Help me get rid of fleas!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kazzy2312]

I know i should prob type this question in animals and nature but i never get many replys there.

So anyway heres the problem i noticed 2 weeks back that we have a new addition to the family FLEAS! Ive never had them in the house before so was extremly annoyed.
I changed both the cats flea collars and gave them both a treatment of frontline, i also bought 8 flea bombs off ebay @ £30!
After doing all of this and vaccuming regularly and washing all bedding etc i have woken this morning to find out my partner has had 6 fleas land on his foot/ankles

Please help me does anyone have any tips or treatments that work 100% i cant afford to keep buying these things that dont work, its expensive @ £30 a time plus frontline @ £14 a time and flea collars @ £4+

[ummmm]

Do your cats go outside?

[Jemisa]

SO what you're saying is you've got fleas in your BED? - YUKK!!

[kazzy2312]

No fleas in bed lol

He came down stairs to make a cup of tea and they were on his foot from walking around

[kazzy2312]

Yes both cats go outside

[poodicat]

Frontline is the business,but you also need to go to the vet or ebay and get a spray, then you have too spray the carpets and alike,fumigate the room,close all doors

[ummmm]

Then don't put collars on them. They are dangerous.

Mine has fleas...we use frontline but it seems to be a case of keeping them under control.

[A.Guest]

////I know i should prob type this question in animals and nature but i never get many replys there. /////

Not surprising really - you've only been a member for 20 minutes and not asked a question before!

[kazzy2312]

Why are they dangerous?

Hmm i used the bob martin flea fumigation pack last saturday i put 1 bomb in each room and closed the door, had to leave the house for 2-4 hours then when you come back run in undo all windows and leave the house again for 30 mins

I thought this had done the trick i guess not :(

[ummmm]

Because cats climb trees and get their collars caught.

[kazzy2312]

I have been a member before but cant remeber my log in details its been that long since i asked a question

My old username is middkazsam

[poodicat]

Kazzy,sorry bob martins stuff is rubbish,the vet will sell you the stuff you need its highly toxic,but it works really well,speak to the vetinary practise on advice on how use,they are really helpful,the eggs are really tiny like grains of sand..

[pastafreak]

The best product I have used is RIP...it's available in Vets or online...not cheap,but it worked. I had a HUGE infestation a few years ago when a neighbours cat got in...my own moggy at the time was an indoors cat. I sprayed every room...and vacuumed several times a day. It will take a week or so-but with that and Frontline-the cycle will be broken. RIP will then continue to work for 6 months.

[pastafreak]

I agree also-collars are dangerous...and Bob Martin stuff is rubbish...a waste of money.

[boxtops]

You need to get to the vets pdq tomorrow morning and buy a house clearance spray (or the bombs suggested here). What's happening is that the fleas are lying in wait (like at the edge of the sofa in the carpet) then hopping out when your BF walks past - classic flea behavious.
Please don't use frontline AND a flea collar on your cats - no need for both, you will be overdosing them on flea treatement - and I have said before that I would NEVER put a collar on any of my cats ever again, after Rover hearly hung himself when he got his collar caught in a hook. There are so many stories of cats getting caught on bushes and trees and the collar strangling them, even if they are elastic collars. Frontline or Advocate will do the trick - no need for a collar as well.

[pastafreak]

http://www.vetuk.co.u...xtra-600ml-can-p-1504

[daffy654]

http://www.hyperdrug....0ml/productinfo/NUVS/

This is the best stuff I have ever used for getting rid of fleas around the home. Treating the animal but not the home is counter-productive as the animals will be reinfested by the fleas in furnishings etc. Fleas can live in carpets and soft furnishings for a very long time!

[kazzy2312]

Thanks for all your answers :)