We just bought a house, and unbeknownst to us it came with a persistent flea infestation. We were told by the previous owners that their daughter's boyfriend's dog was occasionally at the house - after speaking to neighbors we have now learned that they had a small kennel going on here with "too many dogs". Grrrr.
We don't have any pets, so the fleas have been having a party feeding on us and our two small children. It has been just over two months now, and we are still battling these little pests. We had to move in a very short time frame, and were moving long distance so we had to start battling the fleas upon move-in with boxes piled everywhere. Needless to say, this has been an exhausting and infuriating exercise. The night before we moved, my husband realized there was infestation because he entered the empty house to set the a/c and was immediately covered in fleas. He went out and bought a flea bomb, which killed off that round of fleas. Anyone who has battled fleas before knows that the live adult ones are just a small percentage of the actual population in your dwelling. There will also be eggs and pupae just waiting to transform into their next life stage through to adult to feed on you as the next generation.
I have been trying to vacuum the house every day, but of course with two small children sometimes things don't work out so well and I have to miss a day or two of vacuuming. Plus, cleaning the house EVERY DAY is exhausting and emotionally taxing. I can't use flea collars or flea dips for my children, and fleas find them very delicious and very accessible being so close to the floor. I have bought anti-lice shampoos and sprays for my children in the hopes that they will help keep the fleas off them (I know, lice and fleas aren't the same thing but strangely they don't sell anti-flea shampoo for human children and I am desperate). I have a crawling baby and a preschooler that likes to roll around on the floor, so I also have to bathe both my children EVERY NIGHT and do laundry every day to ensure they don't have any fleas or eggs hiding out in their hair, sock bands, waist bands. Bed sheets have to be washed every few nights. Sigh.
I very quickly realized that we needed to use every tool available to us in this battle, so I bought a stock of flea pesticides from a website that specializes in doing your own pest control because we simply couldn't afford to pay any of the companies to keep coming to our house every month. This has some effective flea pesticide (it does kill them on contact), plus a HGR (hormone growth regulator) which supposedly prevents them from becoming egg producing adults. I have just bought a robot vacuum because we had two weeks of flu in our house, and I was just unable to keep up on the bathing and cleaning - and the fleas kept hatching and feasting, which about sent me into tears.
Anyway... this product does work, to some degree. It does attract and kill some fleas. I don't think it would entice a flea on your dog or cat or other mammal to jump off their ready food source to go at the light bulb, but if a flea does ranform into an adult while this thing is near it is likely to go jump towards the heat of the light bulb and get stuck on the sticky pad. You can make your own traps using the same idea with an incandescent lamp over a sticky pad or shallow dish of water with a drop or two of dish soap. I don't have any lamps that can take an incandescent bulb, so I had to purchase these and for their purpose they work great. No, I don't think they will attract and kill every flea in my house but they are yet another cog in the flea killing military machine that I am building. Some nights they don't catch any fleas. At times they have gone nearly two weeks without catching any fleas, and then bam in one night there will be a hatching and we will have a few to several on a trap for many successive nights.
For me, I rejoice at every single dead flea that I see so these lamps can bring me great joy. We've also caught several larder beetles in these, which I would have never known were in our house - so bonus catch! We have been rotating the traps around to different rooms on different nights, but I think I might just buy a few more to make my life just that much easier. I'd really rather not have to spray poison again, as it is incredibly difficult to manage my children with a poisoned floor and I'm just not comfortable living in a poison drenched home - plus, after three rounds I can see it isn't going to eliminate the problem. I have also tried dusting the baseboards and other areas with diatomaceous earth. To date, this obviously hasn't solved our problem either but I might give another dusting soon for good measure.
I am by nature a very clean person, and having this flea problem has sent me to the brink of insanity. I am going to try relying on the robot vacuum in conjunction with my upright vacuuming, plus these lights set out at night and hope for the best. I'm done with poisons. They have an immediate killing effect, but I've yet to see any long term results with them - I'm not even convinced the HGR worked, and we sprayed it twice. Persistence is key, and from the many tens of hours of research I have done into flea control I think my new poison-less plan will be the most effective and least harmful to my family (If I can keep the baby away from the robot vacuum - boy is that thing exciting).
