How to get rid of fleas ?

[OCgringo]

Last week we had a quick heat wave which awakened the fleas in my house ,

 

So anyone have a way of killing them off ?

not heavy chemicals if possible ,

 

there are no cats or dogs in my house, but the neighbors have some ,

 

Also is there anything I can put on my legs not to get bites ?

 

If was real quick, 3-4 days ago there were none , now there are 50-100s , most of them very small

 

thanks for your help

 

OC

 

itchy and scratchy

[Julian2]

Clean, clean and more clean OC.

Check the supermarket and see if they have some sort of insecticide that's pyrethrum based, it's probably the least toxic of the lot.

Use a heavy duty repellent on yourself. I get Aerogard low irritant pump pack from Australia, dunno if it's available where you are but there'll be something similar in the drug store.

[Bangkoktraveler]

I had a dog who had fleas. He got rid of them by going down to the stream and catching a fish. He would take the fish and bury it in the trunk of a dead, fallen over tree. After a few days, he would go and dig it up and roll in it.

Better yet, go to Home Depot and get one of their aerosol bombs that get rid of everything. Close the house up, let the bombs off. Go shopping. Come home, open up the doors and freshen the house.

[OCgringo]

YEah I think thats what I will probably have to do,

 

but I would rather do a less chemical solution if possible,

 

OC

[The_Munchmaster]

Go to the nearest flea circus and suggest to the owner that, if he comes and gets them, he can have them for free. Try teaching them a few tricks while you're waiting.

[teddy]

One winter year, these two little fleas headed for the warm sunny beaches of California to escape the cold. The first flea got there and started rubbing suntan lotion on his little flea arms and his little flee legs. Just then, the second flea arrived just a shiverin' and a shakin'. The first flea asked, "What the hell happened to you?"

 

To which the second flea replied "I just rode out here on a bikers mustache and I'm so very coldddd!"

 

The first flea said, "Don't you know the special trick to gettin here, first you go to the airport, go straight to the mens toilet, wait for a young pilot to come along, and when he sits down you climb right up between his arse cheeks where its nice and warm".

 

The second flea agreed that this was a grand idea. The next winter comes along and it was time for the fleas to head for the sunny beaches again. The first flea arrived and began putting suntan lotion on his little flea arms and his little flea legs. About that time, the second flea arrived again just a shiverin', shakin', and mumbling about how cold he was.

 

The first flea exclaimed "Didn't you learn anything that I taught you about getting here nice and warm?"

 

To which the second flea replied, "I did just as you said; I went to the mens toilet and this pilot came in and sat down, I climbed right up between his arse cheeks and it was so very warm. Next thing I know we stop at a bar and I fell asleep. All of a sudden I woke and there I was, right back on that bikers mustache!

[The_Munchmaster]

 

[cavanami]

Way back when...the 1st wife had a scummy dog and the house was ridden with the f'ing fleas.

 

Once I've "fired" the wife, I bombed he house...hey...no more f'ing fleas!!! :grin: