How to get rid of fleas?

So I've had a cat for almost eight years now, and, in our old home, she never had a single flea on her. I used the Hartz UltraGuard Pro flea and tick drops for cats, the kind you put on the skin between their shoulder blades. And I never saw a single flea.

Then we moved, and it was like a flea explosion. They're on the cat, they're in my bed, they're biting her, they're biting me. She (the cat) rarely goes outside, occasionally the nice weather is too much for her to ignore and she'll sneak out for a few minutes, but she's mainly an indoor cat. I used the Hartz UltraGuard drops that I've always used, I washed my sheets, swept and mopped (all hardwood floors, no carpeting) the floors, and gave my kitty a bath with cat shampoo (which was something, let me tell you, she's a Maine Coon and a BIG cat). I'm going to get a flea fogger bomb thing for this weekend, but I was wondering...WHAT CAN I DO?? The little buggers are nasty, I have bites on my ankles and having fleas in my bed is just disgusting. I've been trying to make sure the cat 100% NEVER goes outside anymore, but, really, this is just ridiculous. Any tips??How to get rid of fleas?
First, ditch the Hartz product. There is a reason poison control has dedicated lines for certain of the flea products sold in stores. She may never really been exposed to fleas, so your treatments were for something that was not really present, and now that they are, you are finding the product doesn't really work.



A flea bomb will be a great aid. And, assuming she is healthy, I suggest Revolution. It will kill the fleas within 15-30 minutes, so they will be unable to lay any eggs. You need to break the flea-egg cycle, and that is 3-8 weeks, so rigorous treatment of the home, and three treatments of Revolution (it lasts for a month) and your problem should be solved.



There is another thing you can consider once the flea problem is over. Giving a daily tablet of Brewer's yeast, available in health food stores. I had a problem long before the vet products were commonly available, and getting the numbers down to a minimum, using Brewer's yeast, and a flea bomb on the house ended it once and for all. Fleas don't like the taste of blood of a cat that has taken Brewer's yeast.



But what is happening is that you are bringing in fleas from outside, as there may be a population explosion in your yard. You may have to look into treatment methods for your outside also.How to get rid of fleas?
Fleas come in via your shoes and clothing--and your squirrels outdoors are probably the cause.



Do NOT dose the cat again, the drops are for a full month, doing another dose of anything would be a toxic overload that does permanent damage to the cat's liver function, if it doesn't outright kill the cat.



Get your vacuum. Any flea vacuumed up will die in the process. Vacuum the floor boards, carpet, furniture, any cracks the fleas are hiding in along the walls and wood floors, and do this daily. It'll take out a lot of the fleas so you only have to deal with the hatching eggs when those mature.



Once your cat's ready for another treatment, go to Advantage or Revolution or Frontline. They're far FAR safer than Hartz (google 'hartz lawsuit' if you don't believe me) and will work better. Advantage, we found, not only does not sting the cat's skin on the neck, the protective coverage works for 6 full weeks (even on outdoor cats) instead of the 4 weeks it claims..How to get rid of fleas?
Use a flea bomb, for the house (You and the cats cannot be in the house, its dangerous). Because they aren't just on the animals. And, wash your cat in a flea bath. Both of these things you can get at target or walmart. I have 3 cats and we did that and it got rid of all fleas.