When you start looking at what flea treatment to use you need to think about and determine where the fleas entered you home from. The chances are that it was your pets who introduced the fleas into your house, cats and dogs are prime targets for fleas looking to hitch a ride and who are looking to feed and reproduce, your home is a perfect environment, they are warm, the carpets and furnishings are like animal fur and they can hide in it and lay eggs in it and there is also a plentiful supply of food available in the shape of your pets and also you and your family.
As the fleas tend to come into your home on your pets treating your pets is the first step in your eradication of fleas in your home, anti flea medications such as Advantage and Front line are great treatments that kill the fleas when they bite your dog or cat, the medications also stop the fleas reproducing, and this drastically reduces the size of the flea infestation in your house.
Using natural remedies such as ennyroyal, Citronella, Lemongrass and Cedar chips placed at certain points around the house, where fleas are likely to enter will reduce the chance of new fleas entering on their own, fleas can jump for long distances and can travel quite a distance in a day. Using this sort of strategy can reduce the chance of an infestation getting a hold in your home.
Washing your pets with anti flea soap and then combing them will rid them of fleas and eggs that have been laid in your cat or dogs fur. You can also use flea traps in your home to remove as many as you can from the carpets where they may be hiding.
If these natural flea treatment tactics are not lowering the number of fleas in your home or the number of bites your pets and family members are receiving then you need to consider increasing the treatments and trying a new approach, this can include things like flea bombs and flea foggers.
Flea foggers are very far removed from the more natural remedies such as ennyroyal, Citronella, Lemongrass and Cedar chips that you can spread around out side your house. The chemical cloud that is spread when the flea foggers are used is highly toxic and highly flammable, it is there for vital that you take the precautions recommended by the manufacturer and follow all the instructions they provide.
The precautions would include things such as ensuring all pets are out of the area, you also need to ensure people are not in the treatment area, the area needs to be sealed and any delicate furniture needs to be protected, any items that you use for food such as plates or chopping boards need to be removed as the toxic gas will get every ware.
Due to the flammable nature of the toxic gas you must also ensure that all flames are extinguished, pilot lites turned off, lights switched off and any heat sources removed, flash fires have been known to occur in places where the flea foggers are being used.
While they are toxic and dangerous to use the flea foggers are a very effective flea treatment when they are used properly.