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Jul 8, 2024
8:43:45am
NumbersGuy Contributor
A few tips:
(edited to fix spelling errors)

Vacuume every day and empty the bag in the trash outside the house every day.

This is because fleas will lay eggs in rugs, carpets, upholstery, couches, bedding, etc, and when you vacuum you don't want them to hatch in the vacuum and then crawl out and return to the house. Vacuuming is great because even if it doesn't suck them up, it disturbes the eggs and triggers them to hatch. That sounds bad, but flea bombs don't always kill the eggs and so then after bombing/spraying more will hatch when you walk by and they sense your body heat and the vibrations caused by a potential host walking by. This is why sometimes when people treat for fleas they feel like they keep coming back. It's the next generation's eggs that you didn't kill that are waiting around to hatch. They can stay waiting around for months before they hatch if left undisturbed, so vacuuming is great because it forces them to hatch and/or sucks them up before they can hatch.

Wash your sheets and other bedding on hot and dry them on high heat. This will kill adults and eggs.

Wear long socks for awhile and long pants. White socks will help you see them on you and then you can get them off easily with a lint roller. This will help keep them off of you and so they won't be able to find a host as easily. Without a host they will eventually die off, although it can take a few weeks of consistent cleaning.

Terro sells flea traps that work well at luring and trapping fleas.

Honestly, I think consistently vacuuming your house, especially the carpeted areas, rugs, and upholstery, is the best thing you can do. Vacuume your mattress thoroughly when you wash the bedding.

After a few weeks of vacuuming, if you don't have a pet or wild animals around for them to find as a host, they should eventually die off. They can be hard to get rid of though, so I would just start vacuuming like crazy before you notice more of them.

Fleascience.com has a lot of great info. There is a lot of misinformation floating around about fleas, and that site cites peer reviewed journals that study fleas.

I hope this helps. Good luck.
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