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How the hell do you get rid of fleas?!

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Bananaram · 21/10/2024 19:59

We catsat a relatives cat for a couple of weeks in the summer hols and now we have bloody fleas! 3 out of 4 of us are being eaten alive 😭

How the hell do I get rid of the little fuckers?! I'm exhausted. I've stripped all the beds, washed all the pillows, duvets, duvet covers, cushion covers in a 60 degree wash, sprayed every room with Indorex, used a treatment on our mattresses, I've been hoovering every damn day and we are STILL getting new bites. My DD has 14 new bites on her back 😰 and my feet are covered!

Do I have to move all the furniture and hoover underneath every day? Our furniture is heavy, I don't have the time or the energy. I can't keep up with all the washing, we don't have a tumble drier to dry stuff so it's been wash in, wash out, stuff on the radiators and me being paranoid that fleas are jumping right onto my freshly washed bedding. We don't have pets of our own so we've never had to deal with this before.

Does anyone know what is the easiest way to get rid of them or am I going to have to keep washing/drying/hoovering for the next month?!

OP posts:
Forever1973 · 20/12/2025 17:19
  • steam clean your carpets and furniture (slowly)
  • hoover very thoroughly
  • treat with a pesticide spray - you'll need to spray then stay out of the room for a couple of hours, or if going out you can do every room, working your way out of the house (assuming you have no other pets).
  • hoover again
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