Fleas

[Artiglio]

Good day people,

 

I've a flea problem in a flat vacated by tenants that had a cat. Any recommendations of a good product available to the general public?

 

many thanks

[Re-Pete]

This stuff is the business...........the 17oz can should easily do a flat. Close windows, do skirtings and under sinks etc. then get out quick!!

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nuvan-Directed-Spray-Aerosol-17-oz-can-/252035819448?hash=item3aae8167b8:g:YZ8AAOSwubRXK47T

 

Really stinks, though, so you'll need to let the place air for a while before anyone moves in.

 

Years ago, I did an entire small house with it..............sorted it in one go.

 

H/man

[andybrock]

Depending on how bad the infestation is an aerosol won't cure the problem you will need to use a product that has a good residual properties, the fleas them selves are easy to get rid of its the eggs that can lay dormant for months that will be your problem. Get a professional pest controller in and save yourself a load of mither!

[justin credible]

Ditto Andybrock.

Years ago we bought a house that had been lived in by some scruffy tw@t who had let all the mangy neighbourhood cats in. We didn't realise this until we moved in and found out the place was infested with fleas.

We spend £££££s on cans of flea spray to absolutely no effect and then ended up having to call in a pest controller. He sprayed the whole of the inside of the house and said if he had to come back again he'd do it for free.

We never had to call him again.

[southwest shooter]

some type of flea bomb , detonate then vacate the premises for 24 to 48 hours , highly toxic.

[Artiglio]

Thanks Gents, it would appear that any effective insecticide is no longer available to general public in the UK.I'll get a professional in and stop wasting my time and cash.

 

Atb

[Leezie]

Hello matey,

I've run my own pest control company here in Portsmouth for the past 20-years and treat houses, flats, offices etc every day for fleas.

DON'T waste your money on over the counter products no matter what you hear about them...they're crap!!!

Contact a local, small firm of pest controllers and ask them to apply Ficam W (Not just Ficam W, insist that it is mixed with a product called Nylar) Nylar is an insect growth inhibiter / regulator and when used with Ficam is a "belt and braces" approach. you should be looking at a price of between £95 and £150 to treat an entire house...Rentokil will charge you around £450! If you want any more guidance, just PM me. ;-)

Lee.