Can not get rid of fleas what am i doing wrong?

Question

I have read a lot of suggestions for others, but this is what i am doing....

I have no carpet in my house....we have bombed...

I have a rat terrier so he is short hair... we gave flea bath and put front line on him

We sprayed the yard several times

and we did all three at once to hopefully knock it out.....plus mopped with pine sol....

NOw 4 days later i got bit on the 2 3 and 4 day by 2 fleas.. i am also besides the dog the only one getting bit for reasons i dont understand....... but i need something else better stronger... whatever.. i am pregnant and once i have the baby i dont want he or she to get bit

Answer 1

fleas feed on blood..so your dog is not the only food source!  fleas have 4 stages in their lifecycle - eggs, larvae, pupae, adults.  you need different chemicals to kill different stages.  what you put on the dog will kill the adult if it bites ur dog but that won't kill the eggs, larvae and pupae that's already in your house!  fles can live in cracks on ur floor, on furnitures, in closets, etc...anywhere they can hide so carpet is not a "must"!  the fleas only go on your dog/you to feed so it's not going to live on your dog so being short/long hair has no relevance.  if you are vaccumming the floors, make sure you use flea powder  so it will go into the vaccum bag to kill whatever is still alive...and get rid of the bag right away or it will become an incubator for fleas!  the fleas are probably feeding off of someone else other than your dog...you can use insect repellant on your legs so they won't feed off of you.  eventually when they can't get food, they will stop laying eggs and die off.  the key is to cut off the "food" source.  i had a really bad flea problem a few years ago and that's how i got rid of them.  i also paid a few hundred $ to get an exterminator but they didn't do anything other than pocket my money.  try "bombing" the house - you can get them at the hardware store but make sure you read the warning about pilot lights...some need it be turned off for safety reasons and some don't.  also look for the ones that will kill both adults and eggs.  the point of "bombs" is that fumes can go thru cracks and other out-of-reach areas. good luck!

Answer 2

The only thing that i can think of doing is going to the vet and getting the advantage or advantic which ever one is for dogs and also ask them for the flea pill.

When all the fleas are gone from your rat then they won't have anything to feed of of in the house.

Or you can call the exterminator most just charge about 35 to 40 a month to spray your house and your yard, believe me if not the fleas its worth it for the ants.....lol

Answer 3

frontline should have done the trick....  weird

Answer 4

we got the local pest control round to spray the house as had tried everything else and spent alot! of cash   this did the trick and i hope it will for you

good luck