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Old October 19th 08, 11:14 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Yowie
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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
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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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Old October 19th 08, 11:26 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old October 19th 08, 11:29 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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.




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Old October 19th 08, 11:42 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Pat" wrote in
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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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Old October 19th 08, 11:51 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"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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Old October 19th 08, 11:55 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Yowie" wrote in message
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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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Old October 20th 08, 12:12 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old October 20th 08, 12:34 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old October 20th 08, 05:32 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old October 20th 08, 09:45 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"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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