What else should I be doing to fight this flea infestation?

Question

In the last 48 hours, my parents sent 3 of my four cats, so now we only have one.

Since we had 5 in total, there was a terrible infestation of fleas. After having a really rude homecoming from Aussies, like literally a swarm of fleas, the next day I figured we had enought of the problem. So I went to the store and and bought a toxic carpet solution.

I applied the carpet solution to our infested sofa and the worst of the worst my room, since the cats all loved sleeping in there. I removed it after said time.

Only to find fleas again. I went to sleep with the toxic coctail on my bedroom floor, and yes found another surprise: more fleas.

So in the last 48 hours, we went to go buy the diatomaceous earth and put it on ALMOST every floor of the house. At 20 hours after application my mother decided she had enough of the mess and vacuumed most of it from her bedroom.

At 28 hours, I vacuumed everything else. So today, what do I find?

Fleas again. Please tell me what I sbould do.

*Incident: someone left the windows open and ironically enough, they crept back in without the cat's presence.

TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO!!!!!

Answer 1

call a pest control to come and spray your house.  you also have to rid the cats of their fleas.  you can buy something from the vet that kills fleas on a pet within 1 hr and then you have to buy the other stuff that you put on their back that lasts a month.  you can not actually get rid of all of them probably but you can control them.   you will have to vac. everywhere they sleep, wash all bedding, including yours.  it is a really big job and without a pest control to help it is almost impossible.  outside you can distribute seven dust and it help keep them beat back.  i give my dog a pill from the vet that lasts a month.  if you have pets, they will have fleas.  you have to put some money into getting rid of and staying rid of fleas.  everytime i bathe my dog, i wash and vaccume everywhere he sleeps.  don't forget to empty the vaccume cleaner.

Answer 2

Call those pest control people.  You can't get rid of fleas by vacuuming, etc.

They'll use chemicals/poison that will kill off all the fleas.  Depends on how bad the situation is.

Answer 3

The real problem is you may be treating the live fleas, but the eggs will continue to hatch at certain intervals.  If you're not dealing with the future generations, you may be slowing the problem but not finishing it completely.

Usually, whatever treatment you employ, you should do it agaqin every 72 hours for a couple of cycles to ensure you are erradicating the problem completely.

good luck

Answer 4

OMG, I own a carpet business & I went through this a couple of yrs ago.

The problem with fleas is they multiply so fast. They feed off of blood deposits in the carpet & can lay dormant for mo's.

They are attracted by vibration. I tried everything, bombs, home depot spray. I finally went to an exterminator & got this stuff called Conquer. You put it in a spray bottle & spray the entire floor, bed & furniture.

Well worth the investment. Trust me I lived in agony for mo's.