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Somebody please help me A while ago my house cat came back with fleas and she went out again last night lo and behold this morning I’ve seen a flea! I have a 16 month old so getting this sorted ASAP is a priority I have 5 flea bombs that I’ve yet to use and a flea spray. Can anybody recommend how to get rid once and for all? I’ve off to pets at home to get a flea treatment as I know the vets aren’t open (this is why she hasn’t had another flea treatment) If I let off the bombs do I need to cover anything up in the room? I’m a single parent so can’t get anybody to watch baby while I do these things Thanks for any and all help!  

Answer 1

Another vote for indorex I do our house every six months the kill any that come in on the cats.  

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@countenance agreed. I only de flea my pets about twice a year as the Indorex does the trick and keeps them at bay.  

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@illuminant same here and I have never had an issue. Our boy is out loads and goes to see the sheep.  

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@countenance in our last house this was my routine and I never had an issue. When we moved here, to a new house, I got complacent and thought I’d be fine. Was fine for two years, no issues, then boom! So I’ve gone back to my old routine (after initially having to treat the house at least 3 times to get on top of it) and now we are back to normal. I will never get complacent again!  

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And we are in proper country area! Farmland, long grass, flea heaven!  

Answer 2

Buy Indorex and Acclaim from Amazon. Use both, a day or two apart. Spray all over the house. Skirting boards, behind furniture, EVERYWHERE. Then hoover religiously everyday for two weeks. They’ll be gone, I promise. You must wash bedding etc too. Windows closed when you spray - everyone in garden ideally for an hour. Then open windows and again, ideally stay out for another hour or so.  

Answer 3

Read the instructions on the packet x

Answer 4

Bravecto from your vet. It's a 3 month treatment

Answer 5

Hoover hoover hoover and wash all the bedding as hot as you can

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@headsman Lollibrigida washing will not kill the eggs.  

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@hobbs7470 it will if it’s washed properly at 60 or 90 and then ideally tumble dried

Answer 6

The vets are open. They should be able to leave treatment to the side and you pick it up or post it out.  

Answer 7

Indorex is brilliant and lasts for months once it's been sprayed on carpets and floors. It's usually half the price at Amazon compared to the vets x

Answer 8

My son had a flea bomb but had to go out for the day which at this moment is going to be difficult

Answer 9

You don't need to cover anything, however you will need yourself, your child and the cat completely out of the home whilst you do it.  

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@germen84376 aquarium and caged birds need protecting.  

Answer 10

You can buy a spray from pets at home (indorex) * ihas this prob last summer with my cat and dog it was a nitemare, chuck your rugs in the garage while you clean and spray the rest, I just hoovered and swept twice a day and checked and washed the dog all the time after treating him. Good luck it takes about 6weeks in all x

Answer 11

Make sure you get a decent spray. Need to spray everywhere including bedding as hot wash cycle not enough. Leave a good hour more if you can then air house and Hoover. You need to be out of property while this is done and dont spray with children in house. If you have aquatic in house cover tank well and remove pets.  

Answer 12

Have to vacate with flea bombs. Indorex is fab, i sprayed all my rooms but covered the kitchen surfaces with black bin bags. Any blankets duvet covers, soft furnishings need to be wash at a high temp. I also used heated flea trap

Answer 13

Most sprays say to leave for 2 hours, if you have a fish tank that would need covering would cover babies toys or wipe them down after, also When getting flea treatment get advantage that does actually work and be careful on any advice Pets at home give you because they are often wrong.  

Answer 14

Should be able to get frontline at pet shop better than nothing but dont waste your money on off the shelf flea treatments.  

Answer 15

Collars that last 8 months, kills to is also and the larvae, begins with S?  

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@north Seresto

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@hobbs7470 that's it!  

