How To Get Rid Of Fleas

Fleas are incredibly common among dogs and although there is no real sure-fire way to prevent your dog from getting fleas, there are certain preventive measures you can take in order to keep them from getting fleas as best as you can as well as useful methods to get rid of the fleas if they do end up getting them. This article discusses what the main reasons are for dogs getting fleas and the easiest and safest ways to get rid of them for good. One of the issues it talks about most is how if you do not vacuum properly then it will be extremely difficult for you to get rid of fleas, because if you leave the bag in the vacuum after cleaning the fleas will end up just crawling right back out of the vacuum and begin multiplying again.

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How To Get Rid Of Fleas

If you own a pet you will have fleas in the house from time
to time. In some cases you may become infested with fleas.
We have had as many as four cats at our house and we have
been infested with fleas a few times. We only have two
cats now so it is not as bad, but we still have to use the
process I am about to tell you about.

You really don’t have any control if your pet goes out of
your yard, but you will need to spray your own yard about
two times during the summer months with a good flea
insecticide. If you kill all the fleas in your house with
out killing the little pest in the yard you will continue
to have a problem inside.

One of the main reasons a house will become infested with
fleas is, after you vacuum your house and put the vacuum
away, every flea that was in the vacuum bag will crawl
right back out of the vacuum cleaner and into the house
and start multiplying. This includes the flea eggs.
The way to stop this is to take the bag out, spray some
flea insecticide in the bag and tape the hole of the bag
up. Then spray the insecticide around the house. If you
will repeat this process every two or three days for two
weeks you will not be infested with fleas any more.

You can resume your normal schedule of vacuuming after you
clear up the infestation, but you will still need to tape
the vacuum bag up just in case your pet brings a couple of
fleas in from outside.

Original article at I Love Dogs

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