Everyone already knows that DJ and I have three dogs and two cats and they do some odd things, but this season has been a pain in the A$$. I am not sure if any of you are pet lovers or have your own at home and have experienced our problem. Our hairy little children infested our home with fleas…yes, fleas! We found out that our dog Lady, the one stuck under the gate, is severely allergic to fleas. Go figure! I have not been able to turn on the radio this Fall without hearing about ideas to get rid of the extreme flea infestations this year.
Well, we have done a ton of different things. We bombed our home twice and bought many things to try directly on the dogs. I can say that for us flea collars, flea baths, and prescribed treatments did not work at all. Finally, this weekend we tried something different that did not cost of us hundreds of dollars. We bought Borax, a laundry booster. Boric acid is in Borax and it appears to literally “suck” moisture out of fleas and flea eggs. We shook Borax all over the carpets Friday and left it there until yesterday afternoon. Yes, it was a pain, and I had to wear flip-flops in the house all weekend. Yesterday we vacuumed the carpets and I must say; it was disgusting. I will never be able to lie on our carpets again. The Borax did kill all the fleas and eggs and we could visible see them once we swept the carpets.
I cannot help but think how creepy it is that these parasites created a metropolis in our home even though we tried repeatedly to kill them. We are now “flea free” and all it took was something that you find next to Bleach in the store, Borax. Therefore, if you happen to have or might have the problem we did; do not go out and spend hundreds of dollars…just grab the “detergent like product” and “clean up”.