Answer 16

Think it depends on your type of fogger I’ve used Bob Martin & I Hoover everywhere possible first and cover clothes and bedding etc ( polythene Bags ) close all windows and you have to evacuate the place for at least 2 hours ( other foggers can be upto 8 hours ) with your pet also do not leave them in with the flea bomb  upon return open all windows and air out for half hour or so before being in your property , hope this helps

Answer 17

And another tip is buy a flea collar from Amazon whilst you’re buying the Indorex and Acclaim and stick that in your hoover bag. Just ensures any eggs or babies you hoover up can’t hatch.  

Answer 18

Put a plastic bowl if water in rooms with washing up liquid with a light on at night , they jump to the light n get stuck in sticky water

Answer 19

Vet UK's own spot on treatment is good and cheaper than frontline. Lots of hoovering every day, stamps mopping (if you have one) and daily spraying of a good flea spray. Just be careful of little one.  

Answer 20

Spray white vinegar on everything fabric in the house. Clean the floors with it too. Spray everything daily! Wash your clothes & bedding on high temperatures. Try and live in one room at a time while you deflea the others. Spray it all over the cat daily as well.  

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@buna18164 old wives tale I’m afraid  "Flea prevention is about sterilizing or killing the flea eggs and larvae. . In short: using vinegar solution or white vinegar on your pet's fur will not kill fleas.  

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@aleenaleetha It really does work. I've used this method multiple times as I've been to clients houses and brought fleas home. It works if you do this daily and ensure the animal is covered in the spray daily.  

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@buna18164 I’m sorry but if it did work there wouldn’t be a necessity for correct treatment Vets would advise you to just use vinegar

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@aleenaleetha Ok well I have 5 dogs and 2 cats without fleas and if I've brought them home on clothing I quickly get rid of them. I add garlic into their food weekly too as a preventative.  

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@buna18164 I cant imagine licking Vinegar (acidic) off their fur everyday would do them much good either  

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@aleenaleetha It really doesn't harm them at all. A teaspoon of apple cider vinegar is fantastic in their water bowl for all kinds of problems.  

Answer 21

Indorex spray for the house, I wouldn't use anything else - really works well! And advantage spot on the back of the neck for your cat.  

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@berwickupontweed482 seconded! I use petdrugsonline for mine

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I use medicanimal x

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@berwickupontweed482 always handy to know another!  

Answer 22

Vacuum, empty vacuum, vacuum some more, empty vacuum, wash everything that will go through the washer. Repeat every day, you have to break the cycle. Get into all the nooks and crannies with the vacuum, round the edges of mattresses, down the sides of settees, along the skittering boards and carpet edges. Good luck!  

Answer 23

Mind they dont set your smoke alarms off! I fgot how much smoke came off them. Indesex or summet like that off vet or u can get it online. Not cheap tho x

Answer 24

If u phone the vets they will take payment over the phone and bring the flea treatment out to u that’s what I done on Monday at a Jubilee vets in Ards

Answer 25

Free spray and a bit comb to comb The vets treat mentos is a stronger treatment Hard work keeping on top on them

Answer 26

Bomb before you go to bed.  

Answer 27

You can still get meds and flea treatments etc off vets. They are still open, just not doing face to face visits unless it’s a life or death emergency situation. You’ll be able to get telephone consultations and meds. Practices may be running this on a rota basis with all the other practices in your area, so if your practice isn’t open, try another local one.  

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@geographical26 thank you my vets closed and the others are a long way away, without being able to walk there I don’t feel safe getting on a bus xxx

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@geographical26 my vets told me they arnt prescribing flea treatment an none essential medication, they reluctantly done me a prescription an sent it in the post to me to order online cause over the counter flea treatments dont work on my cats x

Answer 28

Please don’t use Bob Martin . Pets at home have frontline and other products similar

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@boeotia deadly stuff, I would never use any Bob Martin products after they made my dog very ill. x

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@luwian killed loads of cats too  

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@boeotia cant believe it's still being sold after all the damage it's done.  

