How to destroy fleas in the apartment

If you seriously decide to undertake the destruction of fleas in your apartment or house, then pre-tune in that this is a complex and rather complicated process. Catch and crush a couple of fatty fleas in a cat or dog, dab in the apartment with Dichlorvos, even a new version, will not be enough to reliably remove parasites from the room.

In addition, it will be necessary to destroy not only the fleas themselves, but also their larvae, which often in large quantities can crawl under the bedding of domestic animals, behind baseboards, in carpets, in rodent cages. But besides the larvae, there are also eggs and pupae of parasites ...

The presence of worm-like larvae, which, unlike adults, do not feed on blood, as well as the ability of fleas to stay for a long time both on the pet's fur and outside it, are, perhaps, the main reasons for the fact that it is not always easy to destroy fleas in an apartment , and usually processing is carried out at least in two stages.Here are some of the "pitfalls", which is useful to know in advance:

• If fleas are poisoned only on a pet, then a part of them is at that moment in the apartment and calmly survives.
• If fleas are destroyed only in an apartment, then those of the parasites that are on the cat, dog, or hamster survive safely.
• If you poison the fleas in the apartment and leave the animal in it, the pet can get poisoned (this is especially true for cats).
• Flea larvae do not live on animals and do not stick to where adult insects usually come across. This means that when fleas are destroyed in a house, it is likely to leave their shelters untreated. Especially considering the fact that the larvae are hiding in the most inaccessible places.

As a result, the most effective approach to the destruction of fleas in an apartment is as follows:

1. First of all, fleas are poisoned on a pet with the help of special insecticoacaricidal preparations. If the means for the destruction of fleas in an animal does not have a prolonged action, then a collar is put on the pet, which protects it from the attack of the fleas remaining in the apartment until they are completely destroyed.
2. Then (preferably on the same day) fleas are destroyed indoors. At the same time, such methods and means of their extermination are used, which ensure the death of both adult parasites and their larvae regardless of their location.

It should be borne in mind that many even modern insecticides have a very weak effect on flea eggs and pupae. Therefore, for the final destruction of fleas in an apartment, in most cases it is necessary to re-treat the room 1-3 weeks after the first, when new larvae hatch from the eggs and adult insects from the pupae.

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“I never thought before that fleas could be such a big problem. Well, I saw them a couple of times on Barsike, put on a collar and forgot. And this summer they just ate us! And they were poisoned once with Dichlorvos, it did not help, they bought Tetrix for the second time in the sanitary epidemiological station, it helped, but not for long. Ended up by calling a special service, they processed the apartment so that there was not a centimeter without poison left. But even before that, the manager said that the guys would go to the processing only after we cleaned Barsik from fleas. ”

Svetlana, Yekaterinburg

And now let's look at the individual stages of the procedure in more detail.

 

Means for removing fleas

Means for the destruction of fleas in general can be divided into two types.

The first includes drugs designed to kill fleas on pets.

Despite the relatively high efficiency, these tools are relatively safe for the animal and man himself, but they are not suitable for treating an apartment from parasites - this is inconvenient and very expensive. And the concentration of insecticides in such preparations is too small - it is just chosen so that the animal is not affected by contact with the agent.

Let's note some flea remedies for pets:

• Drops on the withers - perhaps one of the easiest to use and effective means. The most famous of them are Stronghold, Hartz, Bars.
• Insectoacaricidal shampoos - for example, Lugovoy, Phytoelite, Rolf Club. These shampoos are well suited for animals with delicate skin and hair.
• Flea spray - for example, BlochNet, Hartz, Front Line.
• For kittens and puppies, special flea powder is also sometimes used.

The second type includes the means by which you can carry out the independent destruction of fleas in an apartment. These include:

• Simple household aerosols such as Raid, Raptor, Clean House, Combat, Neo Dichlorvos, Eco Dichlorvos, etc. These insect extermination preparations contain fragrances in addition to insecticides, which allows to somewhat reduce the unpleasant smell in the room during the procedure.
• Concentrates of insecticides for dilution and spraying in the form of a spray - many of these tools because of their high efficiency and efficiency are suitable even for professional use. For domestic use, drugs such as Get, Delta-Zone, Lambda Zone, Hangman, Xulsat, etc. are specially adapted and produced in small packaging. Their first three are practically odorless (this is very important, since some people sometimes had to throw furniture away only because it has long retained the smell of an odorous insecticide after treatment).
• Special powders, which are occasionally used to destroy flea larvae (for example, scattered in basements). Here you can mention drugs such as Fenaxine, Fas-Double, Pyrethrum, Clean House. However, with the right approach, it is possible to completely destroy fleas in an apartment without their help.
• And, of course, it is worth mentioning the obsolete folk remedies for fleas - kerosene, turpentine, denatured alcohol. They are inexpensive, but you should not rely on the complete destruction of parasites in an apartment with them - insects die only when these substances directly hit them. In addition, they have a strong smell and are highly flammable. Scare away fleas with wormwood or tansy is also unlikely to succeed.

As practice shows, with significant contamination of the apartment, basement or other premises with fleas, it is better to use the above-mentioned insecticide concentrates adapted for domestic use. With a small number of parasites, you can try to limit the use of household aerosol means.

 

Extermination of parasites on a pet

To destroy fleas on a pet, it is best to use means that have a prolonged effect - drops on withers or some sprays. After they are applied to the animal's hair, the parasites will not touch it for a few more days, during which it will be possible to process the apartment itself.

If, for example, shampoos or other preparations without prolonged action are used,then after applying them on the pet should be put on the flea collar.

Each tool is applied strictly according to the instructions to it. If it is a spray, then it will be useful for them to spray the stove of the animal at the same time.

Generally speaking, it is not so important where exactly the animal is treated for fleas. But in general, it is better to do it on the street so that the fleeing animal parasites do not remain in the apartment.

 

Apartment processing

Before processing the apartment, you must first prepare it correctly. First, you should remove the garbage wherever it is, including the spaces under the bathrooms and the shelves on the balconies (flea larvae can live in the garbage, here too there can be a large number of eggs and pupae). The furniture moves away from the walls, the approaches to the baseboards along the entire length are freed.

All people and animals must leave the premises before processing. The handler himself wears a respirator, gloves, goggles and a long-sleeved gown.

If a concentrated preparation is used, it is diluted with water according to the instructions. After this means by spraying is applied to all surfaces in the room, including wallpaper and upholstered furniture.

Carpets after processing are rolled up, and the floor under them is also processed.

Particular attention should be paid to the shelves in the storage rooms and on the balconies. Here, too, larvae often develop, and these places need to be processed as carefully as other areas in the room.

After treatment, the apartment should be left for a few hours to “insist”, and after that - to air and carry out a thorough wet cleaning. After processing, clothes and bed linen should be washed at maximum temperature.

 

Summon Pest Control

All the work on the destruction of fleas in the apartment can be shifted onto the shoulders of the workers of professional pest control services. However, it should be remembered that such an approach is more expensive and ensures reliable excretion of insects only when contacting well-established firms.

The average cost of processing a one-room apartment in such companies is about 1500-2000 rubles.

 

We protect the house from the penetration of fleas

It is advisable even before removing the fleas to find out how they got into the house. After their successful destruction, all ways of possible penetration of parasites must be blocked.

If fleas infect domestic animals and get into the apartment on their wool, then the flea collar should be worn during walks to pets.

If parasites penetrate the room from the basement or from the street through windows and doors, it will be useful to hang out sections from insects (for example, from moths) in openings or lay out and constantly update bunches of some herbs - tansy, wormwood, insecticide insects.

All cracks in the room and on the balconies must be repaired.

If the apartment is old parquet, then the gap between the boards - the perfect refuge for fleas and their larvae, and this floor is better to replace the more modern laminate. After walking with animals on the street and in nature, the owners themselves should carefully inspect and carefully shake out their clothes - even one flea, accidentally lost in the folds of a jacket, can give rise to a new population of parasites.

 

Video note: an example of how fleas spread from the filed up to the 6th floor of the house

 

The main mistakes of the owners made when treating an animal from fleas