Fleapit

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A few weeks ago I looked after a friend's cat for 2 weeks. She only stayed inside during that time although she is normally an outdoor cat. About 2 weeks later...we seem to have a flea infestation. I did a bit of spraying with flea spray but it hasn't helped at all and things seem to be getting worse. I'm sitting at the PC here, felt something moving on my head, shook out my hair and about three fell out

The awful thing is that we had a nasty episode in May with fleas that were living in the garden, left behind by foxes, they were getting brought into the house on our clothes and I was getting bitten alive. It took ages to work out what was happening, I thought we had bedbugs! Those fleas were bigger and nastier...they left massive bites like mosquito bites and at one point I had over 200 on me. Anyway...we dealt with that but that was outside...this is different as the infestation is actually in my house.

I'd be grateful for any suggestions for what to do about this...me and my three teens are not at all impressed.

if this isn't the right place for this thread I'll ask for it to be moved...it's just that we don't have a pet as such I wasn't quite sure where to put it.

Haha, I found myself looking a bit too excitedly at the electric flea killer on Amazon...I wanted to see some kind of mass flea electrocution going on! Disappointingly it's just a lightbulb with a sticky pad.

Good idea Piglet, can do the dryer thing till I lose the will to live.

Thanks Pavlov...I had no idea there was a time of year when fleas got worse. Lucky lucky me.

One of the reasons for looking after the cat was partly as a trial run because me

Thanks Pavlov...I had no idea there was a time of year when fleas got worse. Lucky lucky me.

One of the reasons for looking after the cat was partly as a trial run because me girls are always begging me to let them have a cat,As a trial run it may have been a success because there is no fucking way now I really know I don't want one.

We moved into a property where the previous owners had three cats. A bleeding nightmare! DH, DD1 and I were all bitten - thinking it was mosquitos. Then we saw those wretched things on our clothes, on the floors (even wooden floors!) etc. But they are fast and small!

We vacuumed, mopped, flea bombed, vacuumed, mopped, flea bombed, vacuumed, mopped. That seemed to have sorted it out the problem. You need to vacuum in the crevices and stairs too.

Good luck! I hope you get rid of the nasty buggers!

on one of the recent flea threads, someone suggested putting a tealight in the middle of a bowl or water in a dark room. Apparently the fleas go to the light and drown or something.

We have a flea problem at the moment - even though we have no pets! DS has a habit of talking to all the cats in our street though so I think one may have hitched a ride. I thought it was bed bugs at first so am marginally pleased it's fleas instead! Anyway, can of

We have a flea problem at the moment - even though we have no pets! DS has a habit of talking to all the cats in our street though so I think one may have hitched a ride. I thought it was bed bugs at first so am marginally pleased it's fleas instead! Anyway, can of indorex has been ordered. Do I need to do the whole flat or just the rooms where I've seen the fleas?

Argh sorry for double post!

IIRC the female flea jumps off after a blood meal and lays her eggs, so if you have no actual cats in the house you shouldnt get many eggs. Indorex stops the eggs developing and lasts for several months, and the simple insecticide spray, which is much cheaper, just kills the adult insect.

I have treated for moths and for dog fleas, and like to use the simple insecticide, generously, one room at a time, paying special attention to edges of the room and skirting boards where insects may hide in crevices, then quickly leave the room and shut the door without airing it. I reckon the spray and fumes will have a good chance of killing the insects. After a couple of houors I open the windows and rely on the traces remaining on the carpet. If you identify any areas with a particular problem, concentrate the Indorex there. It is usually where the animal likes to sit or sleep, which will not apply in your case.

Frequent hoovering really is very good at reducing the eggs and newly hatched adults as the vibrations wake them up and set them hopping.