I poured nearly an entire box of borax all over my bedroom carpet 2 nights ago, and since then I have picked 3 fleas off of me and gotten about 10 new bites on my leg... it's getting really disgusting looking at my legs and foot now, there's more than 70 bites on my right leg alone and I'm sick of the mother tucking fleas I just want them all to die swiftly and painfully... what really disappointed me was when I tried to suffocate one of the fleas I caught in a pile of borax. after 10 seconds it was as healthy as a flea can look. the borax does absolutely nothing and I can't believe it. why doesn't borax work for me? If you have any tips on how borax should be used, whether it's even effective at all?? or other DIY ways to exterminate the fleas- (brands of good bug bombs or foggers?) please let me know. I'm desperate.
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flea bomb it
Tear up the carpet...take it out and burn it..bomb the room!!! Works every time!!
The best thing to do is to go to the pet store and get a spray solution to put on your carpet to kill fleas. I beleive that Hagen makes one. Then you have to make sure that however they got in there in the first place is no longer an issue(ie-Fido). Make sure that your pets are properly protected, otherwise they will keep on coming back.
Another thing to keep in mind is that fleas can live dormant in your carpet for months, and can be "waken up" by movement or vibrations, like a vacuum cleaner. This means that months down the road there is a possibility of another outbreak. Fleas in the house are a pain in the but to get rid of, so good luck.
This is so easy. Go to Ebay and buy the good quality flea drops for your pet. I use Frontline. It soaks into the animals fatty tissue and cannot be washed off. The fleas need to eat so they will jump onto your pet. Once they bite your pet, they will die. Your flea problem will clear up in mere days. You will be amazed.
Fleas live deep in the fiber, unless you are scrubbing it into the carpet it is really not going to help. You need to kill the eggs, to do that you will need to bomb. Get all animals and People out of the house for about 8 hrs, and strip all bedding wash in HOT water. One to try is Combat flea fogger, you will need to set off about 1 per room if they are large areas otherwise follow the directions. You will also want to change any vacuum bags and toss before you do this as well as after, when you get in there and vacuum up, as they can live in the bags.
Best luck
Honestly, I've never heard of Borax for flea problems. Okay, I've had similar problems in the past, largely cause I had no idea at the time what a flea infestion looked like. Several things to do on the cheap, but you are gonna have to get either a fogger and some surface spray. I have a very excellent product to rec and it's only available through online, mail order or a local vet office. Stay away from the stuff they sell in the pet and food stores, it doesn't work. On the cheap side, if you have a vacuum cleaner handy, stick a flea collar either in the bag or if it's bagless, the container that holds the dust and dirt. Run the sweeper. This will pick up any and all fleas, run it several times if need be. The flea collar will kill them. After you've did this, get rid of the bag by wrapping it up in a plastic food bag and throwing it outside in the trash. Same with the bagless, empty out the container in plastic food bag and do the same. If it's outside, the idea is that if any more eggs hatch they will hatch in the trash and not in your house. Next thing is, if you have any clothes or anything on the floor, wash them as soon as possible. Fleas will drown. Do not put them back in the same area, until you've taken care of the problem for real, otherwise any left over flea egg will hatch and get into the clothes. I'm assuming you have pets. You have to treat them as well, and all their bedding or whatever. It all has to be washed. Your pets should either have protection from either a decent flea and tick collar (not food store stuff again) or something like Front-Line. Provided you can afford the stuff. I can't so I use either a 5 month collar by Vet-Kem called Tickaway. They make it for both cats and dogs and despite the name it kills fleas too. Vet-Kem can't be found in stores so you'll have to go to your vets or online. Next cheap thing you can do is get a can of Lysol, you know the stuff you spray to kill odors and germs? It kills adult fleas as well. Spray this on the carpet, on the pet bedding and anywhere your pets are regularly. This will get rid on any living flea. Like I said you still have to do something permanent. Considering the size of your problem, you're best bet may be a 6oz fogger, followed by a surface spray to have ready as a follow up. The ones that I've used and have the most success with have also been made by Vet-Kem. Again, you will not find any of these in pet or food stores. Buying it from a Vet will cost you dearly, but if you can't wait on mail order and can afford it, that's what you'll have to do. You'll need to look for something called Siphotrol Plus II premise Spray. It comes both as a 6oz fogger and a 16oz spray, the great thing about both of these products is that they are water based, don't stink to high heaven and you only have to be out of the area for a relatively short time. You and your pets. 20 minutes for the surface spray and 2 hours for the fogger. This stuff works like no body's business, it will kill all forms of flea, adult and egg. It kicks ticks and controls several other types of unwanted bugs which are listed on the label. Also prevents reinfestation and build-up and lasts like 30 weeks. If you have a yard of any kind, it also comes in a yard forulma, but the surface spray can be used outside in smaller areas, say like your pet only hang out under one bush then you spray under it. But like I said this stuff works. The trick is not to panic, fleas lay thousands of eggs at time, so you have to always keep on top the problem. They also can travel on somebody else pet to your area, they like deep and dark places and they feed on blood. Which is why they bite. But they really want animal blood. Outside Siphotrol Plus, there is one other highly valued product that used by vets and them, but right now I can't recall the right name of it outside that it begins with an M. Hope this helps and stay away from old wives tales about Borax. Go get 'em
The only thing that I found really works...But it's kind of expensive is..."Hartz Mountain" home spray...for carpets (Not really sure of the complete name, but it is in a silver /grey spray bottle) costs about $7.95 a bottle. But it really works!! Gonna' get some myself tomorrow. Here in FL the fleas get real bad when it starts to get hot right after spring. I hope this helps. You can get it just about anywhere pet products are sold...Walmart has about the best price.
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