AHAHAHAHAHAHA! I've had that reaction before to only the Glade plug-ins!! Love the description of the smell.........that DE gives me the willies, and everybody else says "oh, it has no odor"......it makes me gag!
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PT Ultracide is the ONLY stuff I've found that won't run you out of the house if you give it a couple of hours.
DE? After you get it scrubbed into your carpet, you'll swear you threw 5lbs of flour into a fan. There will be DE dust in the neighbors house!
I used DE last year because I saw one flea on one of the cats, and I really didn't want to do chemicals. I can say with 99% certainty I will never use it in the house again! It choked one of my vacuum cleaners to death! I had to vacuum, stop, wash out the foam filters in the vacuum and let them dry, put them back in, vacuum a little more.....it absolutely choked my vacuum to death. I even had DE dust in my ceiling fan motor casings, I had to get on a step stool and vacuum around the housing.
PT Ultracide is the ONLY stuff I've found that won't run you out of the house if you give it a couple of hours.
DE? After you get it scrubbed into your carpet, you'll swear you threw 5lbs of flour into a fan. There will be DE dust in the neighbors house!
So, going forward (unfortunately) chemicals it will be. I will just have to lock the cats out of the treated room and open all the windows for a good while if we have fleas again!
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PT Ultracide (I had to order it on-line). Spray as directed and leave for a couple of hours. Relatively NO smell when you return. And I would say it works better than anything else I tried. OR, I should say I can actually tell it works because it seems to have a fast initial knockdown/kill. Which, is something I can see, and it makes me feel good.
I think everything works to some extent with the main things being "vacuuming" and "time". I'd use the word patience in place of time, but, you're cleaning, spraying, and vacuuming so often....there's just no patience involved.
The PT Ultracide just doesn't smell like all the others. (Almost no smell at all)
NyGuard is supposed to eliminate foul odors. But, it's kind of like Febreze. Smells nice the 1st time you spray it, then gets overwhelming FAST.
Borax smells nice, like laundry detergent. But, when your floors are smothered in it, it's just way too much.
We use Borax powder for ants along the drive every year. It works, but after it rains you can really smell it. And it does kill the grass where we put it, so at least it knocks down having to edge/weed-eat along the drive.
I don't mind the smell of it too bad, but the mess is another story. I just can't handle powdery mess in the house again. I am going to look up that PT Ultracide so we have it ready for next year. I think our buggy season is dwindling to an end, thank goodness.
I don't mind the smell of it too bad, but the mess is another story. I just can't handle powdery mess in the house again. I am going to look up that PT Ultracide so we have it ready for next year. I think our buggy season is dwindling to an end, thank goodness.
I was so worried after i got the flea treatment on my babies that the fleas would come straight to me. Idk what it is about my blood or body heat, idk, but mosquitos and fleas are always attracted to me. Im not dirty, i bathe everyday, so its nothing like that.. But since they have had their treatment i havent had any problems! I was the only one out of my family while they had the fleas that was even getting bit. But im so lucky it has worked out the way that it has!
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It's because you bathe every day.
I've not had a shower in months and NOTHING gets near me.
Seriously... I DO think some bath soap smells seem to attract biting insects, along with certain hair care products, makeup's, etc. (might be the aromas?)
I have always heard that hairspray, perfumes, shampoo, etc. attract bees. Don't know if it adds to the draw of your CO2, but I am always the person in the group that gets eaten alive and nearly carried off by mosquitos and other vampire-type bugs, even if I spray down with bug spray!!
It's because you bathe every day.
I've not had a shower in months and NOTHING gets near me.
Seriously... I DO think some bath soap smells seem to attract biting insects, along with certain hair care products, makeup's, etc. (might be the aromas?)
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While you're shopping for PT, look up Buggins BuggSpray. (it's AWESOME stuff)
Thanks @BassCat
Thats exactly me.. I know my body heat is hotter than most people and i thought that was the reason, but im always using smellgood stuffs so that may be it too or a combination of the both!
Please help. I calked my vet cause my cat has fleas. I have applied frontline plus over a week ago. I am sti picking dead and alive fleas off of her. I have bombed the house, used borax, vacuum every day. She is quarantined in downstairs laundryroom. There are boxes in there and insulation up on the ceiling. Is there a possible way that they r living in there? I cled an exterminator that is coming next week. Anywho, why r there still live fleas on her? And i see more flea dirt today. Please help!i live in Wisconsin and it's been bitterly cold here. How can they survive?
Clean up everywhere. Flea eggs do survive.Please help. I calked my vet cause my cat has fleas. I have applied frontline plus over a week ago. I am sti picking dead and alive fleas off of her. I have bombed the house, used borax, vacuum every day. She is quarantined in downstairs laundryroom. There are boxes in there and insulation up on the ceiling. Is there a possible way that they r living in there? I cled an exterminator that is coming next week. Anywho, why r there still live fleas on her? And i see more flea dirt today. Please help!i live in Wisconsin and it's been bitterly cold here. How can they survive?
Wash all your clothes. Throw away boxes.
Wash carpets by dedicated biocide. Borax is almost nil. Vacuum - throw away the sacks after each use.
Re-apply front line three weeks from first application even you don't see any flea at that time.
Not so complicate , you will see..
I did clean up everywhere. I spent $300 already on sprays, powders, etc...i empty vacuum canister in sealed bag and throw away..i have washed every linen twice now. The only thing i haven't done is throw away the boxes because we have our items in them
