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I can definitely recommend RSPCA Manchester and Salford branch. They have lots of rabbits of all ages and sizes. They have a Facebook page too. My little Frosty came from there
No offense, but it's silly to professionally treat your house for fleas. There's 1 person and 1 rabbit. If you can't get rid of them without treating the house...then somethings wrong.
Honestly, I just shake my head at people who freak out and treat their house with chemicals in order to get rid of a simple flea problem. That's not good for anyone's health (human/animal) or the environment's.
People buy expensive organic food and then go home and use pesticides on their lawn and bomb their house and don't even think twice about it. Apparently it never occurs to them that it's not healthy, and as for the environment they're probably like Trump and his aerosol hairspray, thinking well it's inside my house, so there's no way the air could possibly escape and affect the environment.:roll:
Wills, go take one of you 'Tact and Diplomacy' Pills !!
Chantelle, William's bark is far worse than her bite
Sorry... that was more harsh than necessary! Especially to a newbie - I realized that afterwards I need to remember to wait 5 minutes before posting...
I really shouldn't read flea threads, they always irritate me when people advocate for treating the house. It's just extreme overkill in my eyes. Like dropping a nuclear bomb on an entire forest of healthy trees just because a single tree has termites. An emotional response, not a rational one.
I do have to give props to you Chantelle for knowing that you need to vacuum a lot and keep things extra clean! I opened the thread expecting people to have no clue how to eradicate fleas beyond 'throw some chemicals around' - but the cleaning/vacuuming is a big key to eradication so it sounds like you did your research, and maybe the forum isnt quite as chemical happy as they used to be either (was pleased seeing flea combing etc mentioned)!
Also, if you do flea comb (I think you said your bun doesn't like being brushed very often) you should put a couple drips of soap in a bowl, put the bowl under the tap and fill halfway with water (to create lots of soap suds), then drop each flea in the bowl of soap suds as you're flea combing. They die immediately. A bowl of plain water they'll just hop out of and it's too time consuming to try and squish each flea in a tissue, they're not that easy to squish ime and might get away as you're trying. I remember doing that as well as running to the toilet and dropping a flea in every time I got one in the comb, back when I had three baby kittens I'd gotten out of the woods. I didn't know the secret of soap then, so it was time consuming. And have a piece of stalky hay ready to swirl any fur that's removed (if your bun is moulting) into the soap suds. Otherwise, if fur is sitting on top of the suds, the fleas could possibly escape by sitting on the fur instead of falling into the soapy water.
When flea combing is possible it works very, very well as long as you have a very fine comb (I use a cat flea comb from Petco, finest one I've ever seen). Too big and it doesn't catch them, especially the smaller fleas. Plus flea combing removes flea poop from the bunny which the larvae/pupae feed on (which of course is partly why it's important to keep things clean and vacuum - no organic matter for larvae/pupae to eat and they can't grow up to become adults) and it gives you a good idea of the amount of adult fleas you have so you know how big the problem is and what steps you need to take.
No offense, but it's silly to professionally treat your house for fleas. There's 1 person and 1 rabbit. If you can't get rid of them without treating the house...then somethings wrong.
Honestly, I just shake my head at people who freak out and treat their house with chemicals in order to get rid of a simple flea problem. That's not good for anyone's health (human/animal) or the environment's.
People buy expensive organic food and then go home and use pesticides on their lawn and bomb their house and don't even think twice about it. Apparently it never occurs to them that it's not healthy, and as for the environment they're probably like Trump and his aerosol hairspray, thinking well it's inside my house, so there's no way the air could possibly escape and affect the environment.:roll:
No offense, but it's silly to professionally treat your house for fleas. There's 1 person and 1 rabbit. If you can't get rid of them without treating the house...then somethings wrong.
Honestly, I just shake my head at people who freak out and treat their house with chemicals in order to get rid of a simple flea problem. That's not good for anyone's health (human/animal) or the environment's.
People buy expensive organic food and then go home and use pesticides on their lawn and bomb their house and don't even think twice about it. Apparently it never occurs to them that it's not healthy, and as for the environment they're probably like Trump and his aerosol hairspray, thinking well it's inside my house, so there's no way the air could possibly escape and affect the environment.:roll:
No offense, but it's silly to professionally treat your house for fleas. There's 1 person and 1 rabbit. If you can't get rid of them without treating the house...then somethings wrong.
Honestly, I just shake my head at people who freak out and treat their house with chemicals in order to get rid of a simple flea problem. That's not good for anyone's health (human/animal) or the environment's.
People buy expensive organic food and then go home and use pesticides on their lawn and bomb their house and don't even think twice about it. Apparently it never occurs to them that it's not healthy, and as for the environment they're probably like Trump and his aerosol hairspray, thinking well it's inside my house, so there's no way the air could possibly escape and affect the environment.:roll:
Indorex is good, or for asthma suffers RIP is also a good product. It's easy to use.
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I've not read the whole thread but I'm gonna advise by my Vet Nurse experience.
In a flea infestation it's advised to treat the home as the fleas don't live on just the rabbit. They leave the rabbit and lay eggs in the environment. These eggs are extremely Hardy and can survive cold & heat. They can last for months as an egg which means you may no see signs of infestion for a week or so following treatment but the eggs soon hatch out and the cycle begins again.
I don't always suggest treating the house straight away but if after a week there are still signs I suggest a home treatment to.
Indorex is good, or for asthma suffers RIP is also a good product. It's easy to use.
Just hoover really thoroughly before as the vibrations make the eggs hatch then spray around the room with the product ensuring to get into knocks and crannies.
Keep all doors and windows shut for 30 mins and no access to the room. After allow the room to air for 30 mins before using it again. (Any fish to be removed from the room in their tank- if not possible put a thick blanket/duvet over the top of them).
Do this to every room and you should see improvment after 1 to 2 weeks. It's rare you'll need to repeat.
It's also sometimes worth giving flea treatment more often- a vet will need to advise on this though.
We used Indorex in the practice when we weren't consulting. Often I'd still be in the room with it I the first 30 mins - I never experienced any ill effects and the fumes were minimal.
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Hoover before and it'll make them hatch out. Then spray and this'll kill them.Thanks for the response the whole place is gutted so no carpets or curtains are left and I've pulled most the skirting boards off, striped all wallpaper and ceiling paper off too, I'm just hoping that by the time I move in they don't all pop back up again - been hoovering and spraying etc - so do you think it's worth getting a professional in? I read online that the cocoons they can stay in for a year and they can't be destroyed does this mean at some point more will hatch? Even if I get a professional in? Really appreciate your help
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