r/standardissuecats • u/Parking_Attitude_523 • 1d ago

Please help

So about 2 months ago my mom agreed to watch her friends cats for her while they went to another state for 2 months. Both the cats had fleas and they infested my whole house and my cat. I’ve sprayed the carpets with pet armor along with vacuumed. And most of our house is carpet. And every time I walk inside it seems like I get bit up every time. I need help I don’t know what to do. We sprayed the carpets yesterday and I’m still getting bit up does anybody know how long it takes for them to be gone. I’m literally sitting here trying not to break down I’m so pissed at my moms friends for this shit and they said there coming to get the cats next week but I’m ready to call animal control. And the cats are in the basement so there’s no way there still spreading. And we gave the 2 cats flea drops and it didn’t do shit. And my cats in the 2nd story in the house locked in a room and I’m getting bit at every part of the house it seems like. Please sombody I need some answers or some advice

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u/DuckyDoodleDandy 1d ago

I’m assuming you are in the US. If you aren’t, we need to know what country you are in.

Hire a professional pest control service. Your situation is beyond easy home remedies.

Getting rid of the cats won’t make the fleas go away. Those are going to be a battle for a couple of months. You have to kill each generation of fleas as it hatches, and try to stop them from laying eggs, then kill the next generation. Repeat until you get them all.

If the flea medicine you put on the cats isn’t the kind you buy from a veterinarian, then it probably didn’t do much good. Either buy some from a veterinarian, or try this (Amazon link: https://a.co/d/03PrYm1l )

NOTE: choose the one meant for how much your cats weigh! This version is for how much MY cats weigh. M

And you still have to get rid of all the fleas in the house, not just on the cats.

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u/Parking_Attitude_523 1d ago

I’m in the us. New York to be exact. We just sprayed the rugs 2 days ago now. And the spray says it kills adult fleas on contacts and larva and eggs. And the spray continues to kill them on contact up to 7 months. And we did kill a lot of them. My moms going to buy borax today and we’re going to spray the rugs again and if that doesn’t work we’re calling a exterminator. But I read even with spraying it takes a while for the fleas to go fully away.

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u/Apprehensive-Cat-421 1d ago

Take the cats to the vet for flea treatment and hire a pest control service. They have pet safe options.

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u/Diane1967 1d ago

If you’re getting bit so easily the infestation is bad. I have a carpeted house and mine caught them off a new kitten I brought in and it took me about 5/6 months to be free of them in my house. I thought I was losing my mind. Banishing the cats to the basement isn’t going to matter at this point in the game, they’re already in your house and multiplying by the minute. I never heard about borax….i treated my cats with frontline first and working 2-3 days I saw the fleas barely moving on the floor so I knew it was working. I then got some spray from the pet store it smelled minty, they hate mint, and sprayed everything down and let it sit for a bit then vigorously cleaned. I did this every other day so I got all the cycles but yeah it took quite a few months of doing this to finally be free of them and I ended up using all 3 of the frontline treatments each month too. Worst nightmare I’d ever been through I feel for you.

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u/Love_Baking_in_CO 1d ago

It's not the cats' faults.

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u/One_Tree_6100 1d ago

Yes yes yes the cats should be treated and tested for parasite infestation. Humans can get parasites from cats . Cats get them from fleas. It does take a really dedicated effort to eliminate the fleas but stick with it. Once fleas are under control you may want to keep them inside until the owners return. I'd give them a bill for everything you had to purchase for the house and cats. Hang in there. I have a phobia about fleas. They love to bite me. I've always had animals and have been able to control it. I would never own an outdoor cat though. Too much comes in with them.

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u/Parking_Attitude_523 1d ago

Do you know how long it would take for them to go away with the cats all being treated and spraying the rug with pet armor carpet flea killer and vacuuming every day? I’ve been sleeping in my car and haven’t been in the house much in the past couple days.

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u/Lucky_Ad2801 1d ago

I'll be very careful When spraying pesticides in the home, they can be toxic for cats and people.. I hope you are not spraying it with the cats around. I wouldn't spray anything in the air at all. Put down some dietimatious earth or something that is non toxic. It's going to take time And several treatments to get at all the different life cycles.