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veronica990: 10 months ago

Do fleas go on your mattress so just on your sheets?

because I found out my cat has fleas and she used to sleep on my bed. I'm taking care of my blankets and sheets but should I worry about my mattress?

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boo153: 10 months ago via iPhone

Also treat your box springs.

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veronica990: 10 months ago

How do I get into the mattress

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boo153: 10 months ago via iPhone

My husband used to be in pest control. The best thing you can do is go to Walmart or home depot and buy a bottle of malathion and a sprayer. Mix it a bit stringer than called for, open the windows, remove the pets and spray the whole room, take the mattress off the bed and spray the box springs, carpet, drapes and clothes. Of course you will then have to wash your clothes and bedding but it beats fleas. Depending on how long they have been in the house you may have to repeat due to new hatchlings.

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veronica990: 10 months ago

Thz

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ibepwning: 10 months ago

I would clean it up and get it sprayed. Rather be safe than sorry. :D

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veronica990: 10 months ago

What do I spray it with?

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GI102: 10 months ago via iPhone

Yes. The fleas already invaded you bed.

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veronica990: 10 months ago

oH Sh*T!

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veronica990: 10 months ago

Omg what do I do?!?

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GI102: 10 months ago via iPhone

On the hot sunny day take your mattress out set it somewhere high above the ground 2 or 3 ft and dry it under the sun for couple hours. The heat from the sun will kill them.

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veronica990: 10 months ago

Thz so much. That's was a lot of help.

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GI102: 10 months ago via iPhone

Your welcome.

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CallieBurnworth: 10 months ago

probably but be careful because flea bites hurt and if you dont take care of them quickly they can be really hard to get rid of

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veronica990: 10 months ago

? ?? WHAT do I do!?

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Spf_0: 10 months ago

Trust me, flea bites don't hurt at all, you just need to flick them off, it doesn't hurt like heck.

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veronica990: 10 months ago

Yes I know they don't hurt but there leaving red dots all over my body!

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veronica990: 10 months ago

Really flick them off?

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veronica990: 10 months ago

They are fu***** Fast. Ill never catch one

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veronica990: 10 months ago

It's fu***** ITCHEY!

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ValerieLazarus: 10 months ago

The short answer is Yes. Go to your local Home and Garden store and buy diatomaceous earth (not the kind for cleaning swimming pools). Rub the white powder into your mattress generously. It is made from microscopic shellfish fragments which will kill flea larvae and it also helps with bedbugs and almost every kind of parasite that lives and breeds outside your body.

P.S. Flea eggs can remain dormant for 2 years, so be sure and wash EVERYTHING you own.

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veronica990: 10 months ago

*sigh* it's hard work? but I gatta do what I gatta do. Thax

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boulou3: 10 months ago

Clean it quick or you might get a bed bug or flea infestation in your house

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Spf_0: 10 months ago

Yes, but you don't need to make such a big deal out of it, because fleas can't harm you, but if they keep you awake, and you constantly keep getting bit, than you should probably get some help on that, at least that's what I suggest, but I'm no expert!

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veronica990: 10 months ago

Ok shut to mouth u a**. If ur no expert why did u answer? And actually fleas are very harmful. How dumb can u be?!

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veronica990: 10 months ago

People like u just make me angry

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