Some Effective Solutions to kill fleas
Fleas live on dogs,
cats, humans and other animals, but they can
lay eggs on the host’s bedding also.
Apart from this, the eggs that are laid on
the host’s body can fall off and gather
in the clothes, beds, cars, carpets, rugs,
lawns, gardens or any place where the host
moves about. The eggs of fleas normally hatch
within the 2 weeks, and after that, the fleas
materialize into larvae that can breed in
rugs and carpets for up to a time period of
200 days, before they get transformed into
a legless pupa.
Under some unfavorable conditions, these pupae
can also sit undeveloped on the carpet for
more than a year, before it turns into an
adult flea. This denotes that several generations
of fleas can congregate and lead to mass infestation
in a house. Under such circumstances, one
of the major questions that arise in our mind
is how to kill fleas?
Therefore, the first safety measure in order
to get rid of fleas is to clean everything
regularly and vacuum the house from time to
time, and wash the carpets, rugs, curtains
and other fabrics that are likely to come
in contact with the infected animals and persons.
You can also choose steam-cleaning of the
carpets if larvae still remain after washing,
steam will definitely kill them.
You can also shampoo the rugs and carpets
with insecticidal shampoos, or ask a pest
control expert to apply an infra red treatment
to the rug or carpet, which will kill every
stage of flea. If your dog or cat spends a
great deal of time out of the home, you need
to drench its common resting areas with water
and soap in order to drown out any fleas from
the area.
You can also use flea collars, which is helpful
in repelling the fleas from the host. These
collars continuously emit poisonous vapors
that are killers for fleas, but they can also
affect other people around the host, so it
should be worn only for the time that is needed
to control the fleas. You must also check
the pet’s skin underneath the collar
for any irritation, if it is the pet’s
first flea collar.
After using these easy home remedies for fleas,
if you are still not sure how to kill fleas,
you can use citrus peel extracts and absorptive
dusts that are very effective in killing fleas.
It has been observed that rubbing alcohol
can also kill fleas on your pets.
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