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From: chris@leadsv.UUCP (Chris Salander)
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Subject: Re: Need advice : Getting rid of fleas!
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Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 15:26:07 EST
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Summary: Strike too, and other solutions


> I went out and bought something called "Strike" (I think).  It also has
>
> when I moved, I was flea-free.  I recommend it.
> 

	I had a small war with fleas just in the last month.  Stray cats
living under my patio were apparently the source.  I also used Strike and
it has worked quite well.  I only used it outside, however.  Inside I used
a powder in the carpet and followed that with a regular carpet cleaner and
a thorough vacuuming, since I do not want to put my face into flea powder
while doing exercises on the floor.

	There is a non-chemical way to get rid of fleas that also allows
you to keep track of their "presence" or population density.  Turn off all
the lights in the "test room", and, if you can, turn down sources of heat.
Leave things that way a long while (say overnight) with doors and windows
closed (no other light or heat).  Leave just one light on, on or next to
a wall and only part way up from the floor.  "Nightlights" are good for
this.  The next morning almost every flea in the room will have gathered
on the wall (and the floor) around the light.  You should then have ready
large sticky pieces of masking tape.  Lay these down on the wall and you
will pull away strips full of fleas.  Then use your favorite method for
killing them directly.  Don't take too long, though, since they eventually
free themselves from the adhesive.  

	Repeat this every night until they are all gone.  The number of
fleas that show up each morning are a good measure of the total number 
that may be lurking around.

	- Christopher Salander,  Lockheed Space Systems Division