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Cleaning for the fleas
"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: Let your house get very cold during the winter. Fleas cannot survive it. I've never had fleas on my dogs or cats, ever. No fleas would survive -3C, which I have had in my house during the winter . Both myself and Boyfie didn't notice it as we both have good duvets. His is 13 tog and mine is 15. For how long do you need to keep it that cold, until the fleas die off? A day or two? A week? Not that that's an option where I live - I'm just curious. I don't know. My woodburner goes out if I do and also overnight. If we get really bad winter weather like last year, -10c to -15c for a while, I don't think fleas could survive - although I've never had fleas on my dogs or cats ever, even in the summer. I groom a lot, maybe that disturbs the one flea that tried her chance. They do like centrally heated warm homes. They don't have any chance here during the winter. I haven't studied the lifestyle of fleas, but they certainly don't survive my winter house. |
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"dgk" wrote in message news On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:00:30 +0000 (UTC), Bastette wrote: Christina Websell wrote: Let your house get very cold during the winter. Fleas cannot survive it. I've never had fleas on my dogs or cats, ever. No fleas would survive -3C, which I have had in my house during the winter . Both myself and Boyfie didn't notice it as we both have good duvets. His is 13 tog and mine is 15. For how long do you need to keep it that cold, until the fleas die off? A day or two? A week? Not that that's an option where I live - I'm just curious. And good duvet or not, I notice that kind of thing. And the cats would be phoning the heat complaint hotline. grin If I found a heat complaint hotline I would dial it myself. |
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"William Hamblen" wrote in message m... On 2012-10-24, Christina Websell wrote: Let your house get very cold during the winter. Fleas cannot survive it. I've never had fleas on my dogs or cats, ever. No fleas would survive -3C, which I have had in my house during the winter . Both myself and Boyfie didn't notice it as we both have good duvets. His is 13 tog and mine is 15. What about the plumbing? Bud It survives as long as it doesn't get to -10C or worse outside. If there's a hint of this, I put a gas fire on overnight. I think it was 2010 when the temps got so bad for so long that my toilet inside froze. Despite heating my bathroom the overflow pipe took in so much cold air from outside that the cistern froze up. Fleas like warm houses. If I ever had them in the house - I don't think I ever have - they just couldn't survive it during the winter. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... It survives as long as it doesn't get to -10C or worse outside. If there's a hint of this, I put a gas fire on overnight. I think it was 2010 when the temps got so bad for so long that my toilet inside froze. Despite heating my bathroom the overflow pipe took in so much cold air from outside that the cistern froze up. Fleas like warm houses. If I ever had them in the house - I don't think I ever have - they just couldn't survive it during the winter. I can't help but ask why you don't heat your home as other people do? I'm only getting part of this thread with my NR so may have missed that part. We keep our home at 72F through the winter. |
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On 2012-11-30, Christina Websell wrote:
"William Hamblen" wrote in message m... On 2012-10-24, Christina Websell wrote: Let your house get very cold during the winter. Fleas cannot survive it. I've never had fleas on my dogs or cats, ever. No fleas would survive -3C, which I have had in my house during the winter . Both myself and Boyfie didn't notice it as we both have good duvets. His is 13 tog and mine is 15. What about the plumbing? Bud It survives as long as it doesn't get to -10C or worse outside. If there's a hint of this, I put a gas fire on overnight. I think it was 2010 when the temps got so bad for so long that my toilet inside froze. Despite heating my bathroom the overflow pipe took in so much cold air from outside that the cistern froze up. Fleas like warm houses. If I ever had them in the house - I don't think I ever have - they just couldn't survive it during the winter. I've never had a broken pipe, but I have had frozen toilets and that is inconvenient. Bud |
