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well shit. Guess who had an adult flea found on them at the vet.
Thankfully we don't have any carpets, curtains now on the line, next lot of hot wash on, beanbag in a vacuum bag in the sun with diatomaceous earth, goop on everyone..... thankfully we don't need to worry so much about skirting boards and cracks, those get dusted with DE regularly for bastard ant invasions
Envying the lack of carpet. If you wanted extra options to spray the house Sundew flea spray has imidacloprid instead of pyrethrins. So while the scent won’t be good for the cats it’s not outright toxic.
And I think it was Capstar that was instant knockdown for the adult fleas.
Yah we have some sundew on the way, also his lordship is picking up some exelpet spray at coles as we speak.
Let me know how it is, I wanted some but don’t know how strong it smells.
Edit: Careful of the Exelpet though 😬(I just checked before because I was going to buy it.)
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/coles-and-woolworths-under-fire-for-selling-toxic-flea-spray-for-pets/news-story/303a9f71b968ea487b8f2a35088f241c
https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/exelpet-fleaban-insecticidal-spray-for-cats-and-dogs
I'm trying vanilla because I have a genetic hatred of lavender (I'm not even kidding multiple family members hate the smell). Has shipped express today, hopefully comes before da weekend