help with fogging for fleas in my apartment???
can someone help me out i have a bunch of questions?
1. i live in an aparment, there is me downstairs and someone in an upstairs… do i have to warn her? is there a way it can go through vents and somehow reach her??
2. what do i have to wash after fogging? i have a down comforter, how do i wash this? what about the mattress? all my clothes, even in the dresser need to be washed? should i take my curtains down and wash them?
3. what about other items, shoes, purses, etc?
4. what about sprays and borax powder? any experience with them?
i don’t even know how bad my problem is… i’ve never felt a bite or seen a flea… i have 2 completely indoor cats and one was scratching a lot and i took him to the vet and she took one or 2 fleas off him. i’m freaking out now. i’ve had that creepy crawly feelign since i found out. i dont’ even know how they got in!
thanks for any help at all on this subject.
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:37 pm
move to another place
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August 4th, 2010 at 8:36 am
If you have never seen a flea or had a bite, I don’t think you need to use a flea fogger. I believe that’s only for a bad infestation. When we had a cat, we used Advantage on him. One drop once a month and there were no problems.
Years ago, we moved into a place that turned out to have fleas. I did use a flea bomb then. I set it off in the living room, and I don’t remember having to wash all the clothes, curtains, etc. I don’t think you need to worry about shoes and stuff like that. I probably would just wash the dishes in the cupboards and let it go. I would go by what the directions say. Don’t worry about the upstairs apartment, the bomb stuff isn’t going to travel that far.
Good luck!
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August 20th, 2010 at 8:38 am
If you live in an apt… You can tape some plastic or even newspaper over your vents to keep the fogger IN !
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