Flea treatment is performed if signs of parasites appear indoors: itching, red dots on the legs. Fleas can jump high, so it is recommended to treat the object at a level of 1-1.5 m from the floor. Insects hide in crevices; they are not constantly on the pet’s body. To destroy pests, complex treatment is required: both the premises and the animals.
It is necessary to treat your apartment for fleas if you have a pet.
How fleas get into an apartment
To get rid of parasites forever, it is necessary to eliminate not only the consequences, but also the cause.
Methods for fleas to enter living spaces:
- on fur: a pet becomes infected on the street, more often from other animals, but fleas can also get onto the body of a dog or cat from the ground;
- on the soles of shoes from the street, parasite eggs are transferred in this way;
- together with birds, for example, if the nest is close to a window or balcony;
- from neighboring apartments in the process of disinfestation;
- from basements, in non-residential premises there is a high level of humidity, such a habitat is suitable for parasites.
Treating your apartment for fleas
Products for treating apartments against fleas.
The disinfestation procedure should be done quickly, trying to simultaneously clean the animals of parasites and carry out a general cleaning of the premises. This will destroy some of the insects.
If there are no pets in the house, but there are signs of fleas, it is necessary to carry out deratization: at the same time, the basement is cleared of small rodents, which can also be carriers of fleas.
This measure allows you to eliminate the main reason for the penetration of parasites into the apartment.
Preparing the premises
The rooms are inspected: you need to look for insect eggs. If infested heavily, they may be scattered in visible places. The offspring of fleas look like sand. You need to remove all eggs found with a broom and dustpan. However, most of them will remain hidden in hard-to-reach places, where parasites live. Considering that most drugs do not affect eggs, the object is re-sanitized after 10-14 days.
You need to inspect the premises; the larvae are found in dark, damp places: behind the sink, under flower pots, under boxes with vegetables or a trash can.
Adults can settle in different places:
- behind the baseboard;
- between the carpet pile;
- In the bed;
- inside soft toys;
- in crevices;
- under the sink;
- behind furniture and inside cabinets;
- on the sleeping places of pets.
Other recommendations for preparing the room for treatment:
- Furniture is moved away from the walls, because vertical surfaces also need to be sprayed with insecticide.
- You need to remove the aquarium from the premises, if there is one, and remove the animals.
- There should be no hygiene items, food, or personal items in the room. They will be sprayed with a toxic substance.
- Animal bedding and soft toys should be thrown away in case of severe contamination or washed at high temperature in an automatic machine (+90°C).
- General cleaning is carried out: if possible, you need to clean all hard-to-reach places.
- Bed linen is also exposed to boiling water. Blankets and pillows can be taken outside and left in direct sunlight.
- Furniture is cleared of things.
It is not recommended to use a vacuum cleaner in the fight against blood-sucking insects. Eggs and larvae will not die from this, but may remain in the cracks of the mechanism, and from there they will again enter the room.
Stages of disinfestation
To get rid of fleas in your apartment once and for all, you need to properly carry out disinfestation.
If you plan to carry out pest control of the apartment yourself, you need to follow the instructions:
- Prepare gloves and a respirator. It is necessary to carry out the treatment in closed clothes and wear a hat.
- Windows and doors are pre-closed. This measure allows you to increase the concentration of insecticides in the air, due to which the death of parasites occurs faster.
- The poisonous substance is applied using different methods: with a brush or spray. The latter is the most effective, because first the insecticide enters the air and then ends up on the treated surface. The poison should be applied to the floor, walls up to a level of 1-1.5 m, the back walls of furniture, baseboards, internal surfaces of interior items, hidden areas, for example, the space under and on top of the window sill, and the area under the sink.
- After a few hours (days), the room is ventilated. Surfaces need to be cleaned gradually: first those that are used more often, and after 3-4 weeks you can do a general cleaning to remove insecticide residues from the walls and furniture.
Disinsection of the premises if there is a child in the house
If you need to protect family members from exposure to harmful substances, use different methods:
- Freezing. When the air temperature drops below -20°C, the parasites die. This measure can be taken in winter. At the same time, windows are opened for a long period. However, in a residential area there is a risk of damage to communications, because in the cold the pipes will freeze and burst after defrosting.
- Exposure to high temperatures: +50°C and above. It is recommended to use a steam generator. Hot steam allows you to destroy parasites instantly. Under these conditions, fleas will die within minutes. This method is safe for children. However, there may be restrictions on the use of a steam generator, since not all materials withstand high temperatures equally well.
