Trying to get rid of Fleas Yourself?
If you have a flea infestation and are trying to get rid of the fleas yourself, then you may find yourself eventually getting professional flea pest control services in the end anyway. The only way to get rid of fleas is to break the flea lifecycle, and you may find that off-the-shelf flea extermination products kill the fleas you can see jumping around your home, but fail to exterminate flea eggs which have already been laid. When these flea eggs hatch, then the flea infestation starts all over again and it can become a never ending cycle.
Why use Flea Pest Control?
When you use professional flea pest control services, a good flea pest control company will use a residual insecticide. This involves using an insecticide that will kill live fleas and also remain on your floors for an additional 21 days after the flea pest control process. Any eggs that hatch during the 21 days will touch the insecticide and die off. Due to the nature of the process, there can be no one, or pets, in the house during the flea pest control process, or for six hours after. This gives the flea insecticide time to dry. Once dry it is safe to be in your home again. There is also a rule of no vacuuming for 21 days after this process, so the flea insecticide remains in situ, and is able to do it’s job.
This flea pest control process will exterminate live fleas and also break the flea life cycle. It is this that will end the flea infestation in your home and stop the fleas returning again and again. It is also important to ensure that pets, usually cats or dogs, have been treated by a veterinary surgeon for fleas. If the house is treated for fleas, but fleas are able to live on your pet, then again, the flea infestation may return in time.
A flea infestation can become extremely unpleasant, as fleas will feed on humans, causing red itchy bite marks. As long as fleas have a food source they will keep breeding, and this means you and your family can suffer from repeated flea bites and discomfort. Without a food source, fleas can go into a hibernation state which can last for many weeks. When they feel the vibration and heat of animals or humans they come out of hibernation and start feeding and breeding again. So good flea pest control is well worth the investment.
