I have fleas.

[missyny]

Fucking FLEAS!

I have treated the animals but I keep waking up with more every morning! Nobody else gets bitten, just me. I want to rip my skin off!!!!!!

I cannot control myself when I'm itchy. I'm the worst! I want to tear this shit open and pour alcohol all over myself.

[Jalapeñomel]

Put borax in your vacuum cleaner!

[saraandmichael]

ugh. we recently had them on the dogs. fleas take forever to get rid of.

how do you treat your animals?

[TrickyBob]

Have you washed all the bedding and everything down with hot water?

My Mom has the same issue, we looked it up and if you use food grade (NOT pool) diatomaceous earth on the rug VERY lightly and small patches around the house, it will kill them. It's safe for kids/pets, but a tiny amount goes a long way.

[missyny]

We don't have rugs; it's all hardwood. And though that seems great, I'm thinking maybe it isn't b/c maybe they're living in my couch and BED! IDFK!?

I have treated the animals with Advantage. It was just yesterday, so i don't expect things to be gone yet.

My bedding is currently in the dryer and that is why I'm still up. I washed in HOT water.

[TrickyBob]

Aug 8, 2012 22:39:50 GMT -5 missyny said:

We don't have rugs; it's all hardwood. And though that seems great, I'm thinking maybe it isn't b/c maybe they're living in my couch and BED! IDFK!?

I have treated the animals with Advantage. It was just yesterday, so i don't expect things to be gone yet.

My bedding is currently in the dryer and that is why I'm still up. I washed in HOT water.

Put some under the couch. Sprinkle some under your bed/between your mattress and boxspring. Put a LIGHT layer under your sheets.

[missyny]

Off to google!

thanks!!

[jennysmitten]

Baking soda will also work.

[missyny]

Aug 8, 2012 22:47:12 GMT -5 jennysmitten said:

Baking soda will also work.

what do I do with it? Sprinkle it around?

[Jalapeñomel]

Are you sure you don't have bed bugs?

[missyny]

Aug 8, 2012 22:51:35 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Are you sure you don't have bed bugs?

dude. don't even!

for real, though, yeah. I'm quite certain this is fleas.
1. My dog has them bad right now.
2. the cats have them.
3. I've seen them! :@ +o( :-(
4. don't scare the piss out of me!!!!!!
5. besides, nobody else has the bites and I'm always a magnet for mosquitoes and fleas for some reason.

[Jalapeñomel]

The Advantix should take care of the fleas on the pets in 24 hours. The fleas will actually be attracted to them, and then they will die off.

[birdistheword]

Get Comfortis pills from your vet! It is a miracle pill! It kills fleas within 30 minutes. It's only for dogs, but I'm sure there is some kind of alternative for cats.

[sawyerthedestroyer]

Ditto Comfortis. Nothing else worked for us.

[medicmommy]

Ugh... If I had a choice between flea infested animals and lice infested children, I would choose lice. Fleas are horrrrrible.

[VeryViolet]

Bomb the crap out of your house while all of your pets are at the groomer getting a flea bath.

[Deleted]

If this happens on the regular with your pets, geta bed bug mattress incasement. It covers the entire mattress, not just the top. Also, put a flea collar in your vac canister. Vac your mattresses and anything else that cannot be washed.

[flamingeaux]

We use this stuff, and it's the shit. Starts working within minutes. Our vet turned us on to it.

We just spray her if we see her itching more than regular, and for good measure we spray the couch and carpet. It has an alcohol odor for about 30 minutes but after that I don't notice it.
I've found it at Wal-Mart and Petsmart.

[celeste]

We just started using Program tablets with our cat. After a year of Advantage and Frontline not doing a damn thing, a combination of Program and Capstar tablets finally did the trick. Good luck!

[poppyseed]

Another vote for Comfortis. The topical stuff has never worked with our dogs. Trifexis is good too, I think it also covers heartworms.

[hey]

Revolution for the cats. Comfortis for the dogs. We switched to Advantix II, because it was cheaper, but we are going back to Comfortis.

[aliciar6]

do you keep the animals out of the bedroom?

we moved the dog out of the bedroom in part because of that and because she kept waking me up all night long.

we keep the cat out due to FI's allergies...

so no more fleas in our bed.

then i vacuumed like crazy and steam cleaned the house.

if FI actually had kept up with putting the flea and tick control stuff on the dog, we'd never have the problem...so i'm the one who makes sure it's done now.

[saraandmichael]

I agree with the comfortis. When the dogs had them a few months ago I had to finally go to the vet because the advantix wouldn't get rid of them on the dogs. He said the fleas have built an immunity to it and its no really effective anymore.

You also need to flea bomb your house. I put one in every room and you need to be out of the house for at least four hours.

Also, the life cycle of the flea is larvae to egg to adult. Its almost a three month cycle, so you may still find them in the home for a while. I had to bomb twice. Bomb the house, then vacuum it all up. Put the contents on the vacuum in a sealed bag outside. Clean your canister out with clorox wipes.

Sorry...its such a pain in the ass. And this year has sucked for fleas in florida because it never got cold enough to kill off the ones from last year during the winter so we had to treat the lawn as well.