- Professional pest control. Its advantage is high speed of work execution and efficiency. Exterminators use drugs that can even kill flea eggs. However, re-processing is not always necessary. This will reduce the risk of poisoning a child, since he will have less contact with toxic substances.
More options on how to get rid of fleas in an apartment.
When the work is completed and the room is cleaned, it is recommended to further protect it from fleas. To achieve this, general cleaning is carried out weekly, and it is important to pay attention even to remote areas.
Animals are wearing special collars before going outside.
It is necessary to improve the quality of care for pillows and blankets: they are regularly ventilated in the fresh air. Potential flea entry points are treated with crayons containing insecticides. This is a window, a ventilation hole, pipe joints in ceilings, etc.
How is the processing carried out?
Treating an apartment for fleas is an event, the price of which depends on the area of the room, the chosen method and insecticidal preparation, and individual characteristics. You can find out the cost of the procedure from a consultant at SES “Des Group”.
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The strategy for dealing with bed fleas on your own is very different from how a professional room is treated. Experienced specialists develop an action plan depending on the size of the population, the time of the first appearance of ectoparasites in the apartment, and the characteristics of their life cycle.
Particular attention is paid to the treatment of hidden places - folds, crevices in the floor, cracks, space under the baseboard. To destroy bed fleas, a modern, proven insecticide with a prolonged action is used. The toxic substance has a detrimental effect on the body of pests for two months. A fog generator is used to spray the insecticide. The smallest particles of the toxic component settle on all surfaces of the room, penetrate into all cracks and hard-to-reach places.
The basis of flea remedies
The level of effectiveness of the drug depends on the type of substances that are included in the composition.
Possible options:
- pyrethroids;
- organophosphorus compounds.
These options are most often used in everyday life. The first group includes permethrin, deltamethrin, cypermethrin, tetramethrin, etc. Organophosphorus compounds are: malathion, diazinon, chlorpyrifos. Insecticides have a negative effect on the nervous system of parasites. As a result, insects lose the ability to reproduce, move, and eat food. They quickly die from lack of food and the influence of toxic substances.
Controlling fleas in pets
As a rule, it is pets that bring fleas into the apartment, and therefore it is important to ensure that the pet is protected. The main way to prevent fleas from appearing on an animal is with special collars. Of course, their effectiveness is far from ideal, but this is the best method of prevention at the moment.
Several ways of fighting can be identified:
- Flea drops. The drops contain substances that have a toxic effect on fleas, but are relatively safe for animals.
- Flea shampoos. Similar to drops, but with the difference that they are used, as the name implies, as shampoo.
- Flea sprays. Easy to apply, convenient to use, can be easily used in nature.
- Flea tablets. They are often subject to justified (and not so) criticism. And this is logical, since the owners are concerned about the potential load on the liver and excretory system. But here it is worth understanding that before going on sale, all products undergo lengthy testing.
Choice of drug
It is necessary to consider products in different forms of release, and you can choose the most suitable option. It is not always permissible to use drugs with volatile components. For example, if there are children in the house, they often give preference to concentrated solutions, using the method of treating surfaces with a brush.
Aerosols
The advantage of this option is its complex effect: parasites are influenced by external and internal negative factors. When sprayed, the insecticide in the form of a fine suspended mixture enters the body through the respiratory tract.
A significant proportion of the toxic substance settles on the outer integument of insects. In addition, poison particles fall on the chitinous shell when moving along treated surfaces. As a result, the fleas will die faster.
Common products in this group:
- Raid.
- Dichlorvos.
- Karbofos.
- Clean house.
- Raptor.
You can use ready-made preparations in aerosol form. However, the poisonous substance is easy to prepare yourself. To do this, purchase a concentrated liquid. It is prepared (diluted if necessary) and poured into a container with a spray bottle.
This provides an effect similar to the effect of an aerosol. However, the suspension at the outlet of the spray bottle turns out to be larger and settles faster on the surface. The disadvantage of the aerosol is its low effectiveness when the intensity of infection has increased.
Concentrates for dilution
Such preparations contain potent insecticides. Some of them even destroy flea eggs (for example, Tetrix). The disadvantage of this group of products is the high level of danger to humans. However, the parasites die in a matter of minutes.
Flea remedy - Forssyth.
However, re-processing is not always necessary. It is not carried out if a drug was used that destroys offspring and adults. In addition, concentrates must be properly diluted; the level of effectiveness also depends on this.
