How To Get Rid Of Fleas Naturally

A common problem that we get called out to deal with in pest control is fleas and now, I'm going to show you how to get rid of fleas in your house. Now, fleas are usually going to originate from a pet, either a cat or a dog. Most often, it's usually a cat.

Now, fleas obviously bite in nature. They're miniscule. They are quite difficult to see with the naked eye but you can see them, especially on a light surface if you've got a white window ledge or something or a door frame, you might see them on something like that.

I'm going to share you with a little tip that is quite a handy one to know about. Fleas, like I say, they're going to be drawn toward a heat source. Obviously, we're warm-blooded.

We give off heat, so what you can do, you can basically get a bowl of water or rather start off with an empty bowl and basically fill it with hot water, boiling water preferably. Again, be careful anytime you're dealing with boiling water. We don't want you getting burned.

Make sure you're not going to put it where somebody's going to walk in and knock it over and scald themselves. If you were to put that in a room where you had a flea problem, what you'll find is the fleas will jump toward the heat source and they'll literally jump into the bowl and obviously, jumping into boiling water, they're going to die. At least, it allows you to be positive in what you're dealing with, it's a flea problem.

There are a few things that you can do, so first of all, again, vacuuming and also steam cleaning the carpets can certainly help because that will physically be removing them. If you've got a pet, it's important that you get the pet treated. Now, take him to the vet or her to the vet and you can typically buy a chemical treatment that normally is applied around the back of the collar and again, that would kill the fleas.

Another thing that's important as well is the pet's bedding. If your pet sleeps on any type of little bed, what you want to do is make sure that you put that through the wash. Again, the hotter, the better, but you do need to both treat the pet, treat the pet's bedding and, like I say, areas like carpets.

Go over them. Make sure again that you get into all the nooks and crannies, particularly around the edges. And that's how to get rid of fleas in your house. .