Tips to get rid of fleas in your home
Make use of flea combs,flea powder and flea collars to get rid of fleas!
All of us who have pets in our home worry a lot about their hygiene and the possibility of spread of infectious diseases through our pets. One of the major worry with a pet around are the fleas. Fleas are the insects which form the order Siphonaptera. These creatures are similar to flies and are wingless, with mouthparts adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood through their mandible. They are external parasites, living by hematophagy off the blood of mammals and birds.
Fleas not only survive on pets, they also are transformed on humans through pets. Apparently, fleas multiply at a fast rate and spread all over the home like a wildfire. Fleas can multiply and infest your home in less than a week. Fleas are of different types; Cat flea, Dog flea, Human flea, Moorhen flea, Northern rat flea and Oriental rat flea. Apart from just being a nuisance fleas also cause serious ailments like allergies, itching, and anaemia. The below steps can help you get rid of fleas in your home;
Keep your pets clean:
One of the major places to look for fleas is on your pets. Ensure that you always keep your pet clean and regularly clean the pet when it is outdoors. Give a bath regularly with anti-flea shampoo and make sure that you do all this outside your home or away from your home.
Use flea combs:
These combs are easy to use but catch live fleas which should be disposed off immediately. Use the comb from your pet’s head, near the ears and the tail and under the arms. Before the fleas have a chance to fly away, instantly dip the comb into a bowl containing a solution of liquid dish soap mixed into a small amount of water. Doing this will kill the flies. Make sure that you cover your head and your skin with cloth to avoid the fleas climbing on you.
Be careful while killing the fleas:
While you comb your pet, make sure that you wear white attire which can make it easy for you to see as well as the fleas get attracted towards white. Also wear white stockings.
Use flea killers:
There are various homemade flea repellents which can be used to get rid of fleas. Also there are many chemicals in the market today which not only kill fleas but also keep them away from coming. This will perhaps keep the flea infestation under control.
Other measures to control fleas are:
- Make use of foggers which can be used for each room.
- Keep your pets like birds and fish away from them.
- Avoid inhaling the fogger.
- Protect the surfaces by placing the fogger on a newspaper.
- Let the fogger stay in the home for about two hours.
- Apart from just the foggers you can also use flea powder.
- Vacuum clean your home regularly.
- Locate heavily infested areas, and concentrate efforts on these areas
- Follow oral medications for your pet.
- Make use of flea collars.
