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Trying to get rid of fleas is the most frustrating thing there is
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2019-10-16 at 11:56 AM UTCI guess we’ve had different experiences. The flea bombs I bought killed the larvae in all stages.
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2019-10-16 at 11:58 AM UTC
Originally posted by Technologist I guess we’ve had different experiences. The flea bombs I bought killed the larvae in all stages.
No product on the market can kill the larvae when they enter cocoon phase. The bug poison just sits on the cocoon, it never reaches the bug. It should kill the grubs but the cocooned larvae can hang out in their cocoon for months no problem. It's possible you could do 2 bombings though, since it takes ~2 weeks from hatching to cocoon phase. -
2019-10-16 at 11:59 AM UTCPlus bug bombs are dangerous if you don't have a place to remove the fat to.
Also putting borax ( a lot less risky to use) around the house in certain spits helps repel all insects -
2019-10-16 at 12 PM UTC
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2019-10-16 at 12 PM UTCOh, ok. But I was flea free after bombing my house, washing all linens, and sweeping the carpet.
Done just like that. -
2019-10-16 at 12:01 PM UTC
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2019-10-16 at 12:02 PM UTCLike I said, I hate fleas. I’ll do whatever it takes to get rid of em.
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2019-10-16 at 12:06 PM UTC
Originally posted by Technologist Like I said, I hate fleas. I’ll do whatever it takes to get rid of em.
Same here, I'm sure everyone hates fleas but op probably doesn't have anywhere to take his cats for several hours and he doesn't leave the house so it doesn't really help his situation
And him and his mom are to lazy to wash all the fabrics in the house to boot -
2019-10-16 at 12:07 PM UTC
Originally posted by Technologist Oh, ok. But I was flea free after bombing my house, washing all linens, and sweeping the carpet.
Done just like that.
Yeah the sweeping and cleaning probably helped a lot. Bug foggers are still ok as a total "fuck this shit" but they're a huge pain in the ass and often treated like a one and done solution.
My girlfriend is white and small and I'm brown and massive, so my legs were giant flea food silos and beacons to fleas, so I suffered alone with the cat. I couldn't sit still without these fuckers all over me. Called an exterminator, fogged out the whole place, ~3 weeks later and I'm itching again.
The baking soda + salt stuff worked for me but I'm pretty sure they key factor was simply vacuuming every day nonstop for like a month. I took the vacuum hose to everything, couches, shelves, everything. -
2019-10-16 at 12:10 PM UTCOnly way to completely get rid of fleas is to eliminate the host.
Shoot the cat. -
2019-10-16 at 12:11 PM UTC
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2019-10-16 at 12:14 PM UTC
Originally posted by Big League jedi Yeah the sweeping and cleaning probably helped a lot. Bug foggers are still ok as a total "fuck this shit" but they're a huge pain in the ass and often treated like a one and done solution.
My girlfriend is white and small and I'm brown and massive, so my legs were giant flea food silos and beacons to fleas, so I suffered alone with the cat. I couldn't sit still without these fuckers all over me. Called an exterminator, fogged out the whole place, ~3 weeks later and I'm itching again.
The baking soda + salt stuff worked for me but I'm pretty sure they key factor was simply vacuuming every day nonstop for like a month. I took the vacuum hose to everything, couches, shelves, everything.
Yeah, I bombed when I was at my wits end with it. I’m white as the driven snow, and they love my legs and belly. They gross me out 🤢 -
2019-10-16 at 12:25 PM UTCI wish there was a way to draw them all to a specific location like a pot and then flush it down the toilet
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2019-10-16 at 1 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-10-16 at 1:06 PM UTCThey should make toxic blood bags for fleas to bite and die. With CO2 and motion to attract them.
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2019-10-16 at 1:20 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-10-16 at 1:49 PM UTCFlea to safety
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2021-07-21 at 10:05 PM UTCI read about using sound as a pesticide. Apparently quite effective. Its in 'controlled offensive behavior' on CIA reading room
