How the heck can I rid my apartment of fleas??

[Pfunk]

I have tried everything from bombing the place twice, to frontline on the cat, and some spray stuff for the carpet and yet my apartment is still infested.  Can ANYONE please give suggestions or surefire ways (besides tossing the cat away) to get rid of these damn pests.

[Mini D]

Frontline on the cat and fleabomb the next week.  Then use frontline as often as recomended.  They will go away eventually.

MiniD

[Steve]

If your neighbors have fleas, and they don't do anything about it, I fear that your actions will be fruitless.  We have two dogs and a cat... never had fleas, you have my sympathy.. good luck.

[rshubert]

You must repeat bomb the place after the flea eggs have time to hatch.  It could take 3 or 4 generations to get them all.  They are persistent little monsters.

[Pfunk]

Someone said something about malathon, but I heard its only supposed to be used outside and is highly toxic?

[funkedup]

Take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[sling322]

We bought some stuff to put on the cat that kills ticks and fleas and flea eggs.  You put it on them like once a month.  Then we bought some stuff to put on the carpet that you leave on for 30 minutes and then vacuum up.  It has seemed to work so far.

[Wlfgng]

had that happen to me in Cali...
bombed the place, bathed the cats
repeat repeat repeat..

it's those little friggin eggs.. they're like nuke-proof time-bombs..

eventually you'll get them all..
oh.. and keep the pets indoors or you'll have to begin all over again...

[Udie]

wouldn't it be easier to just take a bath every so often?

[hawk220]

Take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[Martlet]

First, if you live in an apt and your neighbor has fleas, you're screwed.  

I went for the overkill approach when my pet got fleas.

I put a flea collar on him, gave him a flea bath, then laid on the flea powder.  Then I bombed the house.

The next day, another bath, more powder.

A few days later, bombed the house again, another bath.

By this time I saw no more fleas, but a few days later I bombed the house again, another bath.  Just to be sure.  

I put powder on him daily, and kept the collar on for a few months.

I haven't had a flea problem since.  The fleas that escaped probably still pass that story on to their kids.

[Swoop]

Knew a guy once who decided his carpet was infested.  Moved himself and the cat to the neighbours for the night and left an open cannester of....um.....damn can't remember if it was butane or propane or what, gas anyway.   Then the idea was to air the place out for another day but the mail man was smoking..........

got rid of the fleas though.

[osage]

Ahh....Summertime.

Barbecues, motorcycles, water skiing and the tickle of fleas in the night.

[Puke]

If the cat goes outside and then comes back in, he's bringing new pests into your home.  Bombing will not do a whole lot against that.  Good luck.

[Sandman]

One of the great things about living here... no fleas... ever.