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Bites! Help please

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ThousandCows · 11/08/2024 22:39

Before I spunk hundreds of pounds getting the professionals in this week... Can anyone confirm for me that it's definitely fleas I am dealing with there? I am being eaten alive, ramped up over the last couple of months and now at my wits' end. Feet/ankles have taken the worst of it but those have all been scratched beyond the point of identifying the culprits! So here are my latest batch...

Bites! Help please
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PiggieWig · 11/08/2024 22:43

Do you have pets and are they scratching? Indorex is really good for fleas and you can wash all bedding etc and tumble dry it to kill fleas. Repeat after a week to get any that have been missed.
And flea treat the pets with vet grade stuff

IdLikeToBeAFraser · 11/08/2024 22:45

Fleas or mosquitos I'd say. Do you have pets and are they regularly de-flead? If you have carpets, are you vacuuming regularly? If it's mosquitos, mosquito repellant could help but they don't normally stick around for ages.

WonderingWanda · 11/08/2024 22:45

Around the ankles I'd popular and they do look like flea bites.

Drigante · 11/08/2024 22:49

You can't tell flea from bedbug from mozzie bites necessarily from a pic. The "bite" you see is your body's immune response to them.

However lots at ankle height and the way they're grouped says fleas are a very good bet.

Fleas live mainly at the edges of carpets, where they meet the skirting board, and around the bottoms of soft furnishings. Get indorex and spray these places, or get a professional in.

silvershark22 · 11/08/2024 22:55

Indoorex

Greytulips · 11/08/2024 22:57

You need feet spray on your skin to stop them biting.

Then deal with where you think it’s coming from with long grass or carpets.

You can bring them in on your shoes.

ThousandCows · 11/08/2024 23:02

Thanks all, have done Indorex multiple times, hoovered, cats have been treated, absolutely soaking myself in DEET and still new bites appearing every fucking hour of the day!! Hence professionals booked to come Tuesday morning 😩

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Allthehorsesintheworld · 11/08/2024 23:02

Bites on ankles are often fleas living in your carpets or rugs. You can get flea bombs you set off, available on Amazon. Read the instructions thoroughly but they’re very effective.

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