There’s no easy answer when it comes to getting rid of fleas from your house – once they’ve taken hold, they are genuinely difficult to treat yourself. The easiest solution is to find a reputable pest control company that offers a flea pest control service.
If you do find yourself with a flea infestation, the first thing to do is to get any pets – namely dogs and cats – treated by a vet for fleas. You won’t get rid of the fleas in your house until your pets are flea free, and vice versa. Both need treating at the same time.
Once pets have been treated for fleas then your pest controller can deliver an effective flea pest control program. Sometimes a single flea treatment is enough to get rid of the fleas, but it’s becoming more and more common for a second treatment to be required. A good pest controller will be able to advise on the best approach and any additional steps you’ll need to take before and after the flea control program.
Commonly before a flea control program can be delivered, you’ll need to vacuum thoroughly, empty the hoover bag, clear general clutter off the floor and wash bedding at over 60 degrees. Normally no one or pets can be in the house during the flea treatment or for at least 6 hours afterwards. Often you won’t be able to hoover after the treatment for 21 days – this allows all flea eggs to hatch and the emerging fleas to touch the residual insecticide and die off.
It’s very common for people to try and deal with flea infestations in their house themselves, using products bought in the shops or online – commonly sprays and smoke bombs. Unfortunately, these products can often have limited effectiveness as they don’t always stop the lifecycle of the fleas. They might kill adult fleas but any flea eggs that have been laid are often still able to hatch and the cycle starts again. Before going down this road it’s worth bearing in mind that many people will regularly spend a couple of hundred pounds on DIY flea treatments before looking for flea pest control, so it can be far cheaper (and easier) to simply employ a professional pest control company to remove the fleas in the first place.
Fleas can become a very distressing problem as when an infestation gets more serious, they will literally be jumping onto you and your family while you’re in your home, they’re hard to catch as they can move quickly and at this stage will also be looking to you and your family as a food source (blood).
So in conclusion the absolute best advice any one can give you when it comes to getting rid of a flea infestation in your home – use a good pest control company who can proved a flea pest control service. It really is the best, quickest and often cheapest solution.
