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Non-chemical flea remedy
Have a friend who loves cats, hates fleas and has problems with pyrtherin
and other insecticides. Does anyone know a way of ridding a house of flea infestation (and keeping them away) without the use of pyretherin or other insecticides? Ta, Yowie -- If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones. |
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Non-chemical flea remedy
On Oct 19, 5:14*pm, "Yowie" wrote:
*Have a friend who loves cats, hates fleas and has problems with pyrtherin and other insecticides. Does anyone know a way of ridding a house of flea infestation (and keeping them away) without the use of pyretherin or other insecticides? Ta, Yowie It depends on whether she has a heavy infestation. If she does, honestly, I don't think the non-chemical stuff is going to work. I can *definitely* say it does not work in my area, where the climate is ideal for a flea to thrive and breed. The least poisonous method I know is to treat the cats with Revolution, or Advantage or Frontline, then vacuum, vacuum, vacuum, and throw away the bag each time. It's worked for me, if the flea infestation was light. I even tried the suggestion to put lamps in the floor, and shallow bowls of water underneath each one. Allegedly, the fleas are attracted to the light at night, but all end up drowning in the bowls Apparently our fleas were too smart to fall for that one, or else they were excellent swimmers. Sherry Sherry |
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Non-chemical flea remedy
"Yowie" wrote | Does anyone know a way of ridding a house of flea infestation (and keeping | them away) without the use of pyretherin or other insecticides? Turn off the furnace and let the whole house freeze. Shut off the water and empty the lines first so the pipes don't break. Then vacuum thoroughly to get all the eggs. I think eggs might be able to survive the freeze but live fleas do not. |
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: "Yowie" wrote | Does anyone know a way of ridding a house of flea infestation (and | keeping them away) without the use of pyretherin or other | insecticides? Turn off the furnace and let the whole house freeze. Shut off the water and empty the lines first so the pipes don't break. Then vacuum thoroughly to get all the eggs. I think eggs might be able to survive the freeze but live fleas do not. If that were the case, we wouldn't have fleas here in Canada, yet every spring they wake up and jump on our pets as soon as the snow melts. Bobble |
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Non-chemical flea remedy
"Pat" wrote in message ... "Yowie" wrote | Does anyone know a way of ridding a house of flea infestation (and keeping | them away) without the use of pyretherin or other insecticides? Turn off the furnace and let the whole house freeze. Shut off the water and empty the lines first so the pipes don't break. Then vacuum thoroughly to get all the eggs. I think eggs might be able to survive the freeze but live fleas do not. It might work if you were able to do a couple of cycles. Let things warm up long enough for any remaining eggs to hatch, and then refreeze before they can lay more eggs. But who knows how long that is Jo |
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Non-chemical flea remedy
"Yowie" wrote in message ... Have a friend who loves cats, hates fleas and has problems with pyrtherin and other insecticides. Does anyone know a way of ridding a house of flea infestation (and keeping them away) without the use of pyretherin or other insecticides? My vet says the eggs vacuum up easily and are also killed in the laundry. I'm guessing a flea collar inside the vacuum bag would also be a problem for your friend? Trouble is, it is so easy to reintroduce them to the house. Fleas were a severe problem where my parents lived. Every evening they would go over their little dog to look for fleas that they would then crush with their fingernails. Jo |
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Non-chemical flea remedy
On Oct 20, 9:14*am, "Yowie" wrote:
*Have a friend who loves cats, hates fleas and has problems with pyrtherin and other insecticides. Does anyone know a way of ridding a house of flea infestation (and keeping them away) without the use of pyretherin or other insecticides? Ta, Yowie -- If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones. It depends on what basis your friend dislikes insecticides. Pyrethrin is a broad-spectrum insecticide and is indiscriminate in what it kills. The stuff in advantage, on the other hand, is much more specific in what it targets (particularly when placed on the cat so it is not spread about in the environment). If the cat is amenable to it, washing the cat will help control the fleas that are on the cat (especially if using a mild, medicated cat shampoo), then as PP have said, vacuum, vacuum, vacuum. Once the flea problem is under control inside the house, keeping the cat(s) indoors will help to minimize re-infestation. Pat, if Yowie's friend is in Australia, as I suspect they are, turning the heat off and letting the house freeze will be impossible - Australia is heading into summer and there are very few places in Australia that get a hard freeze even in the depths of winter! Most houses in Australia don't have ducted heat because it never gets cold enough. Good luck to your friend! Tish |
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Non-chemical flea remedy
On Oct 19, 6:26 pm, Sherry wrote:
On Oct 19, 5:14 pm, "Yowie" wrote: Have a friend who loves cats, hates fleas and has problems with pyrtherin and other insecticides. Does anyone know a way of ridding a house of flea infestation (and keeping them away) without the use of pyretherin or other insecticides? Ta, Yowie It depends on whether she has a heavy infestation. If she does, honestly, I don't think the non-chemical stuff is going to work. I can *definitely* say it does not work in my area, where the climate is ideal for a flea to thrive and breed. The least poisonous method I know is to treat the cats with Revolution, or Advantage or Frontline, then vacuum, vacuum, vacuum, and throw away the bag each time. It's worked for me, if the flea infestation was light. I even tried the suggestion to put lamps in the floor, and shallow bowls of water underneath each one. Allegedly, the fleas are attracted to the light at night, but all end up drowning in the bowls Apparently our fleas were too smart to fall for that one, or else they were excellent swimmers. The trick is to have very small sharks in the pool. -- Will, who can't help it, in New Haven |
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I invested a fortune in these sticky papers that you put by night lights,
between the papers and the night lights which I didn't need. Anyway, my fleas must have been smart, didn't catch one, not one! Finally just backed up the two gods, back then no cats, called the bug man to come in and spray. We have a lot of fleas around here and, you have to run the sweeper a lot, as bad as I hate to say it, when they are bad, you have to throw away the bag EVERY TIME. "Yowie" wrote in message ... Have a friend who loves cats, hates fleas and has problems with pyrtherin and other insecticides. Does anyone know a way of ridding a house of flea infestation (and keeping them away) without the use of pyretherin or other insecticides? Ta, Yowie -- If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones. |
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Non-chemical flea remedy
"Pat" wrote in message
"Yowie" wrote Does anyone know a way of ridding a house of flea infestation (and keeping them away) without the use of pyretherin or other insecticides? Turn off the furnace and let the whole house freeze. Shut off the water and empty the lines first so the pipes don't break. Then vacuum thoroughly to get all the eggs. I think eggs might be able to survive the freeze but live fleas do not. Temps around here don't get anywhere near the freezing temp of water even in the dead of night in the middle of winter, so there's no chance of freezing them out. Oh, she also has bare wood floors. Yowie -- If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones. |
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