Fleas are a major headache for pet owners all around the world. They bring flea bites, infections and secondary infections along with them. But the worst part is that they bring along a lot of itching. Moreover, fleas reproduce at a very fast rate. They spend only 5 percent of their total lifetime on host body and during this time they can reproduce from 1 flea to 1000 fleas in 20 days. Moreover, fleas can lay eggs in almost all kind of fabrics which include your carpet, bedding, blankets, cloths and the list goes on. The most obvious question is “How do you get rid of a flea infestation?”
Fleas on Animals
According to a fact, fleas that you see in your animal’s coat are only 5 percent of the total population of fleas living in your home. And if you don’t do anything fast this population will flood your home. Here comes the most important question “How do you get rid of a flea infestation?” While you can kill a great population of flea on your pets by using anti flea sprays and shampoos, there are less, and more hectic solutions required to do same for your home. A flea spray or shampoo would only make your animal resistive against fleas and that too for 3-4 weeks only. To make your home resistive against fleas you would have to do some extra treatments.
Keep Fleas from Your Home
To keeps fleas off your home you would have to follow some steps depending on conditions in your home. Starting with the flooring if you have a tiled or wooden floor you would have to clean it by using a floor cleaner. Sometimes fleas can lay their eggs in cracks between the floors. If you have carpeting, then try to vacuum and wash it on regular basis. You would also have to vacuum your rugs and other furniture such as sofas and couches. You can also use carpet sprays. Since flees love dark places so use flea sprays and flea bomb in carpets, lining of furniture, under the furniture and cervices etc.
You can also fog your house in order to kill the infestation. Fogging can keep your house resistant to fleas for up to 7 months but in the end, it depends on the intensity of fogging and size of your house.
Fleas in the Yard
To make your yard flea free you would have to spray your yard with anti-flea spray regularly. Also, you would have to mow your lawn on regular basis because fleas love long grass. You can also plant trees such as mint, Echinacea, eucalyptus, lavender, garlic, tea tree, basil, cedar wood and citrus plants. These are not harmful for your pets and release fragrances which are disliked by the fleas, so they act as anti-flea.
Try to wash your pets bedding regularly. When doing a flea treatment always throw your vacuum bag after every cycle because fleas can hatch inside that bag as well. Wash all your pet toys and if you can’t wash them throw them out and bring new ones because you don’t want to make your pet angry. Most important make all above mentioned steps a habit or else it will happen again. We hope that you got your answer to “How do you get rid of a flea infestation?”