After using our Hybrid as a base camp for five days it is now infested with an incredible amount of fleas. Our dog hiked with us as usual. The sheer number and durability of these bugs is huge. I washed all bedding, bought a liquid spray and sprayed all carpets top and bottom, set off a can of flea bomb said to be good for 2,000 square feet and let is sit closed during hot weather. Opened it up and got a flea bite on my foot. I fogged again and searched you tube for clever aaproach to this but not sure what to do. What am I missing here? I am wondering if the flea stuff was not working or if I am missing something else? Any thoughts?
Oasis Bob
Wonderful wife & 4 Really Fun kids
2008 KIA Sedona 3.8L 24 valve V-6
2001 Bantam Trail Lite B-19
I hit one state and got them too and have several dogs that travel with me
I can't go with heavy chems or bomb in such a small area as the MH because of asthma and seizure dog. No smelly sprays either.
And NO topical flea/tick treatments for any of my dogs all had severe reactions to those. So my mission was made a bit harder.
Members here on the forum gave me this advice which worked!
I managed to get rid of them by finding a safe flea shampoo and all the dogs got washed once a week and the bedding was pulled and inside of crates washed down same time as bath day and new bedding in.
Threw out all throw rugs, and vacuum, vacuum, vacuum every day and put cut up pieces of flea collar in vacuum bag to prevent the buggers from laying eggs and hatching inside of there.
Find a spray that has precor in it or other brand name that states "prevents eggs from hatching" this is a big help. Adams makes a good spray to spray on the dog when you let them out.
Took me two weeks while I was on the road with the dogs in the MH to get rid of all traces of fleas.
This was MY arsenal: Adams carpet powder w/linalool and nylar
Kills ALL stages of fleas life cycle
kills fleas eggs and larvae for up to 12 months.
Pet Naturals Citrus-PN shampoo
Pet Naturals flea + tick repellant.
AND
You have to spray outside the MH also. I had it easy because I use an ex-pen.
I found Raid has an indoor/outdoor spray that has no smell and no respecting bug will cross the line you spray with it. Has a battery operated trigger, great stuff. I now use this to spray around the MH every time we move from CG to CG for ants and everything crawly.
Good luck!
"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us".
I had an outdoor cat that would sleep on the hood of my truck. Fleas got into the air vent and into the cab. The cat was my buddy, but that first bath was rough on me. After that, he would come inside willingly for his bath. He loved it. He would jump right into 6 inches of warm water like it was his favorite sport.
Oasisbob wrote: After using our Hybrid as a base camp for five days it is now infested with an incredible amount of fleas. Our dog hiked with us as usual. The sheer number and durability of these bugs is huge. I washed all bedding, bought a liquid spray and sprayed all carpets top and bottom, set off a can of flea bomb said to be good for 2,000 square feet and let is sit closed during hot weather. Opened it up and got a flea bite on my foot. I fogged again and searched you tube for clever aaproach to this but not sure what to do. What am I missing here? I am wondering if the flea stuff was not working or if I am missing something else? Any thoughts?
You need to vacuum thoroughly at least once a day with a bagged vacuum. Immediately after vacuuming remove the bag, tie it up tightly in a plastic trash bag and dispose of it far away from your RV or house.
Me and the DH
Two boys and two dogs (and two cats who prefer to stay home)
2008 Forest River Georgetown 350DS (bunkhouse model)
2001 Honda CR-V
During my one bad flea infestation, I vacuumed twice a day with a bagless vacuum. Naturally, I dumped the cup into a plastic grocery bag outside, then walked it to the dumpster. Since I'm fulltiming, I also used a lint roller on the bedding to keep from stripping the bed every day.
Joe and Dakota, the wacko cat
2006 Dodge 3500 QC CTD SRW Jacobs Exhaust brake
2006 Heartland Bighorn 3600RL, MorRyde suspension, TrailAir pinbox http://happykayakers.com/blogger/
Very popular in Florida is 20 Mule Team Borax. Sprinkle it on the carpet and bedding. Leave for 24 hours, vacuum, throw the bag away .. continue to repeat. you have to continue through the cycle. The Borax dries up the eggs.
Susan I
2008 McKenzie Starwood 32 FKD TT
Hensley & Prodigy Brake Controller
03 Dodge 3500 Quad HO Diesel DRW 4:10
Fulltiming, On the road somewhere.
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# 1.HOW TO CONTROL FLEAS IN THE HOUSE
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forty4san wrote: Very popular in Florida is 20 Mule Team Borax. Sprinkle it on the carpet and bedding. Leave for 24 hours, vacuum, throw the bag away .. continue to repeat. you have to continue through the cycle. The Borax dries up the eggs.
Be careful with the 20 Mule Team Borax. I had used that one time. I had a male and who apparently got some of the Borax on his underside. He got so gauded from it, I had to take him to the vet.
It wasn't something that I let go and it got worse - it was just there - boom. I never used that stuff again.
Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
Over the years, I've had such occurrences. Have tried many approaches to immediate resolution and, while most work to some extent, it's (in my opinion) impossible to get them all. So we use Frontline Plus... year-round In addition to using more immediate resolutions when there was an infestation, the Frontline will, within one flea generation (about three weeks, isn't it???) eradicate the rest because the remaining fleas jump on the dog and get dosed, too. Occasionally, I forget to apply the Frontline and, eventually, get a flea bite. Applying the Frontline (without doing anything else) will solve the problem.
Not an expert here... just relating my experiences. Hope it helps.
When I lived in GA, we could not get rid of the fleas. Determined that they were in the yard so I took a bottle of flea dip and put it in a lawn sprayer. Sprayed the whole yard. No effect on the lawn except we never had any more fleas.
We also used, I think it was called Program Flea prevention pills. The directions say one a month but I slowed to one every 3 months and never had another flea on the dogs.
I would bet you could try the flea dip in a carpet cleaner if you tried it somewhere to test colorfast first.
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