Fleas…ready to burn down my house!

Please help! No carpeting in my home! I’m getting bites every night! I used so many different sprays that are said to kill all stages of fleas for multiple days, used flea medicine and collars on my dog but right after I get him flea free he is covered again! They live on my bed and I sprayed the s*** out of it multiple times, nothing is working! I do have a stray cat my dog plays with, could this be the culprit!? Idk what to do and I’m covered in bites :,,,(

Hi all – so glad to see that I’m not alone. My flea problem started early Jan. I found a couple flea on my dogs (I have two little ones), treated them with Comfortis right away. Couple weeks later, found another couple fleas so I bathed them, the Comfortis should still be working I assume. But I got paranoid so I check and comb them every day since and every few days I’ve been finding 1 or 2 fleas on them.

Now, I KNOW these have got to be new fleas because I comb them every day, what’s on them is rid of. AND, i haven’t found a single source of flea dirt which means they haven’t been long enough to poop! But it drives me crazy to see them with fleas every few days and it’s gotten progressively worse, meaning more fleas more frequently. With all the reading I’ve been doing, I assume it must be because I’m vacuuming so much (every day!) that I’m actually stimulating what’s existing to hatch. Because right after I did a very thorough vacuuming, the next day I found 5 fleas on my little guy!

And I know I probably need to be patient and let the flea med help take care of things, instead of thinking it’s just not working. I switched one of my dogs to Revolution when due for his second application, hoping that it’ll help break the cycle faster since it’s supposed to kill eggs/larva too. But it must take longer for it to kill adult fleas and at the rate we check our dogs, I’m pretty sure we see the alive fleas before they can die from the flea med.

I’ve called Fleabusters to come out and have it scheduled – it’s gotten great reviews and a 1 year guarantee so I’m hoping this will help solve my problem, between my diligent cleaning, treating my pet, etc. Hoping I’m heading towards the right direction! If anyone has any advice please do share!

I’m contemplating if I should try Advantage II next since I find Revolution takes longer to kill. Anyone also have any experience with Activyl? It was recommended by my local vet but I’ve never heard of it. Thanks in advance!

I have 2 dogs both treated every month with frontline, a couple of months ago I started getting bites around my ankles and legs then my back and stomach etc, thought it was an allergy to food then a couple of wks back my whole family started getting bites, just a few on their ankles or legs, then I found a flea sat on one of my dogs legs and I was able to pick it up. Not sure if the flea was dying or if it had just popped on him. I gave both dogs a flea bath, the dog with the flea had another 2 dead fleas on him after rinsing, I began washing their beds and blankets, washed our bed covers, vigorously vacuumed the whole house and then sprayed with a flea spray containing an insect growth regulator, everyday checking the dogs. Two live fleas on my small dog which I was able to pick off and squash, I assumed the frontline was working and they were already starting to die, finally the family and I were all clear of bites and since it all started we have not visibly seen any fleas on us or on the carpet or bedding in that whole time just on the dogs, one week with bites then last night I started scratching and when I looked I had 11 bites, some under my breast and the rest on the side of my back in a cluster. I am at my wits end, stressing out. I seem to be a 3 course meal for the them, I have not seen any in the house just the few on the dogs, I am now beginning to suspect that frontline has started to become ineffective and that is why we had the problem in the first place. If these are newly hatched fleas why is the spray not killing them on contact, I have been emptying my vaccum at every use I also have put a cotton ball sprayed with flea spray in it so that any existing eggs in the cylinder will kill them off, please help I’m going crazy I have a phobia of parasites and have started taking anti depressant medication to help me get through it.

I just want to leave my home and not return, I’m the only one getting bit by fleas and it’s 5-10 bites a day… I clean, I vacuum, I spray…. I’m lost I can’t sleep at night. What do do? I know it sounds crazy but I’m about to try putting a flea collar on my ankle just to get some rest.

Hello,
I’ve been having the same issues as everyone. We recently moved and it seems that the fleas moved with us. I believe I should find a product that kills eggs cause so far killing fleas has not been an issue. It’s that they keep coming back breaking that cycle is so hard to do. I noticed some people mentioned some products, but living in a foreign country means that I also have to deal with a language barrier (we live in Taiwan).
I hope everyone gets their problem fixed and that I find a local product here that works.
Cheers
Harry

I have inside cats and we were bombarded last year due to my having to use public transportation for work. I know I was the carrier as I too had several bites to the point I worried about scarring.

My poor kitties, the tom lost weight and I combed him everyday sometimes 2-3 times which he enjoyed but it did a number on his hair and skin. Essential oils, Front line nothing Stopped it. My female is skittish and can not be held. After a battle I was able to put a Front line collar on but she too suffered.

I read Tumeric was a natural deterrent and put it in their food. Vacuuming frequently helped and Finally I found TABLESALT works ! Once I layered their litter box with it – new box helped plus used salt on floors, furniture, bed, and rugs we have finally gotten rid of them.
I researched diet everything I could as I had no money for a vet bill. Glad I did as I found increasing the wet food they eat while still including dry allowed their skin to heal, their hair to grow and both have put on weight and are perkier !

I took in a very hurt stray cat overnight and kept him in my tiled bathroom. I took him to vet next day and they could not save him. I threw away the bath rug just in case and washed all the towels within an hour of returning home. I have two indoor cats that are treated with Revolution every month. I have sixteen medium sized bites, on my left arm, left shoulder and left side. No bites at all on legs or feet. No bedbugs, I checked everywhere. So I am thinking fleas. My cats aren’t scratching at all, I checked their ears, fur, everything. I haven’t seen any type of bugs anywhere and I looked believe me. I sleep on my right side and as stated, the bites are all on the left. Only one new bite since the first attack. Is it possible that the fleas were mostly killed off by the Revoution? I have washed everything multiple times, vacuum twice a day (very small apartment). I always have a cat on my lap and haven’t seen anything. Is it odd that I only have bites on the one side? Could it be something else? It’s like whatever bit me only attacked the exposed parts of my body.

The flea problem in the United states is caused by Cats. 90% of the fleas that infest our homes in the US are cat fleas. There are way too many feral cats running about and wayy too many ignorant people who don’t treat their stupid “outdoor” cats. I believe if we kill of all the cats running around outside, the flea problem would go away on it’s own. Cats are pretty stupid anyways, they are vile creatures that kill our songbirds and spread disease. They also carry a parasite (that’s in their feces) that goes to our brains and literally makes humans insane. Now you know why all those crazy cat ladies are so crazy. Cats are dumb pets anyways, they scratch up the furniture, spray and they only rub on you to mark you with their scent. Cats hate humans and have learned to fake love, just to manipulate us into giving them food. So let’s erradicate the real culprit here, it’s not the fleas, it’s the cats. If you have a feline, Do everyone else a favor and just have it put down, it doesn’t love you anyways. If you want an actual companion who will stick by your side through thick and thin and truly love you, get a dog instead (they don’t carry diseases, cat fleas or parasites that effect your sanity) plus they’re wayyy better companions. If all the cats in the world just dropped dead tomorrow, it would be a huge reason to celebrate!

I have a 100% indoor cat. Don’t know how she got fleas. Very frustrated! I know I didn’t catch this problem soon enough 🙁

My question : Will having my cat contained in my master bedroom and bathroom help me clean up the rest of my house where my kids are?

My wife is in the next room (finally) getting some rest and I am here literally sobbing. I feel so desperate and frustrated. Most of our house is so bad, there will be five to ten fleas on you before you get to the next room.

I’ve sprayed with everything you could imagine. Raid flea spray, other products, spread DE all around the house overnight, even had an exterminator come in and spray.

The house is a mess with everything out of place (so the exterminator could spray around and under everything). He said that we should see immediate improvement but that it would take a few weeks for them to really be gone. He also told us NOT to vacuum for 2 weeks … which seems really weird and contrary to what you all are saying.

I’m just so upset over this. We can’t even put our one-year-old daughter down to run around and play because she gets immediately attacked.

There are other things going on as well to add to this stress, but it’s all coming down on me and I’m in tears over this, for the first time since my dad passed away …

Hi I am currently going through the same situation with the little bastards. I have tried everything. I’ve used about 5 different sprays, powder, 2 different types of flea bombs, hoover every day, mop everyday, wash bedding everyday, I’ve taken my carpet up, washed our dog, treated her and still I still see them bouncing around. Every time I enter the front room they’re jumping on my feet, every time we go to bed we wake up with different bites to the point we are covered in bites head to toe. They’re in our clothes too. I am literally at the end of my tether to the point I just want to cry and not enter our house. I pretty much stay in the garden all the time now because they freak me out. We can’t sit on the sofa because our bums and legs just get eaten. I’ve phoned 2 different companies to come and exterminate them but they are so expensive. I literally don’t know what to do anymore.

I’m hoping Naomi lets us know if the exterminator worked. Trying to decided if i should keep fighting (one week now and I’m EXHAUSTED) or call the terminators.

We have been treating my cat who’s had fleas (not anymore) and its been over a week. Ive not seen any or been bitten but tonight ive been bitten and Im seeing them again. Does this mean they are back or will they die as ive treated the house with loads of sprays ECT ?