Help with clearing house of fleas

craigc

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Hi, recently we bought two lovely little kittens, but unfortunatly they are covered with fleas. Im not sure how we missed them, perhaps they hadn't have hatched, or the fur was toodark, but regardless, the poor babies were covered. It took us a few days to truly notice them, and by this time after a complete bath and grooming that took 2+ hours, we removed 100+ fleas on each baby. I'm absolutely horrified by the amount, and am watching them very carefully atm because they surely have been fighting for their lives with these amounts.
 

The problem is im spotting these buggers everywhere now. I tried some bob martin flea powder, but it doesn't seem to be doing the trick. Does anyone have any experience/advice on clearing a house of fleas? I'm leaning towards taking everything out of the house at this point. I've read useing foggers is a decent way, but the flea pupae stage is what im worrying about. I just want to get rid of these horrible things. I'm thinking this is going to be a few weeks of consistant cleaning to get them, but if I kill the mobile ones with the fogger, what are the best ways of eliminating and preventing further infestations?

Sorry for the mangled post, im just a bit upset about this. Any advice would be greatly appricated.

Kind regards
 

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From what I've seen others do, it seems the most effective way is to buy flea collars, cut up pieces of them and put them into your vacuum cleaner canister or bag. Vacuum daily, and each time you dump the canister, add more pieces of cut up flea collar. Focus on cracks (like slats in wood flooring) and edges (like where wall meets floor, feet of furniture, etc. And, obviously, vacuum the furniture. For the first few days - up to the first week, vacuum daily if you can. It will take a number of flea collars to keep pieces in your vacuum cleaner. But my understanding is that if you can find the time to do this, it is effective and the least harmful to you and the kitties living there.

You can give the kittens Capstar: http://www.medi-vet.com/Capstar.html to keep them flea free through this process.

Vibes you get this back under control! :vibes: :vibes: :vibes: :vibes: :vibes:

BTW, the kitties probably need Drontal to clear up the tapeworm they probably got from the fleas.
 

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After her dog was put down my boyfriend's mother wound up with a MASSIVE flea infestation. Sadly my daughter came home one day after visiting literally covered in them and now we have them!

She sprayed, I think dusted, and bombed her trailer about two-three times before she finally got rid of them.

Due to having to pay rent and bills we can't really afford to have our place taken care of right now which is a major problem since we're just a few weeks away from having another baby.
 
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