If you do decide to buy this lamp, be sure to get extra sticky pads and bulbs too - you will need them.
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Victor Poison Free Ultimate Flea Trap
Protect Your Home and Pets from Pesky Fleas
The Ultimate Flea Trap by Victor is a unique and easy-to-use tool that effectively helps you control fleas in your home, without having to spray synthetic chemicals or apply them to your pet. Simply plug it in, and your flea trap will begin luring and trapping fleas immediately from up to 30 feet away, alerting you to their presence. It’s odor-free and safe for use around children and pets - so you can use it anywhere indoors and begin to enjoy a flea-free home.
High Efficiency Trap Provides Long-Term Protection
The patented design of the Victor Ultimate Flea Trap gives it a 93% catch rate, making it one of the most efficient ways to control fleas. Its strength lures fleas off of your pet and out of upholstery, and 360° access allows them to enter from all angles. Just replace the “super grabber” glue disc every 2-4 weeks for continued, long-term protection against fleas.
How it Works
- Bright color, light & heat that simulates a warm-blooded host attract fleas from up to 30 feet away.
- Disposable "super grabber" glue disc catches fleas and holds them in place.
- Trapped fleas help to break the breeding cycle and alert you to a potential infestation.
Trap Fleas in Three Simple Steps
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1. Assemble the TrapInsert the host-simulating bulb and 'super grabber' glue disc, then snap the trap together. |
2. Place Near PetsSelect locations indoors where your pets spends most of their time, like bedding, crates or other resting places to attract and capture nearby fleas. |
3. Replace Glue Disc Every 4 WeeksInsert a fresh disc every 2-4 weeks for continued flea trapping and monitoring. 2 glue discs are included with this trap, and refill packs are available. |
Early Detection
Identifying a flea problem at the very beginning helps you more easily protect your pets and family from a full-blown infestation. It's important to set flea traps in each room of your home in which fleas may be breeding in order to monitor their activity and effectively control them.
About Fleas in Your Home
Identification and Habits
Adult fleas are tiny bloodsucking insects that, to the naked eye, resemble poppy seeds or dark-colored sesame seeds. Their wingless bodies are laterally compressed, making it easier for them to travel through a host’s fur or hair. Fleas are equipped with long, tube-like mouthparts that allow them to consume the blood of an animal host, as well as long hind legs that allow them to powerfully jump from body to body.
Get Rid of Fleas and Their Eggs
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1. Set and Monitor TrapsFlea traps will effectively notify you of the presence of fleas so you can begin to take action. |
2. Bathe Pets RegularlyBe sure to use shampoo and fully rinse your pet clean to get rid of all signs of fleas. |
3. Discard or Deep-Clean Bedding and ToysFlea eggs often fall off of your pet and onto surrounding objects or surfaces like dog beds and plush toys. |
4. Vacuum RegularlyBe sure to get rid of any fleas, eggs and larvae that may be living in nearby carpets or upholstery. |
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Great simple flea killer and no chemicals
Ok, so here we are in south texas near the Gulf of Mexico and it is hot and humid and it just doesn't seem to want to stop raining lately.We've had some fleas in past years on our dog and cats, but this year wow. Crazy plethora of them! And I am not a big fan of chemicals inside the house. We had to take an attack approach to this and spray outdoors with heavy duty stuff.Inside, first we did the diatomaceous earth and it made a huge white powdery mess and also killed my vacuum cleaner.Of course we've been bathing all the animals every few days with the right stuff, and sprayed natural cure for fleas on carpets, that stuff with cloves and peppermint, which helps some. And yet, there were still fleas in certain carpeted areas of our house. Even after vacuuming multiple times morewith my new vacuum cleaner and flea powder. It has become a huge chore and yet still there were fleas!So, I decided to give these crazy things a try.Why not. So, I bought 5 of them and set them around the house in areas that have worst problems. The photos I added are after 1 hour, there were probably about 100 or more fleas on each sticky trap. I have not taken new photos but I am about to change out the sticky disk parts on them all