Highlander Fleas!

[LabRat]

Has anyone else been experiencing a new "immortal" flea epidemic in the Baton Rouge area? We have never had a problem like this with fleas, ticks yes, but not fleas. We have tried many things and nothing has worked.

Frontline Plus, Advantix, Comfortis and Revolution (drops and chewables) have done nothing

Various powders, sprays "flea collars" no help. Just saw one crawling new to it.

Spent $100 to have the whole house and yard sprayed, did nothing

Baths work to kill them off, but in minutes they are back.

Any ideas would be appreciated, I'm all out.

 

[themcfarland]

pinesol works, tobacco bath works.
We do not have any, but I do know, it takes 3 doses of killing adults, then their hatchlings, then a third to kill the left overs.
One treatment does not do you much good.

 

[AK shooter]

This stuff kills everything it touches. I use one of the applicators that attaches to the garden hose. It can be mixed in a sprayer but using the hose applicator is easier. Wal Mart does not sell it, I get mine at my local feed store. Warning it's not cheap.

http://www.fertilome.com/product.aspx?pid=1f0ed908-fc55-49cf-aa92-e536076cdb2a

 

[LACamper]

My vet suggested over and out fire ant killer in the yard. Works great!

 

[LabRat]

thanks.

When all of this started they had been on frontline plus continuously for quite some time. My impression is that the living adult fleas would not bite, or live through the bite of the medicine. But, they are definitely not dying and they are causing a whole lot of biting and scratching.

 

[LabRat]

Thanks guys.

I have a half bag of TalStar left, might try that. Problem is the range of my dogs is 5+ acres.

 

[ABNsurveyor]

Borax 20 Mule Team. Sprinkle a light dusting everywhere floor, carpets (for heavy carpets you might need to use a broom to work into the fibers), furniture, striped bed and pillows. Let it do it's magic for at-least 2 hours no more then 4 hours. Throw pillows in the dryer and vacuum with a clean bag 2 -3 times until all the Borax is up. Outside I use Spectracide Trazicide Insect Killer Once and Done Granules and spray.

 

[Cochise]

Use "diatomaceous earth" if they are in your house. Kills anything and everything with an exoskeleton, and is completely non-toxic to mammals.

To keep them off your dogs, mix a large amount of sulfur into a jar of vasoline and rub your dogs down with it.

 

[mprice]

You can also cut up cheap (dollar store type) flea collars in 2 to 3 inch sections and put them under rugs, furniture (even between cushions). Leave one chunk for your sweeper so that as you sweep, the eggs, dead fleas get whacked again in the vacuum.

Good luck,
Marc Price

 

[Kcabear]

The best thing I ever did was put out beneficial nematodes. They are microorganisms that actually live off of flea eggs and grubs an other critters that are bad for your lawn. It has rid my yard of any fleas for three years now, which need to put more out in spring time. I get them from San Antonio(big organic gardening market) if I remember right from Nematode Nick's.

 

[wadepat2]

Best thing I ever used and its what all my friends with hunting dogs use. Some have 20 plus dogs. Bayer yardor tree and shrub insect killer. spray yard and all mix a little in spray bottle and just mist the dogs. If you google it Im sure you can read all the info about the chemical and such. They also use it to spray wild hogs that will be pinned and fed before they are killed. Those things are slap full of fleas and ticks. it clears them in seconds and eggs never hatch.

 

[TomTerrific]

My vet told me as long as there were squirrels around, there would be fleas.

I had a house in Woodland Ridge and the squirrels there were fox. My hound had a flea problem.

I subsequently moved to ShadowBrook, not more than a mile or so away. The squirrels there were gray. No flea problem.

Getting rid of fleas is like emptying the ocean with a bucket.