Fleas

[fatpies]

How to get rid of?

Sister bought her cat to my place on the way to the vets. In one of those carry boxes. It was scratching ALOT. Didn't think much about it at the time.

Then

Getting lots of bites, didn't know what it was, suspected bed bugs. Not bed bugs, traps and stuff turne dup empty. Then saw something move on my toilet seat, which looks flea like as it jumped around. Crushing it with finger didn't work. Crushing with nail worked better.

How do I get rid of them? Fog bombing? There's no cat here. So I assume the beggars are feeding off me instead.
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[GhostRider]

Tough fuckers aren't they? Can't squash them for shit, can't drown them either. I think scattering a flea powder over the carpet, furniture and bed, then vacuuming up after would probably be your best bet.

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[panrider_uk]

^^^

A bit extreme as there's no animal in the house (other than fatpies).

Sprinkle carpet flea powder on all carpets, sofa etc. Leave for a while, ideally overnight

Hoover it all up (i can't hover).

Repeat if necessary.

Mark
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[tbourner]

Get a pet!

Fleas love nothing more than jumping onto a passing cat or dog, so give the pet the flea treatment and they act as a flea killing drone as they walk around!
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[Tonka]

I know you don't actually have a pet, but my advice would be go to your local Vet's or the Vet your Sister uses and buy the flea spray they stock (in fact get your Sister to pay for it as an apology!!). My Vet has Indorex Spray in a 'gurt' big aerosol can that will be enough to treat your home.

Follow the instructions and you should be fine. I'd suggest that you do it on a day you're heading out anyway, leave all the doors and windows shut and it can get to work while you're out. Come home, open windows and doors to de-fug the place for your benefit and you should be flea free for a good long time.

I find that even with treating the dog and cats I worry about fleas, so I tend to 'treat' the place once every year as a precaution - I've had an infestation once and never again, it's horrible.
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[ajbsmirnoff]

Fire. And lots of it.

[GhostRider]

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[hellkat]

I once bought a portable light flea trap thing in B&Q (I think)
They work quite well.

You plug it into a socket near the most flea-ridden area, and the light stays on, warmth attracts the fleas, they jump into the device and get stuck on the sticky paper.

Bit fiddly to put together, but its very satisfying seeing how many little fleas jump in the thing and get stuck.

https://pestcontrolsupplies.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/UltFleaTrap.jpg

I guess its possible to make them yourself somehow, with a light and some sticky paper (Pritt sticked, one assumes) ... or maybe with a shallow tray of water.
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[stinkwheel]

They're host specific. Cat and dog fleas only live on cats and dogs. They might bite you but they wont live on you or form a stable population and will die out very quickly.

As has been said. A spray containing both permethrin and methoprene (such as the indorex spray Tonka recommended) will kill any adult fleas and prevent any larvae turning into more adults.
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[cornish]

Another vote for spray. I always treated my cat with frontline which worked a treat until we moved here then he was suddenly jumping with them. Stronghold got rid of them o him but i sprayed the house too with a big pink can of stuff i got from the pet shop.

We no longer have the cat but our neighbours cats wander through a lot so i keep a flea collar in the collection bit of the hoover in case there are any stow-aways.

Your sister needs to get the cat flea treated and also make sure all the worming stuff is up to date as afaik one of the worm types is spread via fleas.
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[John933]

I've had cat for a long long time. You aways get flea's with cat's.

Me I used to put flea powder down round the carpet edge. And some in the bed. The bed one you can leave in from one sheet change to another. Or sprinkle some on your mattress and cover that with an old blanket. Works well that idea.

The longer you leave the powder down the better it will work.
It's just a case of using your nut.
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[Kradmelder]

Something called fumitabs. You close all windows, light them then leave the house for a few hours. You will find all the dead bugs lying around to be vacuumed up.
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