Strawberry
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The best way to reduce fleas is to vacuum every 2 or 3 days. Obviously, we can't do this! What do you guys do?
I decided a few weeks ago to throw all caution to the wind and started vacuuming, only to have my vacuum die a minute later (it turned off and won't turn back on). I guess the universe was saving me! I've not been well since that day (crash from over doing it), but fleas are out of control. I've been too sick to go buy a new vacuum, my robot isn't working (either it needs a really good clean itself and/or maybe even a new battery), so my cat now entertains me by playing the child's game "floor is hot lava." Which isn't actually entertaining, its heart breaking watching her freak out at fleas on the floor.
Sometimes I will shuffle around the floor for one minute wearing white socks, then pick off the fleas and drown them in soapy water, but that wipes me out for days also if I do it more than once. Plus, I only get a few at a time. Not truly effective flea management, let alone a reducing strategy!
I'm desperate for some sort of solution. If I could leave for the weekend and pay someone to bomb and clean up after, I'd do it. But I would still react to the toxins when I came home, so not feasible.
My poor, itchy baby... (fleas aren't on the piano bench, one of her few safe places near me)
I decided a few weeks ago to throw all caution to the wind and started vacuuming, only to have my vacuum die a minute later (it turned off and won't turn back on). I guess the universe was saving me! I've not been well since that day (crash from over doing it), but fleas are out of control. I've been too sick to go buy a new vacuum, my robot isn't working (either it needs a really good clean itself and/or maybe even a new battery), so my cat now entertains me by playing the child's game "floor is hot lava." Which isn't actually entertaining, its heart breaking watching her freak out at fleas on the floor.
Sometimes I will shuffle around the floor for one minute wearing white socks, then pick off the fleas and drown them in soapy water, but that wipes me out for days also if I do it more than once. Plus, I only get a few at a time. Not truly effective flea management, let alone a reducing strategy!
I'm desperate for some sort of solution. If I could leave for the weekend and pay someone to bomb and clean up after, I'd do it. But I would still react to the toxins when I came home, so not feasible.
My poor, itchy baby... (fleas aren't on the piano bench, one of her few safe places near me)