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Flea eggs in carpet. cost effective treatment? HELP!!!!

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  • hiya i would suggest ripping ur carpets up thatll get rid of the little b@@@ggers once and for all
  • I use staykil. Got it from the vets. You only need to treat the house once a year and seems to work. Never had any probs yet.
  • black-saturn
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    Silly question here. Can fleas live if you have laminate flooring?
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  • Have to say i am feeling for you, I had this problem last year and it nearly ended in divorce! They were eating me alive but never touched my wife, I would leap out of bed in the midle of the night because i was being attacked.
    Tried numerous times to get shut of them.
    Tried smoke bombs, sprays, powders and steam cleaning (Not at the same time) but none seemed to work by themselves. In the end I did all four straight after each other and hired and carpet cleaner, this has done the trick.
    Never understood where they came from as i ahve never had pets.

    You don't need to have animals to get fleas as you can bring them into the house on your feet. I once discovered my cat covered in fleas, she was an indoor cat and never went outdoors as I lived in a top floor flat at the time but the vet said I probably brought them in to the house on my feet or else a visitor.

    I can also recommend the Aclaim spray treatment from the vets for the house, last 9 to 12 months. I spray all the personal bedding as well as mattress and seating and carpets in fact anywhere the cats might sit.
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