Keys To Successful Flea Control (Part 1)

Keys To Successful Flea Control (Part 1)

Flea Eradication is not Spray a lot everywhere and wait and see. No, there are several pretreatment and post treatment measures known as mechanical control which are just as important as the actual application of control products. In addition, homeowners should be aware of certain biological facts about the flea life cycle to give them a more realistic expectation of the entire eradication process. When this is done the control provider and the home owner are more likely to be on the same page and will work together in order to provide the most successful eradication possible. As far as the actual control products I will cover this in detail in part 2, but for now I want to address the 1 pre 2 during and 3 post treatment procedures required by the homeowner in order for the quickest eradication possible. 1 The Pretreatment Procedure involves preparing for the product application. You should Pick up all loose items from the floor area inside your home including closets, under beds and pest resting or bedding areas. Vacuum and mop all floor surfaces in order to remove even the finest particles that may block a proper product application. On the exterior remove pet food and water containers. toys and other loose products. Mow the lawn if it hasn't been recently mowed. Make preparations to vacant inside the house for about 3 hours. These steps are important in insuring a proper product application. 2 During treatment make sure all persons and pets have provisions outside the treatment area. Treatment area should be dry prior to re-entry. Don't forget pet treatments should be provided around the time of the property treatment. 3 The Post Treatment Procedure involves daily vacuuming.. Basically what you will be dealing with after treatment is the pupa stage, which isn't killed during treatment but soon after hatching into young adults. The newly hatched adults are capable of biting before dieing so the infestation will be apparent until the supply of pupa is exhausted.That's why you want to vacuum often, to remove pupa and cause the rest to hatch faster thereby speeding up the eradication process. Vacuuming picks up flea pupae limiting the number of new hatching adults and the vibration of vacuuming expedites the hatching process. If your vacuum uses disposable bags throw them away after each vacuuming. Know this about a flea eradication program and follow the procedures I've described and your flea infestation will be eliminated quickly as possible. Remember it's not spray and gone. Do your part, have patience and two - four weeks you should be flea free.