Fleas! Oh, Help!

[netmouse]

I am the only mammal in my house. The house has fleas.

I am catching them and killing them as quickly as I can, when I see them on me, but I know they lay eggs, and I sense this solution will not be effective in my lifetime. I don't have carpets, just wood floors, but I have stacks and stacks of books and crap all around so I despair of doing a thorough cleaning.

These are probably fleas that came home with me from Chilicon, since the night we came home is the first time we noticed them. The internet tells me they are most like "cat fleas", since even a dog is more likely to have those than "dog fleas". The internet provides a lot of advice for getting rid of fleas on your pet.

I have no pets. Brian has long since gone back to Ann Arbor. It's just me and the fleas.

What must I do?

Comments

[catrambo.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I had this issue at one point, but it was solved by putting Advantage, which kills them, on the cat living with me. One of the most satisfying moments of my life was seeing her sleeping with a ring of feebly twitching, dying fleas around her.

Wood floors should be much better than carpets, but you probably should sweep/clean as thoroughly as you can, particularly all the crevices of upholstered furniture. In my experience, the chemical bombs were less than effective.

Could you borrow someone's cat, treat it with the anti-flea stuff, and then use it to lure them to their tiny deaths?

[(Anonymous)]

Could you borrow someone's cat, treat it with the anti-flea stuff, and then use it to lure them to their tiny deaths?

Grin.

I really like that idea, but I'm told by other sources that human blood is not sufficient food for them to breed, so I should not bring cat blood in here for them to munch on. Luckily they only live two weeks to 100 days...

*sigh*

I'm going to try thorough cleaning and one or two of the various tricks people have mentioned to dehydrate them.