Fleas

[Joseph F.]

I am rehabilitating an apartment and it has fleas.  The prior tenant had 4 cats so I have had to rip out most of the floor.  In the past, in a different apartment, I hired an exterminator to address the fleas issue.  He put a spray on the floor and required that I vacuum everyday; the vibration causes eggs to hatch and die with their exposure to the spray.

I want to save myself the hundreds of dollars it cost me by doing it myself.  Is anyone aware of a potent way to address the fleas and where to purchase the chemicals?

[Bill Gulley]

Here's a hillbilly approach. Fog the place if it's empty, it lasts long enough to get the eggs latter on. Then throw a pool party for them.

Get some aluminum pie pans, 4 or 5. Fill them half full with soapy water, dish soap and water, mix but not to bubble it up.

Get a lamp and put it on the floor, a low desk lamp not a floor lamp. Arrange the pans around in a circle around the lamp, turn the lamp on and leave. Check the pan the next day and you'll see the fleas went to the pool party and couldn't swim!  

It works! :)