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I_UndergroundPanther

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16. I go scorched earth when fleas show up
Mon Nov 14, 2022, 09:35 PM
Nov 2022

Last time the neighbors below me on the ground floor didn't use any flea protection on thier cats. So when she finally got the cats flea proofed all the fleas invaded my apartment. Unknown to me the frontline didnt stop them.

I covered every space in salt. Salt cuts the fleas open and they bleed to death and if they live salt dehydrates them . Used a flea spray on every piece on the furniture.
Gave Othello a flea bath and got him a flea collar. Used white glass bowls and soapy water with a candle floating in it to trap the fleas . I vacuumed and vacuumed with flea killer sprayed into the vacuum cleaner dust collector. I got rid of that fucking infestation in 3 days. I hate fleas with the heat of a billion suns.

And after thier gone for a week I keep feeling the fleas landing on me knowing they are gone.Fleas not only traumatize my sweet baby they traumatize me too.

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Fleas! [View all] Aussie105 Nov 2022 OP
Do This: MOMFUDSKI Nov 2022 #1
I learned from you today - thanks! jmbar2 Nov 2022 #5
Borax is toxic to dogs! SheltieLover Nov 2022 #9
Borax is toxic to dogs! SheltieLover Nov 2022 #8
In the US there's a medication, Capstar, AndyS Nov 2022 #2
That is a NeoNic pesticde IbogaProject Nov 2022 #7
Capstar is not a topical. It is a tablet AndyS Nov 2022 #12
It still gets In the watershed IbogaProject Nov 2022 #14
Diatomaceous earth Iwasthere Nov 2022 #3
This is what I use. SheltieLover Nov 2022 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author jmbar2 Nov 2022 #4
Borax and diatomaceous earth, good ideas. Aussie105 Nov 2022 #6
Borax is toxic to dogs! SheltieLover Nov 2022 #10
Don't forget to spray your yard. iscooterliberally Nov 2022 #13
I won't list brand names... CrabbyAppleton Nov 2022 #15
I go scorched earth when fleas show up I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #16
Here's a relatively cheap, sure remedy (kills all small insects like bedbugs) -- edible grade diatomaceous earth. It's ancianita Aug 2024 #17
Just an update from the person who started this thread . . . Aussie105 Aug 2024 #18
The diatamaceous earth. .and be sure to put a few bay leaves under all niyad Aug 2024 #19
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