Help! My cat's infected the house with fleas

me4bargains

Hiya

I while back I had a problem with mice so I got a cat. Now I have problems with fleas. My cat has always worn a flea collar but the blighters managed to surpass that.
Now they have taken over my home.
Myself and my daughter are red raw with itching, but my son appears to be immune.
I have been hoovering the carpet every day and mopping the wooden floors.
What do I do next.
I'm gonna take my at to the vets but what do I do about my home.......:eek:

norvin

Its normal practice for a council to treat fleas free.
Contact the Environmental Health department in your local council.

ben500

me4bargains wrote:

Hiya

I while back I had a problem with mice so I got a cat. Now I have problems with fleas. My cat has always worn a flea collar but the blighters managed to surpass that.
Now they have taken over my home.
Myself and my daughter are red raw with itching, but my son appears to be immune.
I have been hoovering the carpet every day and mopping the wooden floors.
What do I do next.
I'm gonna take my at to the vets but what do I do about my home.......:eek:

Try using your son as a deterrent have him walk around the room in circles, any time you see a flea pick up your son and hit it with him :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


Sorry but seriously the fleas have just been waiting for you to switch the central heating of for them they've been there all the time in your carpets and upholstery probably, best way to deal I have found is to get yourself some flea bombs, follow the instructions and divide your home into sections opening and closing doors, let the flea bombs off and retreat for about four hours. I have tried many methods to deal with two infestations in the past and this was by far the most successful.

I'd switch to the drops for the back of the neck if I was you I've not had an infestation since using these, there are various ones out there.

never_enough

I use Frontline flea stuff on my cat. It's fairly expensive, you can get it from the vet or I think now also online. You just put it on the back of cats neck once a month, much easier than sprays. There's a spray you can use for your house, can't remember what it's called, but hopefully someone else will know. I read somewhere that flea eggs can lay dorment in carpet for YEARS! :eek: So they may've been there from the previous owners cat, just waiting for another cat to jump on. I think flea collars are a bit useless myself, you have to remember to change them every 3 moths too. Plus, some cats (including mine) are allergic to them!
At least you don't have mice anymore... :rolleyes:

whatamess_2

Use front line compo on the cat from the vets and spray the house.
The best stuff I found was a spray from the vets, expensive but worth it.

Any fleas left will be got by the front line when they jump on the cat.

Spoke to someone about fleas coming out with heat before and he said its vibrations that make them hatch out. So someone walking around will have them thinking its dinner time.

southernscouser

Thats not how the cat tells it.

He reckons one of you brought the fleas in! :rolleyes:


You can get 'bombs' but you have to vacate the building for a couple of hours!

mrsr

Use Frontline drops on back of neck ,then get a house flea spray from the vets its more expensive than buying the ones from pet shops but well worth paying the extra as it works really well ,also steam cleaning carpets will keep fleas at bay

Horasio

Cats don't like the noise of the spray - even blind ones know what the sound is:D

mrsr

CCStar wrote:

Cats don't like the noise of the spray - even blind ones know what the sound is:D

Dogs ar'nt that kean either thats why drops are so much easier beats sprays any day

Lord_Gardener

ben500 wrote:

Sorry but seriously the fleas have just been waiting for you to switch the central heating of for them they've been there all the time in your carpets and upholstery probably, best way to deal I have found is to get yourself some flea bombs, follow the instructions and divide your home into sections opening and closing doors, let the flea bombs off and retreat for about four hours. I have tried many methods to deal with two infestations in the past and this was by far the most successful.

i agree, that's what we found most effective when we moved into a flea infested house! The local council 'bombed' our house twice!! We also found drops on back of neck also very effective. Important thing is to treat on a regular basis - it's easy to forget to replace a flea collar at the correct time and is best to note the date for when it should be replaced!

babyangel10

Manor pharmacies do Frontline drops (and Droncit worm drops) without the need for seeing the vet for a prescription. It's about £12 for 4 doses I think, but very worthwhile, and no dearer than the vets. Each application lasts a month - although I only reapply every 6 weeks or so and it seems to keep the fleas at bay. (and i've got 11 cats!)

I also use 'Indorex' household spray which you spray around skirting boards and on soft furnishings, carpets etc and one spray supposedly lasts a year. It costs about £13 a can from a vets, but is very effective.

Just FYI if you use the plastic (very smelly!) flea collars like the ones from Wilkos for e.g please be careful as a friend's cat was almost strangled with one as the collars don't release as easily as they say they do if they get caught in a branch etc. Try undoing it yourself (if moggy will let you!) and if it comes undone easy then no probs, else I'd take it off. HTH x