Flea problem need advice?

My cat got fleas and now they are in the carpet of the house. They are not real bad (I know what real bad is due to past problem). I just got the Frontline Plus drops. What I was wondering is... I am planning on shampooing all the carpet in the the house. My fiance wants to use the flea powder first. Is it a good idea to do both or would one or the other would work? Thanks!Flea problem need advice?
First get Frontline, Advantage, or Revolution from the vet to treat the cats. These products are intended to be used once a month to keep fleas off the cat.





Then, if you need to treat the house - which is often the case - use a product which not only kills adult fleas but also prevents eggs from hatching.





When we have bad flea years (haven't had one in along time - knock on wood :-) we use Raid products for the house.





They make a fogger called Raid 庐 : Flea Killer Plus Fogger





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They also make an area spray called Raid 庐 : Flea Killer Plus Carpet %26amp; Room Spray





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We have had very good results with those products.





Remember, you want a product that not only kills adult fleas but also prevents eggs from hatching. If you use something that does not prevent the eggs from hatching, when they hatch you are back where you started.





There is a product, Capstar which is a pill you give the cat. It kills all of the fleas on the cat within about 5 hours.





http://www.capstar.novartis.us/





It does not provide long lasting protection - it merely kills all the fleas on the cat.





You can use it to kill all the fleas on the cat and then treat the cat with Frontline, Advantage, or Revolution, and then treat the cat.





Ask your vet about Capstar and using it in combination with other products.





Capstar is available only by prescription.





We have used it to kill all the fleas on feral cats who we could not handle to apply something else. We transfer them to another cage or carrier, move them out of the room, fog the room, give them the Capstar in food, and then put them back in the main cage.





Capstar is like magic - it really will kill all of the fleas on a cat very quickly and it is safe enough that you could use it every day, if need be - though that would be an expensive way to control fleas, day to day.





Indoor cats can get fleas that people carry in on their clothes. If you think that might be happening, get an insecticide you can spray on the yard to kill fleas.





You will probably need to get a sprayer. The ones that attach to the end of a hose might be the type you could use.





Ask the people at a garden store, Lowes, or Home Depot, or similar store for help picking an insecticide and a sprayer.Flea problem need advice?
Your first step now that you've got the frontline going is to vacuum your entire house thoroughly - especially all the baseboards and little areas around heavy furniture where they can hide. Then use an insecticide spray or bug bomb in the house - you'll want to have your pets and yourselves out of the area for an hour or two when you do that - the label will tell you. Then keep vacuuming every day for a couple weeks - and you may have to repeat the insecticide in another couple weeks if there were any fleas in cocoon stage - they aren't affected by insecticide so will still hatch. I don't know if shampooing a carpet will help much.
You need to go to your local vet and pick up a good area flea spray. Cover up the cat's water and food and spray everything,especially near baseboards- the package of the product will tell you the exact directions. Shampooing the carpet will not kill the fleas or the eggs,just multiply them,and they just love that useless flea powder stuff too.


I know exactly what I am talking about.
Fleas do not usually take to cats but I would keep a flea and tick collar on him or her. Change it every 8 weeks. As for the carept I would try to ';bomb'; the house first. IF they arent too bad the carpet spray should do the trick.
Go to the Vets office and buy a special flea spray that you spray on the carpet that kills both the fleas and the flea eggs.





The proper spray is the only thing that will work.