shoot me now..

[Ginevive]

..arrrrrghhh!
I just noticed a flea on my pillow.
I admit, I have not treated Inky with any Advantage since, well.. last summer.. Now my lack of prevention is worth a pound of poopy.
I hate this!! I guess it could be worse.. my friend has a tick outbreak at her farm. I am not going within 10 mines of her..!

[Blu Mongoose]

So, you are saying that your a flea bitten

So fun when they bring guests to the bed!

[python.princess]

eeeewwww..... that is one problem i've never had! well, almost never. we took nevaeh to a friends house not knowing it was crawling with fleas. so nevaeh had a bath a couple days later and that was the end of that! we've been pretty lucky i guess!

[Ginevive]

The feline Advantage should be here monday-tuesday. I used it last time; we had a pretty bad case of fleas, and honestly, within a week or so I was not seeing any, after using it. It kills the fleas on the cat within hours; I guess then it kills any that bite the cat and they eventually clear up, nto to get tooo detailed..
I am glad that it is something we can fix! But I hate fleas! I know just how the blasted things get on him; there's a stray farm cat that runs around and goes up to a certain door we have that has a 1-inch gap between the door and floor.. Inky is always looking out there. I am glad that he is up-to-date on his other vaccinations.
I only got one bite overnight; it was not a flea! Had to be a spider.. flea bites on me are tiny specks.. this thing is about baseball sized! My reaction to spider bites..

[Rapture]

Good to hear you got your topical treatment ordered. Fleas are pretty bad this year down south, as our "winter" season didn't seem to stop the flea cycle at all... I now use Frontline Plus and if I see any fleas on any of the pets, Capstar is good for killing all live fleas on the animal extremely quickly.

[Gooseman]

Any prefered caliber? or location to be shot at? Could be very important info right there...

Sorry about the fleas, they can be a real pain to deal with, especially if they've already laid eggs.

[Sausage]

Yeah, I've been having some major issues with fleas on my dog. I did give her Capstar last week and it did help. Best of look with the fleas!

[Ginevive]

Any prefered caliber? or location to be shot at? Could be very important info right there...

Sorry about the fleas, they can be a real pain to deal with, especially if they've already laid eggs.

lol..
But I am not one of those people who tolerate fleas. I really wish I could PAMite my whole bedroom, house, etc. But I don't use substrate and well, I don't want to die.. and the can is not big enough.
The Advantage has a great record with me, and my neighbor.

[Ginevive]

Is laundering all of my bedding going to kill the flea eggs/larvae that could be in it? Or will it just produce clean larva? lol.. I am putting everything through the antibacterial setting on the dryer too..
They say to vacuum the whole house.. OK.. we have all hard floors and I sweep daily and mop weekly. The only vacuum we own is a Shop-Vac; I could see me skating around the house with that thing, sucking the cloth off of the furniture!

[Gooseman]

lol..
But I am not one of those people who tolerate fleas. I really wish I could PAMite my whole bedroom, house, etc. But I don't use substrate and well, I don't want to die.. and the can is not big enough.
The Advantage has a great record with me, and my neighbor.

Yea, I imagine the wash should do a fair job at removing any embedded eggs/larva. I know it's sad you can't (or atleast shouldn't) PAM your house, however a fun alternative would be to remove the furniture and Pledge your floor (assuming you have hardwood/tile floor), and then going skating. Fun, but would accomplish little (aside from having a sparkling clean floor)!

Now that I think about it... My snakes get better lifes then I do. They don't do a darn thing, yet are provided with ample food, maid service, terminator service, A/C via reliable t-stat, and a entertaining 24/7 "reality TV show" on a widescreen glass viv screen. Lucky snakes.... Makes me want to go fill my house full of aspen. LOL

btw, awesome avatar.