Things You'll Need:
- washer & dryer
- vacuum cleaner
- 2 new vacuum cleaner bags
- moth balls
- table salt
- diatomaceous earth
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Step 1
Anything that can be laundered should be washed with warm water, with a full measure of detergent, and dried at a warm temperature. This includes pet bedding, your own bedding, scatter rugs, throw pillows, etc.
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Step 2
Put 3 moth balls in a clean vacuum cleaner bag and install it on your vacuum. Thoroughly vacuum carpets as well as bare floors. Move furniture to vacuum underneath where fleas and their eggs may be hiding. Vacuum close to baseboards. Use an attachment to vacuum the surface and underneath couch and chair cushions. When finished, be sure to remove the vacuum cleaner bag immediately and dispose of it in the outside trash can.
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Step 3
To kill any fleas and eggs missed by vacuuming, lightly sprinkle table salt or diatomaceous earth on carpets, under chair and sofa cushions, on mattresses, and in areas where pets commonly sleep. Diatomaceous earth is more effective than table salt and can be found at farmer's supply stores such as Cenex. It is a fine powder similar to talc and should be used sparingly to minimize inhalation risk for people and pets. To avoid the risk completely, choose table salt. Both are effective in killing fleas by a process of dehydration.
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Step 4
Bathe your pet with a good flea shampoo and follow up by giving them continuing protection with a quality flea collar or drops, such as Advantage.











Comments
jmlarue said
on 9/22/2008 Don't think the mothballs will do much good in the closet because it's such a large space and the fleas can simply move on out of the hostile environment. Inside a small vacuum bag, they're trapped in a small space and the mothball fumes are more likely to kill. More importantly, you're taking that vacuum bag quickly to the trash so that the fleas can't escape and re-infest your carpet. Right?
jmkempt said
on 9/17/2008 iF i PUT MOTHBALL CAKES IN A CLOSED CLOSET WILL IT KILL FLEAS OR JUST REPEL THEM
Feather said
on 8/12/2008 I've never heard of the moth ball trick. I'll have to remember that!