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"William Hamblen" wrote in message ... On 2012-11-30, Christina Websell wrote: "William Hamblen" wrote in message m... On 2012-10-24, Christina Websell wrote: Let your house get very cold during the winter. Fleas cannot survive it. I've never had fleas on my dogs or cats, ever. No fleas would survive -3C, which I have had in my house during the winter . Both myself and Boyfie didn't notice it as we both have good duvets. His is 13 tog and mine is 15. What about the plumbing? Bud It survives as long as it doesn't get to -10C or worse outside. If there's a hint of this, I put a gas fire on overnight. I think it was 2010 when the temps got so bad for so long that my toilet inside froze. Despite heating my bathroom the overflow pipe took in so much cold air from outside that the cistern froze up. Fleas like warm houses. If I ever had them in the house - I don't think I ever have - they just couldn't survive it during the winter. I've never had a broken pipe, but I have had frozen toilets and that is inconvenient. Bud I'd call that an understatement. Joy |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in
: It survives as long as it doesn't get to -10C or worse outside. If there's a hint of this, I put a gas fire on overnight. I think it was 2010 when the temps got so bad for so long that my toilet inside froze. Despite heating my bathroom the overflow pipe took in so much cold air from outside that the cistern froze up. Fleas like warm houses. If I ever had them in the house - I don't think I ever have - they just couldn't survive it during the winter. Wow, that's the coldest I've ever heard of anyone keeping their house. (That was terrible grammar, but it's late and I'm stupid.) I keep the thermostat set at 50 in the winter, but I only turn it on if I'm home and awake. So the apartment gets reasonably warm at least once during the day. I don't let it go much lower because the cats don't like it. They have heated beds, and in the winter don't do much but stay in them. Chak -- I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-evaluate your life. --Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes |
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"Chak" wrote in message
... "Christina Websell" wrote in : It survives as long as it doesn't get to -10C or worse outside. If there's a hint of this, I put a gas fire on overnight. I think it was 2010 when the temps got so bad for so long that my toilet inside froze. Despite heating my bathroom the overflow pipe took in so much cold air from outside that the cistern froze up. Fleas like warm houses. If I ever had them in the house - I don't think I ever have - they just couldn't survive it during the winter. Wow, that's the coldest I've ever heard of anyone keeping their house. (That was terrible grammar, but it's late and I'm stupid.) I keep the thermostat set at 50 in the winter, but I only turn it on if I'm home and awake. So the apartment gets reasonably warm at least once during the day. I don't let it go much lower because the cats don't like it. They have heated beds, and in the winter don't do much but stay in them. Chak -- I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-evaluate your life. --Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes Reasonably warm? You call 50 F reasonably warm? Remind me never to visit you in the winter. ;-) Joy |
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I keep the upstairs at 72 F during the day and 60 F at night. The
downstairs (bedrooms and bathroom) is not heated. The furnace radiates enough heat to keep it in the low sixties. It helps that the downstairs is about half below ground. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44� 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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On Sunday, December 2, 2012 1:52:46 AM UTC-5, Joy wrote:
Wow, that's the coldest I've ever heard of anyone keeping their house. (That was terrible grammar, but it's late and I'm stupid.) I keep the thermostat set at 50 in the winter, but I only turn it on if I'm home and awake. So the apartment gets reasonably warm at least once during the day. I don't let it go much lower because the cats don't like it. They have heated beds, and in the winter don't do much but stay in them. Chak -- I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-evaluate your life. --Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes Reasonably warm? You call 50 F reasonably warm? Remind me never to visit you in the winter. ;-) The lowest temperature I can set my heater is 60F. I usually set it around 65-68F. But I always turn my heater off at night. Don't need it with my warm blanket. Plus it gets very dry with the heater on, and I don't want to bother with a humidifier. I live in a highrise and it is warmer than in a house, except maybe on the top and ground floor. I know a neighbour who never uses her heater. despite our brutal winter with temperatures down to the -20Cs. It gets worse when there is a wind chill. Then it can go down to -30Cs. -- Winnie Joy |
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