Flea bombs they sound dramatic and powerful, and that is exactly what they are, if you have a home that is infested with fleas, as as the fleas are great jumpers that will hitch a ride on your pets or even on your clothes they do quickly spread from one room of your house to the next growing in number by the day and going from a couple of annoying fleas to a full infestation before you realise how serious the problem has become.

Using the flea bombs, with some careful planning before hand the whole house could be cleared of fleas in just one day, the bombs produce a toxic gas that takes about 5 hours to kill most if not all of the fleas in that room, and that means no more irritating bites for you and your pets..

This method of killing the fleas is very effective and should see a dramatic reduction in the number of fleas and bites you receive from them almost immediately, however to make this a truly effective plan and to stop the fleas returning in the future you need to combine the flea bombs with other strategies.

The chemicals used in the flea bombs are extremely toxic and flammable so you need to be sure you have read and understood the instructions before you start to use them. Ensuring all pets and people are out of the area before using the flea bomb, ensuring the rooms are sealed properly. Due to the flammable nature of the gas you will need to be sure to switch of all the lights, pilot lights, extinguish all naked flames and remove all sources of heat. These are only some of the issues you will need to be aware of and the instructions will give you a much better idea of the proper precautions that need to be taken and things that will need to be avoided.

You should treat your pets with Front line or Advantage anti flea medication, this will kill the fleas in their fur, you can not have your pets in the area that you use the flea bombs, but you must also ensure that the pets are not bringing in more fleas into your house, the flea treatments are good at ridding your pets of these problems.

Using herbs and ceder wood chips at the points of your home where it is possible for a flea to enter will discourage the fleas from venturing inside, while fleas can jump great distances they do not like to cross ceder wood chips and so surrounding the house with it is an excellent non toxic way of keeping the flea population under control in your house.

Because the flea eggs can lay unhatched for up to 2 years it is important to ensure you keep these treatments up for two and a half years, or you just run the risk of another infestation in a few months time.

As they are so toxic and you need to take so much care when handling them it is recommended that you only use the flea bombs as a last resort to protect your family from excessive flea bites.