Fleas! Seriously fleas!

[shankyknitter]

I don't know where the buggers came from, since they're just in my room thus far. Cleaning and vacuuming with the flea killer stuff, been doing laundry all day to kill the itchy buggers. I don't have a dog or a cat or anything. I have a hedgehog who gets looked over for riders whenever I take him outside to make sure he doesn't get mites. Mites are smaller than fleas so I have to look closely at him so clearly they didn't come from him.

My legs look like I have the plague from the amount of flea bites. I'm allergic to fleas so the damned bites look infected when they aren't.

Most annoying place for a bug bite? Between your toes. Ask me how I know.

[Exaspera]

Gaaaah! They have bitten the crap out of me in my lifetime, too!

What about a fogger? Minus animal in the room, of course. You have to use them about 3 times in 6 weeks to kill the parents, then the children, then the rest of the relatives that have hatched.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Never really dealt with fleas, but mosquitos love me. And my dad. My brother and mom...they have no problem. Grr.

[Exaspera]

Ditto bookstore, I am "the canary in the coalmine," so to speak. I was at a pool party last night and who had to drag out and apply her Deep Woods Off towelette, me!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Oh, and spiders. <shudder>

[Jack]

Foggers are for flying insects. Fleas hide in the carpet and behind things and the fogger won't really reach. You'll need a jug of flea killer with [Flea/Insect] Growth Regulator in. Stops them reproducing. Spray over the carpet and cloth furniture, along baseboards, behind everything, etc.

[Exaspera]

Foggers are for flying insects. Fleas hide in the carpet and behind things and the fogger won't really reach. You'll need a jug of flea killer with [Flea/Insect] Growth Regulator in. Stops them reproducing. Spray over the carpet and cloth furniture, along baseboards, behind everything, etc.

There are special foggers that include fleas. They have always worked for me.

[Der Cute]

Flamethrower. End of story.

But, really...use a bug bomb/fogger for the room, and mix 1c borax and 1c baking soda. Sprinkle on carpet, brush in w/ broom. Let sit for a day. Vacuum up, and vacuum religiously like once a day.

Those little fuckers are annoying...I HATE fleas.

C

[DeltaSierra]

Diatomaceous Earth works well too. Sprinkle it on the carpets/floors/cracks/room edges.

[shankyknitter]

Flamethrower. End of story.

Debating it! I think we finally figured out where they came from. I went camping memorial day weekend and we think they hitched back in my luggage. Since I didn't open my luggage until a week ago and stupidly failed to wash the blanket I took... well you see where I'm going.

We can't use anything that's in the air, there's a 5 month old in the house and we don't want to use anything more harmful than the carpet stuff and doing laundry. Therefore the most effective things (foggers and bug bombs) are right out. ::sob::

[r2cagle]

I think you can use tea tree oil with your wash and in your body soap and lotion to keep them from biting you. The deal is you'll want to keep them buggers from finding a blood host from anyone in the house. So keeping them confined to your room is good for the 5 month old. If you can keep them from biting you, they will die off after a couple of weeks.

I'd also try tea tree oil diluted with some water to spray around the carpet, windows and doors. You can also use apple cider vinegar in a bath to relieve itching... and if the bite marks are reallyitchy... rub an aspirin over the bites.

[Flying Grype]

If they're your typical cat/dog fleas, they won't be able to reproduce just by eating human blood (they need carnivore blood, if I understand correctly) but they will live a long time and continue biting.

It may be worth it to take a weekend vacation and fog the place while you're away. It will kill the fleas.

[trailerparkmedic]

It may be worth it to take a weekend vacation and fog the place while you're away. It will kill the fleas.

Before Frontline came out, that's what we did whenever my huskie brought fleas inside. Fogging is suprisingly effective.

[Flying Grype]

Frontline is awesome stuff, it's what my mother uses on her dog (and I think on the cats too, if there's a cat version, or maybe it's Advantage). But in the OP's situation there's no animal in the house that is the primary food source for the fleas, and I don't think there's Frontline for humans.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Diatomaceous Earth works well too. Sprinkle it on the carpets/floors/cracks/room edges.

Beat me to it. This works great, and will also get rid of roaches and every other thing you don't want in your house.

And it's not toxic. Just make sure to wear a dust mask and avoid kicking up a lot of dust while you are putting it down. It will settle and be fairly safe at that point. You just don't want to inhale it.