Kill’m… NOW!
Over the last week I noticed I kept itching on my ankles. A quick inspection yielded welt like bites and a couple of culprits in action. As I was getting bitten a few times a night – I just couldn’t wait any longer. Those fleas had to go. I’m a hair away from kicking our sweet pit bull and even our teddy bear cute yorkie to the back yard! I bought some Raid Concentrated Deep Reach Foggers & hubby set them off all over the house. They seemed to do the trick short term, but everything I read online said they could re-emerge in a few weeks. I read that Twenty Mule Team Borax with a 3 to 1 part salt mixture basically dehydrates the fleas and their eggs. BTW – has anyone done this? I looked at my local Walmart and found Twenty Mule Team Borax for only 2.96 a box. Not bad! I plan to borax/salt the house tomrorow, leave on a day and vaccuum. In the meantime – I feel overwhlemed by the amount of cleaning, vaccuming, etc I need to do now and the dread of those little things coming back.
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Borax is an amazing, beautiful thing for so many different uses!
Comment by Devilish Southern Belle | June 28, 2008
Sorry about the flea problem. We had that problem once when my aunts cat’s were living with us and infested our dog shortly before they left. It’s a lot of work to get rid of them but it’ll be worth it in the end. Flea baths for the doggies!
Comment by bumpsintheroad | June 29, 2008
yeah sorry to hear about the fleas. dang.
hope something helps. maybe do the backyard?
Comment by kimmyk | July 4, 2008