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4 Useful Tips to Get Rid of Fleas in Your House

Written by Posted On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 13:20
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Fleas are such a nuisance that you would never love to see in your house. However, they are still easy to be found elsewhere in blankets, carpets, or furniture, especially on your pets. Fleas do not only disturb you by biting, leaving itchy or even infectious spots, but also transmit some kind of serious diseases if their host is infected. These bloodsucking insects cannot fly, but their legs enable them to jump and spread over quickly. Their life cycle includes eggs and larvae, therefore, removing them altogether sound uneasy. Nevertheless, it is not impossible mission to get rid of fleas in house if you seriously follow these tips below.

1. Thoroughly clean your house

Cleaning house

The number one priority you should think of when trying to eradicate fleas out of your house is making sure that your house is clean and tidy. Fleas spring up and spread in shady, warm and moist environment. Therefore, if your house is cluttered with furniture and unorganized stuff, it is conditional for flea infestation. 

Vacuum the floor, sofa, carpets or rugs on a regular basis. Remember to discard the vacuum bag that contains the dust, debris and maybe fleas and their siblings. A clean house will prevent a great number of fleas from growing and wide spreading in your living environment.

2. Treat fleas on your pets

Indoor petsIf you have dogs or cats, check them out for any sign of fleas. Usually dogs or cats are favorite hosts of fleas for the perfect hiding place among soft warm fur. There are several measures you may select to remove fleas from your pets, one of them is using a flea comb. Run the comb from head to tail, legs and all over pets’ body to catch fleas taking refuge in the fur. 

Fleas can easily jump back to the host body once exposed by the comb. However, you can stop them from doing that by having a dish of soapy water to dip the comb in. A mixture of soap and water will kill fleas right away once they contact with the liquid.
Another way to treat pets with fleas is bathing them using flea shampoo. This method is easier to apply for dogs rather than cats because cats tend to be impatient with bathing. If you have difficulty in dealing with cat bathing, look for help from a vet. You should clean up pet bedding as well for the fact that fleas are most likely to be right there and again attack your pets.

3. Use flea fogger

Flea fogger (or flea bomb) is among the most common remedy that home owners may resort to when controlling fleas in the house. A flea fogger is an aerosol canister containing chemicals that are unpleasant at all to fleas. In other words, it contains insecticide.

It is critical to follow the instruction while using this flea fogger. The reason is the toxic chemical released from a flea fogger will help to kill fleas, but it is not good to human and pets. Therefore, you had better leave your house for a while after using flea fogger. Open the windows and doors to let fresh air fill the room after about 8 hours so as for the toxic smell to be blown away.  

Using flea foggers cannot guarantee 100% fleas removal for the fact that it may not be able to reach hidden corners under couches, rugs, or carpets. However, around 80% of fleas get killed and the rest of eggs or larvae will die away for the next 1 or 2 repeat treatments.

  1. 4. Apply natural remedies

It is not necessary to resort to flea fogger unless flea infestation is heavy. There are still safer options to deal with fleas, which you can easily apply in house.

Baking soda/Salt/Diatomaceous Earth: vacuuming the furniture, carpet or rugs is among recommended task to clean the house and removing fleas. Now you can make this vacuuming more effective by laying baking soda under carpets or rugs, rubbing it into the fabric with a hard brush. Then you can vacuum thoroughly and remove the trash in cleaner bag. You can do the same with salt or diatomaceous earth by sprinkling it over carpets and leaving it for 1 to 2 days before vacuuming. This remedy will not harm to human and animals while still prove to be effective in killing fleas.

Herbal flea spray: you will not need to have toxic chemical to kill fleas, herbal mixture of natural ingredients can also help to do the job. Vinegar, lemon, witch hazel and water can create a perfect liquid to combat fleas. The formula should be 4 liter of vinegar, 500ml of lemon, 250 ml of witch hazel and 2 liter of water. This non-toxic product can be used to spray on furniture, carpets, pet bedding, or anywhere fleas are noticed without worrying that human and pets are adversely affected. It is absolutely safe and the materials are also easy to find around.

Lavander

Flea repelling plants: fleas can be discouraged from entering your living space by such plants as penny royal, chrysanthemums, lavender and spearmint. Those plants release oil and chemicals that fleas cannot stand, but human may feel pleasant to breathe in. You may think of planting those plants indoors in pots. They will greatly deter fleas from interfering with you and your pets.

To sum up

For all things considered, a single remedy may not help to remove fleas altogether out of your house. It should be the combination of several options and carried out on a regular basis to ensure the ultimate result of freeing your house from flea infestation.

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