How to Get Rid of Fleas in the Carpet Naturally
Fleas can infest your home and carpet with wild abandon. If you have a home filled with kids and pets the last thing you want to do is to fumigate your entire house. You can get your house flea free without using harsh chemicals. Remember that you don't want to stop with just treating the carpet. you will want to treat the infected pet as well as the outside of your home where fleas can be lingering.
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Things You'll Need
- Several boxes of baking soda
- Brush
- Vacuum cleaner
- Several vacuum bags
- Large freezer bags
Instructions
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Get Rid of Fleas in the Carpet Naturally
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Sprinkle baking soda on your carpet. You will want to use a generous amount.
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Once the carpet is covered you will want to rub the baking soda into the carpet using a broom. You want to make sure the baking soda gets down to the base of the carpet where fleas are laying their eggs.
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Leave the baking soda on the carpet for 48 hours and then vacuum thouroughly.
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Once you are done vacuuming you will want to remove the vacuum bag and put it in a freezer bag. You will want to put the bag in the freezer for at least twenty four hours before throwing it in the garbage. This will ensure that the eggs can not hatch.
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Repeat this entire process for a week to ensure the fleas are completely gone. It may seem time consuming, but it is much better then having to fumigate your entire house.
Get Rid of Fleas in the Carpet Naturally
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Another option for controlling fleas on your pet bedding, carpet and even in your yard is by using fossil shell flour commonly called diatamaceous earth or DE for short. You will want to make sure that you are using food grade DE.
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Sprinkle the DE on your carpets, the pet bedding, even in your garden.
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Sprinkling this in your home and outside will not only work by killing and repelling fleas, but it also works to repel other insects such as ants, aphids, mites, and other insects.
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Tips & Warnings
If you do not freeze the vacuum bag the eggs can still hatch and find there way back into your house.
You can take a handful of diatomaceous earth and rub it into the fur of the infested animal to naturally kill fleas.
If you do not treat the offending pet as well as the exterior of you home the fleas can and most likely will return.
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lynnp
May 20, 2010
You can get diatomacious earth at garden shops and online. You may have to call around locally, as not everyone carries it. Make sure it is food grade. The other stuff for swimming pools is toxic. -
miramira
Oct 08, 2008
this was one of the worst flea seasons in years here in venice, cal. I have tried the baking soda, boric acid, vinegar everything. they were everywhere...I even Bombed the house out of sheer desperation when the naturals didn't work.! I have vacuumed everyday....I am exhausted and itchy at the thought of one of those fleas...i see the eggs every where.
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miramira
Oct 08, 2008
this was one of the worst flea seasons in years here in venice, cal. I have tried the baking soda, boric acid, vinegar everything. they were everywhere...I even Bombed the house out of sheer desperation when the naturals didn't work.! I have vacuumed everyday....I am exhausted and itchy at the thought of one of those fleas...i see the eggs every where.
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miramira
Oct 08, 2008
this was one of the worst flea seasons in years here in venice, cal. I have tried the baking soda, boric acid, vinegar everyting. they were everywhere...I even Bombed the house out of sheer desparation when the naturals didn't work.! I have vacuumed everyday....I am exhauseted and itchy at the thought of one of those fleas...i see the eggs every where.
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miramira
Oct 08, 2008
this was one of the worst flea seasons in years here in venice, cal. I have tried the baking soda, boric acid, vinegar everyting. they were everywhere...I even Bombed the house out of sheer desparation when the naturals didn't work.! I have vacuumed everyday....I am exhauseted and itchy at the thought of one of those fleas...i see the eggs every where.
