Our home is flea infested since last week. No pets in home, ever. How to get rid of them?

We have recently discovered that our home is flea infested. No animals in the house. Possibly came from relatives' home with indoor pets, school, who knows? Basement rug very bad. What can I do?|||Pick up a house spray containing an insect growth regulator (methoprene). Zodiac brand is good, and I *think* that Raid makes one as well. Spray/vacuum/wash everything.





Regular sprays without the IGR will only kill the adult fleas, not the eggs or larvae.





Zodiac


http://www.zodiacpet.com/products/step3.鈥?/a>


Raid


http://www.killsbugsdead.com/icp_flea.as鈥?/a>


Siphotrol (this is the same company as Zodiac, but it's their veterinary brand. Exact same product, but only sold through vets.)


http://www.vetkem.com/products_dogs_home鈥?/a>|||Bug bombs, you can get them just about any hardware store. I found some a Safeway even. They come in a box of three. Get the one with the purple lid and use all three. Cover dishes, any exposed food, and fish tank if you have one. It is very poisonous so set it off before you leave for work.|||You can get flea powder from a local pet store. Sprinkle it on the infested rug, let it sit for an hour, then vaccuum it up. (if directions on bottle are different, follow them, not me.





http://www.petsmart.com/family/index.jsp鈥?/a>|||call terminix asap.





Our house got infested and it got beyond the point of being able to live comfortably before terminix came, don't let that happen to you.





We tried everything from spray to powder to bombs and nothing worked until terminix came.|||They have "bombs" at like wal-mart that should help. You could always call an exterm.|||I would call a professional. Fleas are the hardest to get rid of. I had that problem once and tried bombs, spraying and everything else you could think of nothing worked. You need to find the cause of the fleas. We found a dead possum under the house which was the cause of our fleas.





Good Luck!!|||You should use a mixture of boric acid and salt. Boric acid acts as a desiccant and dries out the exoskeleton of the flea, but does not have any side effects on human beings.Check this out http://pests.in/fleas.html