How to remove fleas from the apartment without risk to the health of tenants?

It is extremely unpleasant situation when unpleasant neighbors - fleas - unexpectedly appear in their home and cozy home. They do not understand where from, even if there are no animals in the house, bite and deliver a lot of trouble. How to remove fleas from the apartment is not entirely understandable, since this is a fairly rare phenomenon in urban conditions. But you can get rid of them, the main thing is not to pull with the solution of this question.

Where do fleas come from?

A natural question if you do not have a home and have never had cats, dogs, or even birds. But you notice at yourself and at the family members on your feet specific bites and even managed to catch a small pest. In fact, in addition to those fleas that live on animals, there are other species. They live in cellars, they love carpets, furniture. The main thing is to be dusty, dry and there was a source of food - that is, people. It was these fleas - household - and could be moved into your apartment. They could have penetrated from the basement if you live on the ground floor, or someone could bring them on their shoes, especially if this person is often in the basement. Fleas reproduce very quickly and under favorable living conditions instantly settle throughout your apartment and begin to attack you.

Identifying the causes of house pests will help you in the fight against bloodsucking insects. Knowledge of the enemy is half the battle with him. And get rid of fleas immediately, as soon as you notice their presence. In addition to the fact that in such a neighborhood it is inconvenient to admit possible guests, these insects also bite very unpleasantly and can become a carrier of many dangerous diseases. We should not exclude the fact that children, elderly people and people with weakened immunity can develop an allergy to waste of life of insects, which is also not a very pleasant variant of the development of events. Therefore, we are armed with knowledge, necessary preparations and start to get rid of an unpleasant neighborhood.

Chemicals

The easiest way to get rid of any unpleasant insects is to go to the store, purchase special equipment and process the apartment. The main thing here is to follow the basic rules of safety, so that in trying to get fleas not to spoil your health.

• Before processing the house, you need to remove flowers, food, and withdraw the children.
• Wear a protective mask and gloves.
• After treatment, be sure to take a shower to wash off the poisonous substances.
• It's a must to ventilate the apartment well.

Doing these simple conditions will help you not to get poisoned by evaporation that is unavoidable when working with pest-insecticides.

You can find many effective tools in stores that will help you if you are thinking about how to get rid of fleas.

1. Aerosols. These funds are represented in a huge amount - it's classic dichlorvos, and the advertised "Reid" and "Raptor."Choose something that suits you more financially or just more like it, and you can start processing. Plus aerosols in that it is very easy to work with them and there will not be any untouched surfaces of the house. Minus is a big expense. This should be taken into account to immediately acquire the necessary amount of funds.
2. Mortar. These products are sold in concentrated form, they must be diluted with water to process the apartment. The vials indicate the area that can be treated, and how to properly prepare the poison for home fleas. Among such concentrates, the best are Get, "Executioner", "Cucaracha", "Tetriks."With their help, you can process a huge area, and they effectively fight with bloodsucking insects. But the downside is that not everybody likes to spend time preparing the product and it's not very convenient to apply it on all surfaces.
3. Gels. A fairly common and effective tool that helps in the fight against fleas. The only negative - after it remains a trace.

In addition to the fact that you acquire the product and protect yourself and your family, you need to know how to properly process the treatment of the premises from fleas. It is not enough simply to sprinkle the solution on the corners of the house. This will not help you get rid of insects. First of all, you need to walk on all surfaces, process all the cracks, even under the skirting boards, furniture, kitchen sink. After the necessary time has passed for the poison to act, it is necessary to use a vacuum cleaner, since the poison only affects adults. In the crevices, under the skirting boards, in carpets and in furniture, eggs could remain, from which the new offspring will soon hatched, and we will have to start processing again. That this did not happen, and you need to use a vacuum cleaner. Naturally, the unit must also be treated with an insecticide.

After all treatments, it remains only to thoroughly wash all surfaces from poisonous remedies and hope that fleas will not again choose your apartment as their residence.

Popular techniques

Of course, special chemical insecticides are effective in getting rid of insects. But if you are afraid that your family members may be harmed, or simply an opponent of such means, you can try something from the people's arsenal. All these techniques are safe for humans and animals and are effective enough to help get rid of fleas at home.

1. Freezing. This method is not one century, and it is quite effective. All that is needed is that in severe frosts open all windows, turn off the heating and leave the room for a few hours in this form. After that, no malignant insect will remain in your apartment. But such an effect is detrimental to indoor plants, and pipes can burst. Therefore, in modern conditions, this is not the best option. It is worth picking up something without such negative consequences. Fortunately, there are many techniques.
2. Fleas do not like tansy. If you have a stock of this plant or if insects have appeared in the summer, dial it in the meadows and scatter in the habitats of pests. Soon enough unpleasant neighbors will leave your apartment in search of a more hospitable house.
   

   CouncilIf there is no tansy, you can use other plants with a strong smell - wormwood, mint, lavender, eucalyptus.

3. It's still good for home cedar fleas. Pieces of wood can be purchased at a pet store. Just arrange them around the apartment. Or you can try to use the essential oil of cedar, which you need to spread all the surfaces in the house. Another option is to spread the impregnated wadded disks. Of course, it's a long business, but it's quite effective.
4. You can try to prepare a product based on lemon. Cut the citrus into pieces, pour 500 ml of water, boil a little and let it brew. Then the resulting mixture should be sprinkled in the places where the fleas settled. Or, you can arrange pieces of fruit at home, if you like this option.
5. Folk craftsmen also recommend using fine salt in combating domestic fleas. It is necessary to spread it all over the apartment, and after a few days, everything should be thoroughly vacuumed. Similarly, you can use soda.
6. Well helps to remove fleas from the apartment a mixture of brewer's yeast and garlic. Effectively, but the smell leaves much to be desired.

As you can see, for many years of neighborhood with fleas people have come up with a lot of tools to help both remove fleas from the dwelling and disinfect it. It remains only to choose what is more to your liking, and you can begin to fight. Or, if you do not want to waste your time and nerves, invite experts who will instantly bring all the nasty insects out of your house. Of course, this is not cheap, but you can be sure that the fleas will soon cease to annoy you.

Prevention

Of course, it's always easier to prevent small bloodsuckers from appearing than to look for ways to solve the problem. Therefore, if you live on the ground floor, you should take care to prevent the appearance of such unpleasant house insects. Be sure to seal all the cracks, carefully spend cleaning, washing the plinth and the space under the furniture. In addition, you can take advantage of the fact that so do not like fleas. That is, spread out over the apartment plants with a strong odor, pieces of cotton wool soaked in essential oils of cedar, lemon. You can even plant a house of geraniums - this plant is very unloved by all kinds of insects, including fleas.

If you immediately begin to act and take action to protect your home from flea infiltration, then there are all chances that these insects will not appear in you.