Sigh, well this is disgusting and it's making me mental.
When we moved into our appartment, turns out there were fleas. Lovely. I was under the impression that the landlord was supposed to tell us if pets had been in here before we moved, but apparently not.
We treated the two cats with Frontline (worked when we got them as kittens). Still had fleas. More frontline. More frontline. More frontline. Constant carpet vacuuming. Carpet powder. Flea combing. Raid Flea spray. Still have fleas. We've spent hundreds of dollars all told on this. It's not like a huge amount are crawling everywhere, but I can see flea dander and a few fleas from time to time. I hate fleas. I despise them. They make me feel ill to even see. I can't take it.
We asked our vet and they said the foggers don't work because they don't go under things well. They suggested an exterminator. The problem is, besides it costing 200$, we have so many fish tanks that simply cannot move (as well as a cockatiel and hamster). And I'm concerned that they'd just come right back because the fleas would also be in things like old clothes in the closets (I could wrap them in trash bags for a few weeks, though).
Has anyone else used an exterminator? Did it work? Did you have your pet professionally treated while the house was being treated?
Bear in mind, we have wall to wall carpeting
This no doubt is contributing to the problem.
I absolutely cannot take this. One flea is too many.
Signed,
Paranoid about bugs. :thud:
When we moved into our appartment, turns out there were fleas. Lovely. I was under the impression that the landlord was supposed to tell us if pets had been in here before we moved, but apparently not.

We treated the two cats with Frontline (worked when we got them as kittens). Still had fleas. More frontline. More frontline. More frontline. Constant carpet vacuuming. Carpet powder. Flea combing. Raid Flea spray. Still have fleas. We've spent hundreds of dollars all told on this. It's not like a huge amount are crawling everywhere, but I can see flea dander and a few fleas from time to time. I hate fleas. I despise them. They make me feel ill to even see. I can't take it.
We asked our vet and they said the foggers don't work because they don't go under things well. They suggested an exterminator. The problem is, besides it costing 200$, we have so many fish tanks that simply cannot move (as well as a cockatiel and hamster). And I'm concerned that they'd just come right back because the fleas would also be in things like old clothes in the closets (I could wrap them in trash bags for a few weeks, though).
Has anyone else used an exterminator? Did it work? Did you have your pet professionally treated while the house was being treated?
Bear in mind, we have wall to wall carpeting

I absolutely cannot take this. One flea is too many.
Signed,
Paranoid about bugs. :thud: