How To Get Rid of Fleas From Your Home Naturally
Introduction: Don’t blame Fido for the fleas! Sure, he may have brought it inside the house, but it isn’t all his fault. The best thing for you to do right now is just to start disinfecting your home in order to get rid of those pesky fleas. Here are some ways for you to eliminate them of them naturally.
Difficulty: 4
Things You’ll Need: tea or floating candles, small bowls or dishes, some dish washing soap, cleaning materials
Step 1. Give Fido the anti – flea treatment. If you have house fleas, then there’s a big chance that it’s Fido (or Sassy the cat) who brought in these nasty pets. So treat him first before cleaning up the rest of your house.
Step 2 . After you’ve made sure that you’ve treated your dog or cat, you can now move on and clean the rest of the house. Make sure to do these simultaneously, or at least right after the other. If you don’t, then there’s a big chance that the fleas that have been left inside your house might jump back into your pet’s fur, leaving you with an infested pet and house altogether.
Step 3. Clean and scrub all the surfaces where your pet usually loves to stay. Take out his little bed, wash and dry it. If he likes lying on your living room rugs, be sure to take those out and wash them as well. Scrub all hard surfaces like floors.
Step 4. Vacuum all over the house. Vacuuming can do wonders and can suck in adult larvae and some pupae. Make sure that you include nooks, crannies and crevices when you vacuum
Step 5. To eliminate the remaining fleas, take out some candles and some small dishes or shallow bowls. Fill up these dishes with water and mix some dish washing liquid in them. Then place the tea candles in the middles. Take these candles and dishes and place them in strategic locations around the house. Light them up. Fleas will usually fly towards the light, and they will eventually fall to the liquid.
Step 6. Take out some borax and dust them on the surfaces. Wait for 24 hours before cleaning up.
Step 7. Repeat your efforts for a couple of days.
Tips:
- Treat your home and pet simultaneously to avoid recurring flea infestations.
- COnsistency is key. Double up your efforts in order to eliminate those fleas!
Warnings:
- If you start with the candle method, make sure that there are no children or pets in the house.
- Wear a face mask when using borax or any other form of flea powders. These powders can be irritating to the lungs, and should never be used in the presence of infants and people who have history of lung or respiratory illnesses.
- If all things fail, that’s when you can resort to insecticides.
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