out of the Hoover outside the house, sealed in a bin bag and put in the wheelie bin. We've just done one where I work.

 

[conniegirl]

Our dogs picked some up recently and having a young baby in the house has ruled out foggers and sprays etc.

We were advised to treat the dogs with one of the long lasting treatments and then hoover, everyday, multiple times a day and the bag goes straight in the outside bin.

So far it seems to be doing the trick

 

[MrsMozartleto]

Hope yours bob off very soon lass!

Thank you all. I've sent it all off to the person doing the dealing with.

 

[conniegirl]

Hope yours bob off very soon lass!

Thank you all. I've sent it all off to the person doing the dealing with.

So far all we are finding in the hoover are dead fleas and flea poo. We’ve not had any bites since day 2 after treatment. I even bought a doggy nit comb and when using that ive only found one or 2 live ones, prior to treating the dogs poor daisy was crawling with them!

 

[Rowreach]

Hope yours bob off very soon lass!

Thank you all. I've sent it all off to the person doing the dealing with.

Also tell them to get the Hoover nozzle right into the very edges of the skirting boards where they meet the floor and the hems of any curtains that are floor length.

 

[MrsMozartleto]

More thank yours. Now just need to get her a decent bagged hoover!

 

[conniegirl]

More thank yours. Now just need to get her a decent bagged hoover!

Ours isn’t a bagged hoover we just tip the container into a binbag and tgen into the wheelie bin (all done outside).

 

[Roxylola]

Yeah bagged hoover isn't a requirement- mine isn't, just that if it has a bag it's not enough to just empty the bag and reuse it

 

[MrsMozartleto]

Thank you. Any recommendations on a good hoover?

 

[conniegirl]

I have a shark with antihair wrAp

 

[Roxylola]

Also shark