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That stuff made all my pups hair fall out after using it once. Never again

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@luwian loads of cats bald with it too

Answer 29

Steam steam and steam again. Kills all stages of the fleas Had this a few years ago. Has previously tried smoke bombs etc and nothing worked. Steaming everywhere a few times worked for me, and I mean everywhere. Best of luck

Answer 30

Go online to petdrugsonline. They do advantage which is superior to frontline and is available without prescription for £9 for 4 vials

Answer 31

Treat the cat tok

Answer 32

If u let the bombs off you will literally have to be out the house at least a few ours and they leve like a powder on everything so u have to clean everything

Answer 33

Use drops on Cat, then you dont need poison in your house .  

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@gunman622 you have to treat the cat and the home, otherwise they keep coming back

Answer 34

If you have to be home when you set off the bombs, I would put you and your baby in 1 room, make sure there is a towel at the bottom of the door and a window open. Set the bombs off in rest of house. Wait til its time, open all other windows, go to that part of the house and then put a bomb back in the room that's left. That's how I did it with my cat

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@steamroller0 she can't stay in the house whilst bombing it you ha e to leave it for two hours and leave the windows open after the time don't even leave plant's in the house as it will kill and damage everything

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@cupola you can be home as long as you arent in the room you have set the bomb off in. You can have the windows open and a towel at the door (in the room without the bomb). I have about 30/40 houseplants and I've done this before with the cat and plants in 1 room. This is just my experience and it worked perfect

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@steamroller0 nope do it with yourself don't advise others it says in the instructions not too so am I going to listen to the manufacturers instructions written on the actual label or somebody from a Facebook page just because it worked for you that way my experience as ex vet nurse is it causes complications with breathing and irritation to the lung it's fine particles it's an irritant especially now during these times

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@cupola well I didnt tell you to do it, I offered my experience. Have a good day ‍♀️

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@steamroller0 no you offered your experience to a mother of a young baby  

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@cupola I'm sure this woman is intelligent enough to read my experience and make up her own mind if she thinks it's safe for her to do or not. I didnt claim to be an expert, I literally said "this is how I did it". People have free will, I'm not forcing anybody to follow what I did  

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@steamroller0  

Answer 35

So I could do it tonight when she’s in bed and just do it downstairs then upstairs tomorrow? Xxxx

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You need to air the room for two hours after using the bomb. Remove all food and water and pets. To get rid of the fleas on the cat you will need to buy something that costs at least £20, or sign up to pets at home subscription for £5 a month flea treatment with 1 pipette a month. Using anything that isn’t locked behind glass as a flea treatment likely won’t work. You might need to repeat the flea bombs a second time as they don’t always kill the larvae

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@annunciator no please dont do it with any 1in the house not u or the baby or a pet

Answer 36

@annunciator you can order flea treatment on line and it’s not expensive, but rem if your Cat goes out at anytime day or night they need flea treatment at least every three months, always use the proper stuff, also when they have fleas they very often have worms too as the worm egg lives inside the flea and hatches when your Cat grooms itself so it’s a good idea to flea/worm at the same time xx

Answer 37

You can also order acclaim for the house Do each room by room

Answer 38

Best thing we did having a dog n 2 cats vacum n then get a couple of nit combs comb thru coats twice a day, i used all sorts of flea stuff n this is a bit time consuming but no chemicals used or sprayed xxx

Answer 39

Indorex for the house can order online and then a spot on for the cat, i use advantage its really good xx

Answer 40

Do all you mentioned but I order to get rid of them in the house but also comb the cat with water that has a tiny amount of washing up liquid in it around twice and day until you’re sure they have gone. That was the most effective way I found when my cat had them.  

Answer 41

Pets at home is open

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@title think she means the vets4pets bit inside where she gets her vet signed off treatment

Answer 42

Diatomaceous earth is a very good natural treatment. You can put it all round the house and its safe for pets and babies to be around.  