Examples of drugs in this group:
- Executioner;
- Get;
- Forsyth;
- Delta Zone.
Using dusts
This method is less effective, since the likelihood of the parasite coming into contact with the toxic substance is low. It is necessary to treat a large area, which is difficult, because the premises are residential and some of the powder will spread throughout the apartment. In addition, dusts cannot be used to treat vertical surfaces. The advantages include easy use, low cost, and lack of pronounced odor. Examples of powders: Karbofos, Clean House.
Security measures
When sprayed, the concentrate gets on the skin and mucous membranes, so work should be done while wearing gloves, a respirator, safety glasses, a headscarf and a closed uniform. Precautionary measures help prevent poisoning.
When certain types of insecticides enter the human body, nausea, dizziness, diarrhea, and weakness in the body occur. The doctor should prescribe symptomatic treatment. You can also purchase medications yourself at the pharmacy: sorbents in tablets or powder.
Processing should not be carried out near open flame sources. This is due to the fact that some products (usually aerosols) contain flammable substances. After the procedure, you need to wash your hands, face with soap, and eyes with clean water. You should also rinse your mouth.
Folk remedies for treatment
Folk remedies for fleas.
To shorten the period of disinsection, while increasing the effectiveness of the methods used, you can consider the option of using folk remedies.
Available recipes:
- Bitterness contained in herbs: tansy, wormwood. A concentrated infusion is prepared; it is recommended to keep it in a dark room for 12 hours, then the herb will release more nutrients to the liquid. The resulting product is used to treat all surfaces where fleas may live.
- Pine sawdust repels parasites, but does not destroy them, so this method is used simultaneously with others.
- Caucasian chamomile. The plant contains a natural insecticide - a group of pyrethrins. It is enough to spread it around the room, the smell will repel parasites. This method is used to prevent infection of an object.
- Dry mixture of soda and salt. It is scattered around the room instead of dust. After 12 hours, the mixture can be swept out, then the procedure is repeated.
- Garlic and brewer's yeast. Prepare the garlic cloves and chop them. Then the components are mixed and the room is treated. The disadvantage of the product is the presence of a smell in the room, which then takes a long time to dissipate.
- Ammonia and vinegar. The components are mixed and all surfaces are treated. This will create a strong odor in the room.
Destruction of fleas in basements prices for legal entities
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Treatment of COLD and HOT MIST generators with imported preparations
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What to do if everyone starts itching
Fleas are small insects (2-6 mm in length); it is difficult to see them when infesting a room due to their high speed of movement.
The main symptom is itching in the lower extremities; fleas cannot jump higher. The bites itch, causing scratching to appear. If you are prone to allergies, red spots and bumps appear. In most cases, bites leave dots.
To make sure that parasites are present in the house, you need to detect activity at a level of 1 m above the floor, in the habitats of pets, near carpets. Here you can see fast moving dark dots. They are better visible against a light background. Fleas do not live on animals; they jump on them to get a portion of blood. In case of severe infection, different individuals are constantly on the pet. For this reason, it may appear that fleas are living on his body.
Insects prefer special conditions: dark, damp places, hidden, remote areas of premises. Fleas multiply, leaving eggs everywhere - up to 10 pieces. per day from each individual. The offspring are not fixed on anything, as in the case of lice (on the hair), this facilitates their spread.
After 7-10 days, larvae emerge from the shell. Gradually they turn into insects called nymphs. After 10-30 days they pupate, after which adults emerge that are capable of biting a living creature. For comparison, at the initial stage of development, the larvae feed on waste.
When adult fleas grow, bite marks immediately appear on people’s bodies, and at the same time, itching.
If such signs occur, you need to create an algorithm for further actions:
- destroy fleas on an animal;
- at the same time they clean the room, it is enough to clean the walls and floor, clean the carpets;
- carry out disinfestation of the facility;
- after 14 days, it is necessary to re-treat the infected premises with insecticides, because at the end of this period, larvae emerge from the eggs.
We destroy fleas on your four-legged pet.
To remove fleas from an animal, you need to purchase sprays or drops at a pet store. It is better to buy drops of long-term, prolonged action, so that the animal is protected for a long time and you have time to destroy fleas in the apartment, without fear that they will jump on your pet again. When using shampoos, it is necessary to protect the animal from fleas a second time and put a flea collar on it. The instructions must be strictly followed. Spray the animal's rug. If possible, it is better to carry out the treatment outside so that the fleas that have jumped off do not remain in your apartment.
