Getting fleas out of an apartment?

Question

Well, you know how it goes, get one flea and you end up with 50,000 of them. I do have cats and treated them for it, the problem went away for about a week but a couple of days after treating them I sent them to my Mother's since I needed some work done on my apartment and shortly after the fleas came back (possibly since the cats aren't here they don't die from the advantage right after jumping on the cats, so they just hatch and bite me). Unfortunately, I'm already having allergy problems from some medication I was on that has made me super sensitive to EVERYTHING, including flea bites.

I'm wary of using poisons for a number of reasons (see above about allergies and sensitivities), I also live in a very small (less than 300 sq ft studio) and am worried about setting off a fogger since they can be dangerous in small spaces. I also don't want it seeping under the walls and getting into my neighbors apartments. Lastly, I don't like the idea of coating my apartment in poison. 

Any good remedies? Or should I just wait until my cats get back and let the Advantage take care of the problem as it has in the past? It may be a while before I can get them back, I've already been waiting 3 weeks and my multiple complaints about the work not being done have yielded no results, so I'm not expecting it to be done any time soon.

? · Accepted Answer

Hey this might sound crazy but it really does work.   Get a flat pan and put water and liquid dishwashing in it.  Mix it so it has a film over the water.  Then put it under a night light at night when you turn off all the other lights.  During the night the fleas will jump in the water and get trapped.

Tom C · Answer

I've read that fleas are very hard to get rid of becuase it takes multiple treatments to finally rid your home of them.  They lay eggs that hatch up to a few weeks later.  Therefore, if you spray poison and kill all of the active fleas, baby fleas will continue to hatch for up to two or three weeks and re-infest your home.  If I were you I would call a professional pest control business and get some quotes.  It probably won't cost very much to have a professional pest control company come in and eradicate the problem and they probably have access to treatment methods that would not aggravate your allergies.  Good luck.

Kelli · Answer

I hate to use them, but I would say your best bet is to use a fogger. As a manager of rental properties, I have had to deal with ridding properties of fleas, and the only thing that worked to rid a house of fleas was multiple foggers.

Getting fleas out of an apartment?

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