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

[vorticon]

best bet for living flea free is move to alaska

[Bodhi]

Go to your vet, ask for a product called revolution.  I live in North Carolina, and it has been a really wet May.  That means that fleas and ticks are out of control.  My dog goes in and out all she chooses.  We do not have a flea problem anymore.  It took three months, but once it took, they nolonger can bother.  When the little bastages get on the dog and bite, they die.  Revolution is the best for dogs, and I believe it works on cats too.  One last thing, if they are in your carpet, get "Seven Dust" or plain Boric Acid Powder.  Lightly sprinkle it over your ENTIRE carpet (under furniture too) and then use a broom too force it down into the carpet.  Leave for one week than vaccuum it up.  If they persist, (I have never had to repeat) do it again.  Boric Acid is non toxic, but total death to anything with an exoskeleton, fleas, ticks, spiders, etc.  Basically it dries out their joints, so that they can not move, and they die.  It also dries out and kills egg sacks too. Good luck though, been there, and am now flea free.

[Drunky]

Originally posted by Pfunk
Can ANYONE please give suggestions or surefire ways (besides tossing the cat away) to get rid of these damn pests.

Stop sleeping with dogs.

[Airhead]

Phunk I had the same problem back in the 60s and finally they got so bad I was forced to shave my entire body and take a bath to get rid of them.

[rpm]

OK, time to get country...Go to the local Farm Supply store and buy a bottle of cattle spray concentrate. Make sure it contains mostly pyrethren. It will run you about $10-$15. Mix it full strength and spray the house. Make a 2nd batch of weaker concentrate (read instructions on weight ratio) for your cat. You will have enough left for several years. Kills feas, ticks, mites, lice, you name it.

[Nifty]

Revolution also repels or kills mosquitos.  It's becoming the top choice if your animal goes outside.  As ya know, skeeters are the vector for heartworms, so keeping them off your pet is a good idea.  Supposedly only Revolution controls fleas, ticks and skeeters.  I'm switching to it when my frontline runs out, because I think it's also less expensive here, for cats anyways.

Even if your cats are indoor only, they can still get fleas, mostly because you will go outside and bring them back in.

[T0J0]

Move.....Simple as that....Let someone else pay for the infestation cleanup...

[myelo]

For cats, Advantage is probably the best. Apply it as often as the label says, and if the cat gets wet, reapply. Flea collars are a waste of money.

For the apartment, vacum the hell (or better yet carpet clean) the entire place to get up most of the eggs and larvae. Throw away the vacuum bag right away, so the eggs don’t hatch. Then get Knockout Premise Spray and spray everywhere, especially under furniture. The eggs and larva like the shade. This is why bombers/foggers don’t work so well; they usually don’t get under furniture.  Repeat this as often as the label says. You have to go through a couple of flea life cycles to get them all.

By the way, make sure you don’t get the Knockout spray to go on dogs, which you can’t use on cats.