Question about Flea Bombs

[Jay_Bunny]

We are currently having a flea issue and plan on using flea bombs for the entire house. We will have to use a total of 5 bombs. We will be putting all snakes into tubs and taking them to our friend's apartment for the day. (Will they be ok without heat or should I provide some sort of heat like heat packs?)

We need ideas on how to cage everyone and transport them somewhere while the bombs work their magic on our carpet. We were also wondering what we should do with enclosures and cages for all of our animals. (Cat trees, ferret cage, litterboxes, rat cages, snake racks/tanks, ect. Will these be ok to leave or should they be moved?

Any advice for a first time bomber?

[xanaxez]

remove all of your cages animals toys etc... that you dont want to have to wash or clean extreamely well. if you have claw items that have carpet on them i suggest leaving them in the house so that the spray kills the fleas in them also. i do not suggest leaving any of your reptile cages in the house at all but if you do then id throw a few blankets over them covering them very well. if it isnt godly cold in your area you can go without heating them for a few hours but i would make sure the ambient air temperature stays warm inside of the tubs or what ever you will be housing them in while out of their enclosures. if you use some sort of heat packs then i suggest wrapping them a few times in paper or something so that if your reptile lays on top of it the animal cant get burnt. if u have a few spare haeting pads then throw a couple of towels over them and u can set your temporary cages or what ever on top of them for heat. im sure they are many ways and alot better ideas then i have from the more experienced people on here so mine is merely a suggestion for temporary use only.

[Jay_Bunny]

If I take the tubs out of the racks, and take the tubs with me, can I leave the main part of the rack uncovered? I have a few heat packs (10hour) that I can put into some old socks and throw in there with them. We won't be bombing till Thursday when I can actually get the bombs, but I want to have my plan of action down.

So remove all cages. The only problem is my ferret cage is huge and probably won't fit through the door to our bedroom. (We assembled it in the bedroom). It has removable trays that we can wash really well after the bombing. Will it be ok to leave this? We plan on washing all ferret bedding.

What about the rat rack? Can we leave the rack and just remove the tubs? And then wipe down the rack and wash the wire mesh? Removing the cages should not be too hard, but where to put them? I think my friends would be ok holding the snakes for a bit, even a tub or two full of rats (just seperate sexes) but I don't think they'd like us bringing over 5+ tanks.