today because they are all full of fleas!And the problem is truly going away.These things are working and I think they're great. Sure, if you want to make your own go ahead, but these are actually made well enough to use for a long time.What you get is a round plastic cage type thing, and there is a small light bulb on a long cord that fits into the top of the cage. There is a sticky round flat sheet of stuff, you have to peel the top protective layer off for them to work. It's kinda like a giant disk of fly tape. When you put the light bulb on for the first time you have to unscrew the bottom of the bulb socket and re-screw it on on the underside of the top piece of the cage to hold it solidly in place. Its very simple.These work, and I bought refills for the sticky disks cuz I know we will be using these for as long as it takes.Keep in mind that the light attracts the fleas, so make whatever area you're treating as dark as possible. And at night is the best time.I am very happy to have found these and I recommend them.For anyone who says they don't work, which some reviews said, I don't know what they are doing wrong but obviously they didn't read the instructions. And if you want to do the shallow bowl with water and dish soap, that works okay too, we tried it, but not as well and it depends on your ability to make something where the light shines on it constantly and can be moved around.These are super easy to use and I am happy.I hope this helps you.
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Recently, I moved my home office into our basement. When I did, I also brought down a couple rugs that our dog used to sleep on. Within a matter of days I discovered that I had also brought some fleas with it.
This is really a tough situation for me. I work from home and we have a ton of pets. As such, my wife and I are against using flea bombs or any other chemicals that might be potentially harmful to us or our pets.
That's when I went ahead and picked up one of these traps. I must say, it's pretty effective!
In the week or two since we've had it, we've caught more than just fleas. We've caught spiders, gnats, centipedes, and who knows what else.
The trap itself is totally passive. All you have to do is simply plug it in and let it do its thing. I think the problem that a lot of people are having with the trap is that the critters are being lured in by the light. As such, I doubt that this trap will work in a brightly lit room. Also, we probably wouldn't use this in our bedroom since my wife needs to be in 100% complete darkness to sleep.
Additionally, the type of lightbulb that is used by this trap has an extremely fragile filament. I once broke the bulb by smacking the top of the dome to try to shake a spider onto the glue trap.
Lastly, this product only treats the symptoms of a flea problem. It's not a cure. In other words, it only kills the fleas that it lures in. If you have a serious flea problem, you'll probably have to resort to other methods to target the source of the fleas.
This is really a tough situation for me. I work from home and we have a ton of pets. As such, my wife and I are against using flea bombs or any other chemicals that might be potentially harmful to us or our pets.
That's when I went ahead and picked up one of these traps. I must say, it's pretty effective!
In the week or two since we've had it, we've caught more than just fleas. We've caught spiders, gnats, centipedes, and who knows what else.
The trap itself is totally passive. All you have to do is simply plug it in and let it do its thing. I think the problem that a lot of people are having with the trap is that the critters are being lured in by the light. As such, I doubt that this trap will work in a brightly lit room. Also, we probably wouldn't use this in our bedroom since my wife needs to be in 100% complete darkness to sleep.
Additionally, the type of lightbulb that is used by this trap has an extremely fragile filament. I once broke the bulb by smacking the top of the dome to try to shake a spider onto the glue trap.
Lastly, this product only treats the symptoms of a flea problem. It's not a cure. In other words, it only kills the fleas that it lures in. If you have a serious flea problem, you'll probably have to resort to other methods to target the source of the fleas.
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DJ Wagner
Great Quality !
Reviewed in Canada on November 14, 2020
DJ Wagner
Reviewed in Canada on November 14, 2020
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RJ
Not a good option, just get a scrip from your vet
Reviewed in Canada on December 9, 2019