How to Get Rid Of Fleas Using No Chemicals

By teril

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How to get rid of fleas and not use chemical or have to leave your home for hours. No washing everything after you have to spray or bomb your home.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • 1 per room 9" pie pan
  • 1 per room goose neck lamp
  • 2 drop dishwashing soap
Step1
Each night
Place the pie pans in each room where you have fleas
Fill 1/2 with water
Add 2 drops of the dish soap
Step2
Place the goose neck light over the pie pan as close to the water with out touching it.
Step3
Turn off all lights except for the ones over the water pans.
The fleas draw to the light and jump in the water, the dish soap makes the water slippery and they can't jump out. You will find it full of dead fleas (looks like some poured pepper into the water). Discard and set out again the next night.

Tips & Warnings

  • Depending on how bad your fleas are, you will want to do for at least 4 night.
  • Must have only the light above the pan on to get the most fleas, other light left on will not attract to the water.

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on 8/19/2007 This will work great on live fleas, but flea eggs in the shell can hang around for months before hatching. NEVER use bombs on fleas, they have little residual effect and fleas are smart enough to go and hide from the "icky stuff" in the air.
Unfortunately, if you cannot walk across the room or sit down on furniture without having fleas on you right away, you are at the stage where you're going to need a professional.

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