Answer 43

Hi, sorry if it’s already need said but pets at home do a monthly subscription for flea treatments etc that they send to your home & works out cheaper. I get frontline for 2dogs & 2cats. No fleas. I did have a problem awhile ago deffo hoover all the time. I have a council house & rang them & explained I have a problem with fleas & had tried loads of stuff to get rid & wasn’t getting anywhere. My anxiety was bad as well they came out & sprayed the whole house. We had to stay out for afew hrs which I know isn’t ideal at this current time

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@dash412 i always have 2 bloody go in and collect it lol Are they stilk sendibg out our worming and flea tabs if they r closed? I am with dunfermline one

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I got the cats ones at the beginning of last week. I’m in Newcastle, the nearest one to me is still open. I wouldn’t get it from them if I had to keep going in as I have a local vet nearer

Answer 44

I wouldn't bother with flea bombs they only kill the fills they don't kill the eggs and lavae. I swear by the spray can spray it everywhere. Also any flea suff other than Bob Martin x

Answer 45

Vets are open ring your vet

Answer 46

Johnson's 4fleas spot on is exactly the same as advantage (80mg imidacloprid per 0. 8ml) and half the price

Answer 47

I really wouldn't use flea bombs with a baby in the house. Use the monthly flea treatment drops on the cat. Any fleas in the house should be attracted to the cat (they really don't thrive on humans), and they should die on the cat.  

Answer 48

Acclaim is the main thing for the house, stripping straight away and wash clothes. It’s a nightmare so good luck

Answer 49

Indorex for the whole home, will stop fleas infesting for months. Advantage spot on for all furry pets. Be sure to worm too with panacur or drontal. Www. medicanimal. com

Answer 50

Thanks everyone I’ve ordered some spray and gonna get this house done ASAP! Xx

Answer 51

Vets are open as they're a medical essential, try giving yours a call as I found most of the high street stuff didn't touch the buggers!  

Answer 52

Indorex for the house and mine has injections at vets for fleas best thing ever

Answer 53

Sont get shop bought flea control go to the vets and get frontline or broadline i think the chemist in asda sell frontline its cheaper than the vet

Answer 54

Indorex spray is fantastic i got mine from animed direct one can does a three bed house works amazing x

Answer 55

Definitely recommend Indorex. we once had an infestation for weeks, tried loads of bombs etc and it was Indorex that finally worked and we haven't had a problem since.  

Answer 56

You need Indorex spray for the carpets, sofas, beds all soft furnishings. You need to buy spot on treatment from the vets and apply every month. The shop bought treatments DO NOT WORK. They are not strong enough to completely Kill and stop the cycle.  

Answer 57

Go on Amazon. you can order 3 applications of spot on advantage. Indorex is good for whole home including furniture.  

Answer 58

Use Advantage. Flea sea won’t get on your cat or dog.  

Answer 59

Sorresto flea collars always . Depends where you buy the prices vary. We use all the time they are the only thing that worked for us

Answer 60

So i have house cats that caught fleas from the new house we moved into, we got that flea treatment subscription from pets at home, and we bought that sprat (cats and baby exit room after spraying for up to 30 mins) this needs to be done to the fabrics to your house every 4 weeks for roughly 3 months hoovering after the 30mins. thats what i was told and ive not had no issues since. hope that helps ps i was told collars are crap may as well get the treatment that sinks in the blood

Answer 61

I order flea & worm treatment from vetuk online, much cheaper than pets at home. I use the vetuk flea & tick treatment, works great on my cats. I buy drontal worming tablets. I also use indorex around the house. My cats are flead every 4-5 weeks & wormed every 3 months x

Answer 62

Cats are not allowed out due to the virus, please keep Cats indoors

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@epifocal she is a house cat but managed to get out of an open window it wasnt intentional

Answer 63

You could try Advocate - it treats worms, fleas & ear mites.