| Fleas become a big problem in late summer. | | | | Make sure you move your furniture around to sweep |
| All summer long they lay eggs, and have babies until | | | | underneath. Don't miss any area of carpet. |
| they crowd homes and yards. | | | | If you do have pets give special attention to |
| As a former pest control technician I learned how to | | | | sweeping places where they like to lie. Most of the |
| treat for fleas in the home. The treatment part isn't | | | | fleas in your home concentrate in those areas, and |
| hard - the tough part is moving furniture around so | | | | that's where your treatment attempts have the |
| you can treat the areas where fleas live. | | | | most effect. |
| I fight fleas every summer. I have three dogs, two | | | | A couple times during the summer sprinkle some flea |
| small, and one large, that attract fleas like a magnet | | | | powder or dust on your carpets (I use a powder |
| placed close to a pile of nails. | | | | that costs less than $3-a-box, and lasts all summer |
| But fleas sometimes plague homes where no pets | | | | long). Focus on those places your pets like the most. |
| live too. | | | | Another spot to powder or dust is any place where |
| These biting insects are accomplished hitch-hikers. | | | | fleas jump on your legs when you walk across it. |
| When your pet goes outdoors fleas jump onto him | | | | Your pets spend a lot of time there, but I've had |
| from the grass, and make a home on the animal's | | | | fleas jump on me in places I didn't know my pets |
| body where they find blood as a ready food source. | | | | took a liking to. |
| Fleas also hitchhike on your body when you walk | | | | I recommend leaving the dust or powder on the |
| outside. They jump from the grass onto your legs, | | | | carpet for a full week. Some say two or three days |
| clothing, and shoes. Then they hang on until you get | | | | are plenty, but my tests show that sometimes eggs |
| back indoors where they jump off into your carpet in | | | | hatch after that three-day period. Leaving the |
| search for suitable living conditions. | | | | treatment for a whole week never failed to rid my |
| If you have dogs or cats you'll probably have more | | | | home of flea invasions. |
| fleas, but no pets don't mean fleas won't invade your | | | | Yes, fleas attack my home. My three dogs usually |
| home. | | | | carry them in, and sometimes I must treat for flea |
| The best thing to do, whether you have animals or | | | | infestation. |
| not, is make flea control treatment a habit. | | | | Luckily, because I trained as a pest control technician, |
| Once a month take a sweeper to all your carpets. | | | | I treat those invasions fast. And I don't have a need |
| Sweep your furniture too, especially under the | | | | to bother with fleas for very long. |
| cushions. | | | | |