Fleas

[fullertongreek]

I moved into a new apartment about a month ago and the girl who lived in it before I did had a cat so of course she's left me the fleas. I bought flea bombs at Home Depot last week and bombed the entire apartment. It seemed to work and the fleas werent around for a few days but I just started getting bit again! I'm going to bomb the apartment again this week but since I have never dealt with a situation like this does anyone have any suggestions on what else I can do to be rid of the fleas once and for all!

[adpiucf]

Yes: Tell your landlord there are fleas and that he needs to call an exterminator immediately.

[ZTAngel]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

Yes: Tell your landlord there are fleas and that he needs to call an exterminator immediately.

Yes. If you're renting, it shouldn't be your responsibility to get rid of pests. It is the apartment complex's duty to make sure your home is bug-free. You need to tell them to have an exterminator come out immediately.

[stagebear]

we ran into a similar problem. my cats had never had fleas until we moved into a row house. as soon as we turned on the heat for the winter, out they came.
if you have pets, treat them with advantage flea killer.
for the apartment, i use zodiac carpet spray.
using these once a month should hopefully do the trick.

[fullertongreek]

Originally Posted by stagebear

for the apartment, i use zodiac carpet spray.
using these once a month should hopefully do the trick.

Where do I buy that? Would walmart have it or do I need to go to Home Depot?

[_Lisa_]

I'd try a pet supply store before Home Depot. Maybe Petsmart?

And you need to get your landlord to call an exterminator. Just use the spray until they can get someone in to you.

[kstar]

Originally Posted by stagebear

we ran into a similar problem. my cats had never had fleas until we moved into a row house. as soon as we turned on the heat for the winter, out they came.
if you have pets, treat them with advantage flea killer.
for the apartment, i use zodiac carpet spray.
using these once a month should hopefully do the trick.

Zodiac is horrible and doesn't work. Plus, it is dangerous if you do have pets in the house. We've seen so many pets coming in poisoned from their owners trying to erradicate fleas.

fullertongreek: You really should let your landlord take care of this professionally.

[texas*princess]

It was my general understanding that all apartment complexes clean out the carpets, and have apartments treated for those kinds of pests with the portion (usually half) of the pet deposit that was non refundable?

Around here, pet deposits (doesn't matter if it's a cat, dog, bird, whatever) are about $500 per PET and half of that is non-refundable. At both complexes I've lived with my dog, they told me that the non-refundable portion is to cover the costs of all of that treatment regardless of whether you reported a flea issue or not while you were staying there.

[FHwku]

Fleas by Ogden Nash

Adam
Had 'em.