Help, I think our new house has fleas!

[wohmum]

We've just moved into a new house and both DS2 and myself have been itching like mad, with small raised lumps that look like insect bites. The previous owners had cat so I assume there are fleas in the carpets and stuff? How do i get rid of them before we are red raw?
thanks in advance ! yours scratchingly....

go to the vets anf ask for flea treatment for the home, it costs about 20 pounds but works.

pet shops like "pets at home" sell flea treatments something called "flea bombs" are good - i re-washed everything - and found on the internet that washing with "mentols2 the cough sweets - dont know if this is bullshit - but i did it anyway.

acclaim flea spray is the dogs bolleax www.vetuk.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=16

This happened to us when we moved last year - commiserations, it's horrid isn't it!
We tried a spray thing from a pet shop but it didn't work. In the end we had to get the council pest control people round cost us £65 but tbh honest it was worth it for peace of mind and no more bites!

Good luck.
You will look back on this and glug wine.....

thanks everyone, I 'acclaimed' our front room last night - hopefully this'll clear it- doing the rest of the house tonight. one question tho' - how long do they live for ? we've been ther 2 weeks now and the previous owners moved out about 2 weeks before that - shouldn't they all be dead by now?

wohmum - you will probably still see some fleas for about 2 weeks as the dormant eggs hatch. As soon as the acclaim hits them they will die so dont worry.

and keep hoovering. every other day if possible.

Don't even bother buying the stuff and attempting to get rid of them yourself. My friend had this problem and spent over £40 on various treatments - none of which seemed to do the trick. She eventually called out a specialist which cost about £70 - they even said they would come back free of charge and redo everything if it hadn't worked the first time.