Products for treating pets
Available options:
- drops;
- pills;
- shampoos;
- collars.
The first option is considered the most effective even with severe infection. In this case, the toxic substance remains on the skin and fur of the animal, which will destroy insects and prevent other parasites from entering the body of the cat or dog in the future. The tablets act from the inside - they create unsuitable conditions for fleas to live in, affect the composition of the blood, which prevents insects from continuing to bite the pet.
Shampoos are a preventative measure. Such drugs repel, they do not destroy pests. This is important to consider when in contact with other animals on the street. Collars are also a preventative measure. They exist in different types. For small animals, options containing natural ingredients are used. Adult pets are given collars impregnated with insecticides.
Facilities:
- Leopard;
- Advantix;
- Kiltix;
- Frontline et al.
To cure an animal, it is better to use drops or tablets. At the same time, shampoos or collars (only one of these options) are used for prevention.
Preparing the premises for disinfection
Before starting the fight against parasites, it is necessary to properly prepare the room. Make sure you are dealing with fleas first.
First step: identifying the insect and identifying the source of infestation
Externally, fleas are easy to distinguish from other insects. They have a characteristic flattened body of yellow, brown or black color and four pairs of legs, one of which allows them to jump up to one and a half meters in height. Flea bites are usually localized in the leg area, arranged in a chain and are very itchy.
Favorite habitats of parasites:
- carpets and upholstered furniture;
- bed sheets;
- pet hair and bedding;
- Stuffed Toys;
- dusty, hard-to-reach spaces under furniture.
Fleas move very quickly, so disinsection of one part of the apartment is not enough. The entire room will have to be treated. It is advisable to enlist the support of your neighbors and get rid of annoying insects at the same time.
Apartment processing rules
Treatment of your home will be much more effective and safe if you follow the rules for preparing for the disinfestation event.
- Remove children and pets from the premises. If there is an aquarium in the apartment, cover it with a thick cloth and turn off the compressor.
- If possible, move furniture away from the walls. Send bedspreads, bed linen, pillowcases for washing.
- Wash the floor and walls thoroughly.
- Proceed to treat the premises with the selected insecticide, following the safety rules and dosage specified by the manufacturer.
- After finishing, leave the room for the maximum possible period of time, from several hours to a day. When you return, ventilate the apartment well.
When working with an insecticide, protect your skin and respiratory tract: use gloves and a respirator.
How to remove insects from a sofa, upholstered furniture or clothing
To combat fleas that have settled in clothing or on the upholstery of upholstered furniture, use dishwashing detergent slightly diluted with water and whipped to a foam. The foam is carefully applied to a slightly damp surface and left for 15 minutes. Then the remaining product is washed off and the fabric is dried with a hairdryer or cotton cloth.
Instead of dishwashing detergent, you can use brewer's or nutritional yeast, which is rubbed dry into the surface and left for a few minutes. You can easily get rid of yeast residues using a vacuum cleaner.
Further recommendations after processing is completed
After finishing the treatment, it is necessary to ventilate the room for at least a couple of hours. Then all horizontal surfaces should be wiped with soapy water, the dishes should be washed, and bedding should be washed at a temperature of at least 60 degrees. After cleaning the apartment, the vacuum cleaner bag should be thrown away or washed immediately. If possible, it is advisable not to wash the floors and walls in the apartment for several days. After a week, a thorough cleaning should be done, washing all surfaces.
How long does it take for fleas to die after treatment?
Flea drops for dogs and cats.
It all depends on the stage of development of the parasite, the type of insecticide and its concentration. In addition, compliance with processing rules also plays a role.
If they are violated, insecticides lose their properties. If the treatment was carried out according to the instructions, the peak death of parasites occurs on days 5-7.
It takes time for the insecticide to penetrate the chitinous covers and affect the entire body: organs and systems. The room is completely cleaned within 1 month.
Proper disinfestation
Treating the premises against fleas
At the time of the procedure, there should be no other people or pets in the apartment. The product is not dangerous to humans if the instructions are strictly followed. Violation of the requirements leads to poisoning and an allergic reaction to the skin.
- Close windows and doors.
- The bottle or spray bottle is kept at a distance of 20 cm from the surface to be treated.
- It is imperative that you carefully treat the back side of the furniture, baseboards, window sills, and walls up to 2 m high. When finished, treat the floor, pouring the product into the cracks, if any.
- Leave the room closed for 2 hours. After the specified time has passed, ventilate well and wash in places where your hands will touch. Leave the product on the rest of the surface for further action.
