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Post by mrsonde on Jul 5, 2018 12:16:20 GMT 1
If anyone else is being plagued by what seems like a nationwide flea infestation - maybe it's just the IOW, from all the inbreeding - and their apparent out-evolving of Frontline, then don't despair! My partner (she of the who needs the NHS? Tea-tree Oil is all you need for that greenstick fracture, you wuss) has invented a herbal remedy in her laboratory of perfumes and tinctures, and by golly her magic potion actually works this time! The two stray cats who sensed I was sucker enough to feed and house them for the rest of their lives have stopped looking at me as if I was breeding the blighters, instead of spending half of the summer vainly trying to keep them bearably free of them, and we can all enjoy the footy, tennis, Novochok mystery drama, whatever, in blessed peace.
Anyone who would like this miraculous recipe before their pets emigrate to Greenland, or before Bayer or Dupont has her assassinated, let me know. All grateful donations in fat brown paper bags warmly welcomed.
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Post by aquacultured on Jul 16, 2018 1:10:57 GMT 1
I'm still suffering. I put it down to heat-bumps, but have had to change my mind and revert to a head-lice mentality, even tho I don't get too close to my grandkids any more, unless I want to love them or scare them.
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Post by mrsonde on Jul 16, 2018 5:43:17 GMT 1
Your son joined the traveller community? I think it's more likely they're coming from your pets.
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Post by alancalverd on Jul 16, 2018 7:15:35 GMT 1
Been there, often. Rural life with kids and animals, working in infested human residences and veterinary practices....
Head lice rarely appear elsewhere, though how they get there is still a mystery! "Heat bumps" arounds the legs are often caused by harvest mites - unavoidable if you walk in the countryside. Most fleas are very species-specific but cat fleas do like human blood (dog fleas prefer to wait for another dog) and cat flea eggs can survive for years in carpets and curtains, and tend to hatch when the ambient temperature exceeds 20 degrees.
Oldfashioned dry cleaning killed fleas and their eggs but modern carbon dioxide processes, though ozone-friendly, don't. The only solution seems to be to isolate one room at a time, hoover the carpets and curtains, then bomb it with something approved by NATO or Porton. If you don't get satisfaction with over-the-counter stuff, your local council will have a list of professional exterminators with nuclear licences.
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Post by mrsonde on Jul 16, 2018 7:32:33 GMT 1
Been there, often. Rural life with kids and animals, working in infested human residences and veterinary practices.... Head lice rarely appear elsewhere, though how they get there is still a mystery! "Heat bumps" arounds the legs are often caused by harvest mites - unavoidable if you walk in the countryside. Most fleas are very species-specific but cat fleas do like human blood (dog fleas prefer to wait for another dog) and cat flea eggs can survive for years in carpets and curtains, and tend to hatch when the ambient temperature exceeds 20 degrees. Oldfashioned dry cleaning killed fleas and their eggs but modern carbon dioxide processes, though ozone-friendly, don't. The only solution seems to be to isolate one room at a time, hoover the carpets and curtains, then bomb it with something approved by NATO or Porton. If you don't get satisfaction with over-the-counter stuff, your local council will have a list of professional exterminators with nuclear licences. Or, you could ask my missus for her recipe. Not seen a flea for a week. They literally jump off the cats and leap for the hills. Eggs - if they can evade the hoover on floorboards for years, hats off to 'em. I'll make a note to tell whoever I sell to that I'm leaving certain effects. |
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Post by jonjel on Jul 16, 2018 11:41:24 GMT 1
My vet now sadly no loner with us told me that the best way to rid the house of fleas was to put a cat flea collar in the hover bag. That kills the eggs which you otherwise hoover up and disperse around the room. I had a problem when one of my dogs died as the fleas then only had me. And if you live in the country your dog will have fleas.
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Post by mrsonde on Jul 16, 2018 11:47:58 GMT 1
My vet now sadly no loner with us told me that the best way to rid the house of fleas was to put a cat flea collar in the hover bag. That kills the eggs which you otherwise hoover up and disperse around the room. I had a problem when one of my dogs died as the fleas then only had me. And if you live in the country your dog will have fleas. The nifty trick I use is to empty your hoover bag into the bin, rather than the corner of the room or under the carpet, jj. My missus taught me that one, eventually. Do you want her magic recipe? I'll ask if it's not proprietary - actually, it should be, come to think of it. |
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Post by aquacultured on Jul 17, 2018 23:44:16 GMT 1
Your son joined the traveller community? Yes, for a few weeks, 30 years ago. And yours? Oh, you have something against travellers, I suppose. I don't blame you, being like you are. But why did you bring it up? |
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