How to Get Rid of Fleas
The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Flea Control for Your Home and Pets
If you’ve found yourself at this website, it’s probably because you have a flea infestation – maybe even a bad one. Fleas can be incredibly irritating for both pets and their owners, making their lives miserable with itchy bites.
Fortunately, there is hope, and getting rid of fleas does not have to be a horrible process of trial and error. Getting rid of fleas effectively is not a complicated process, or one that requires specialized skills or expensive products.
But, it is important to follow some specific steps, and use the right products and remedies. The flea life cycle is such that killing fleas through all the stages is critical, and requires certain specific products.
Fortunately, we’ve done the research for you, and created a simple, step-by-step plan for getting rid of fleas which should serve you well, and allow you to kill the fleas in your home, on your pets, and stay rid of them once they’re gone.
So, if you’ve had enough of living with fleas, let’s get started.
As we explained on the page about getting rid of fleas in your home, flea sprays can be very effective in killing adult fleas, as well as eggs and larva. In fact, in many cases it’s preferable to use an area spray, as opposed to flea bombs that you set off in a room and then leave.
A lot of times, the flea infestation is concentrated in certain areas, such as the carpets around where your pet sleeps, in and under furniture, and in the corners and along the edges of rooms. Applying a...
Novartis Capstar is an oral tablet for controlling adult fleas on both cats and dogs. The active ingredient is Nitenpyram, which is vaguely related to nicotine, and acts to bind the fleas’ nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, interfering with normal never transmission and killing the insect.
These tablets are designed to be given daily, orally, with or without food. Your pet should not be treated more than once per day, and if ongoing flea infestation occurs that is not responding to...
Using topical and oral flea treatments on your pet
For most pet owners, the most effective and convenient way to treat your dog or cat for fleas is with one of the topical or oral treatments. These can usually be applied or given to your pet once a month, and provide protection from fleas for the entire time, which eliminates the need to constantly reapply.
Of the topical flea treatments, the best known and also one of the most effective is Frontline Plus for dogs and Frontline Plus for...
How to Get Rid of Fleas in Your Home and Stay Rid of Them
Once you’ve treated your pet for fleas, it’s very important you get rid of the fleas in your home as well. This can be difficult if you have a bad infestation, but if you follow these simple steps and stick to them, you should be able to enjoy a flea-free home.
The first thing to do is gather up everything in your home that might have been exposed to fleas and which will fit in a washing machine. This can include pet...
The Siphotrol Plus Fogger is a product that will enable you to fill an entire room with insect-killing fog while you are out of the house. The manufacturer claims that it can treat a 750 square foot area and remains effective for 30 weeks (about 7 months).
The fogger has been praised by a lot of its customers at Amazon.com and it currently has a review rating of 3.8/5 stars. Click here to read reviews on Amazon.com.
The Negative Reviews
One thing that has disappointed some of the...
The Fleabusters Rx for Fleas Plus is a “do-it-yourself” solution that has been designed by a company that professionally applies Fleabusters Rx to carpets inside residential homes in order to remove fleas.
It is a fine and powdery substance that you brush into your carpet, which stops flea larvae in their tracks by dehydrating them. The manufacturer maintains that the product has a neutral pH level, low exposure to pets and humans, and a 33% less toxic level than pure boric acid...
The Merial Frontline Plus is a flea, flea egg, lice and tick control for cats and kittens of ages eight weeks and above. It can easily be applied in three steps and a 6-dose supply will provide your cat with relief for up to six months.
The product has received mostly positive feedback and it currently has a review rating of 3.7/5 stars at Amazon.com. Click here to read reviews on Amazon.com.
The Negative Reviews
While most of the customer feedback for the Merial Frontline Plus has been...
The Victor M230 Ultimate Flea Trap will enable you to control the flea situation in your house without having to resort to using harmful chemicals. It utilizes a combination of heat, light, and a sweet odor to lure fleas in that will become stuck to the trap.
It boasts a 93% catch rate and can attract fleas in carpet and upholstery from up to 30 feet away. It comes fully assembled and ready to use so that you can start controlling the flea situation in your house as soon as possible.
This...
Many of us prefer to totally avoid the use of toxins in our home, and particularly on our pets. Fortunately, there are many natural flea control methods available
The first thing to realize about natural flea control remedies, is that just because something is natural, does not mean it’s not toxic. Pyrethrins, insecticides derived from the African chrysanthemum, are both natural and toxic.
Essential oils
Some essential oils can be toxic in large doses as well, particularly to cats....
Powders used to be a popular way to treat pets for fleas. These days, there are much more effective methods, namely the topical “spot” treatments such as Frontline Plus and Advantage.
Flea powders used for pets contained insecticides, and there were several reasons they were less than ideal for getting rid of fleas on pets.
It was hard to distribute the powder evenly over the animal. Fleas had a tendency to linger in one or more areas of the pet’s coat, and re-infest...
