Flea Problem

DEvok on 25/03/2015 - 20:35
Last edited 25/03/2015 - 20:37

Yesterday my cat took a nap in my matress, It did have a sheet protector, I realise this cause my cat left some evidence! Fur!
It's done this a couple of times but lately I let the cat outside and most likely cause some fleas…

Anyway So I did cleaning with my dyson animal and only the on blanket cover as only that fur, and then changed the cover just for the blanket.

This afternoon I found out both my arms had around 7-8 red hard bites, they weren't itchy unti I touched them!
Does anyone know what I can do to remove these vermins? Clearly I would like to avoid bombs and Spays as they have chemicals and leave a bad odur, I'm most concerned these guys might reproduce!

I was told that just wash it and hang it in the sun will do the job? Is that true? I initially planned to suck the living life of these guys and be done with but wanted some extra advice, cheers.

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  • [Deactivated] on 25/03/2015 - 20:52
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    Have you treated your cat for fleas yet? That'd be step 1… :P

    edit - could also look into food grade diatomaceous earth to get rid of fleas in and around your home. Googlefu how to :)

    • DEvok on 25/03/2015 - 23:13

      Well it was flea free until a couple of weeks ago, regret letting it out on the backyard…

  • PVA on 25/03/2015 - 21:36

    treat the cat, wash all places it sleeps (blankets etc) and keep vacuuming.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/03/2015 - 22:02

    Neighbours had bad fleas livng in clumps of I think teetrees. Might ask pest contollers for advice on treating garden if problem persists.

  • Davo1111 on 26/03/2015 - 11:49

    wear a flea collar

  • greenlantern on 28/03/2015 - 01:47

    Check the corners of your mattress, take off all sheets including mattress protector and make sure it ain't bed bugs, if you find black specks then it's a good chance they are, fingers crossed they are only fleas.

  • Coriander on 29/03/2015 - 09:04

    The best on-animal flea treatment is Activyl, a liquid applied to the back of the neck of your pet.

    Fleas are obligate parasites, and much prefer to live on cats than humans. The eggs, larvae and pupae live in the cat's environment so carpet, blankets, etc. Flea bombs are generally ineffective as they don't kill the pupae and it only takes three seconds from hatching to land on an animal or you. 24 hours later, the flea starts laying eggs at about 50 per day and the flea can live for a month or more; thus you can see that environmental contamination can ramp up quickly.

    Treat the cat monthly.
    Wash its bedding weekly; place towels where your cat's favourite sleeping spots are: they are easy to was hot once weekly.
    Vacuuming will only pick up eggs, larvae and pupae hang on to carpet, crevices too effectively.
    Continue monthly flea control on all cats in household (fleas are considered a herd health problem).

    C.
    (A vet for over 40 years)

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