Things You'll Need:
- Flea comb with warm water & dish soap
- Monthly flea control drops like Frontline or Advantage
- Vacuum
- Patience
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Step 1
The first step is to treat your pet with a monthly prescription topical medicine such as Advantage or Frontline. These medicines actively stop the fleas from breeding and kill them hours after contact. Make sure you get the application that is correct for your pet. Ask your Vet for more information.
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Step 2
After you've treated your pet, the next thing to do is to wash any pet beds they may use with warm soapy water. If they sleep on your bed with you, wash all the sheets, blankets and pillow cases in warm soapy water. Do this weekly for the next month or so. While fleas may seem indestructible, they can't take warm soapy water.
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Step 3
Start vacuuming daily for the first two or three weeks. Than two to three times after that for about a month afterwards. Vacuuming helps to capture adult fleas and eggs. It's important to promptly dispose of the vacuum bag in a sealed plastic bag as soon as your are done vacuuming. If not the fleas will just jump out.
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Step 4
If your pet goes out doors, you'll also have to treat your back yard which pretty much means keeping the grass cut and keeping the bushes trimmed. Sprinkling a flea control pesticide or Sprinkling some boric acid or diatomaceous earth outside works as well. If you have an outdoor cat it is almost pointless to try and treat your yard.
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Step 5
The most important step is to be persistent in your fight to control fleas. Fleas have a long life cycle and can rapidly reproduce making it all the more difficult but not impossible to control them.
