Set up flea traps in the apartment
If a cat or dog brings uninvited guests with them from a walk, it is important to act quickly, because the nuisances can also be unpleasant for people. Flea traps help here - but how should you set them up in your home?
What you need:
- Plate
- Coasters
- Washing-up liquid
- Tealight
Flea traps are easily built by yourself and attract the small animals to dispose of them.
Build flea traps with a tea light
- You can easily build flea traps yourself - without chemicals. For this you need a large plate in which you put a small saucer (saucer). The coaster is turned over so that a small elevation is created.
- Then fill the plate with water so that the coaster is barely covered with water. Your flea traps now need a little washing-up liquid to reduce the tension on the water surface.
- Now place a tea light on the small bump in the middle. It shouldn't float, but it shouldn't stand on dry land either. The warmth and light of the candle draw the Fleas at.
- The parasites want to jump into the light and drown when they land in the water. Alternatively, you can use a weak electrical light source (small table lamp).
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Set up the flea traps correctly
- Because the fleas react to light, the flea traps should be the brightest spot in the room. So switch off other light sources if possible to attract the pests.
- It is also important that - if you use a candle - you do not use a large, narrow candle, but a tealight. Because this cannot fall over so easily.
- In addition, the flame should not come into contact with objects that are flammable. If you use a small table lamp, you should not use an energy-saving lamp, but rather a normal light bulb if possible. Their heat development has a more attractive effect on the fleas.
- These flea traps shouldn't come into contact with flammable materials either, as the pear can get very hot after a while.
- It makes sense here for the sake of safety also, as far as possible, to have no drafts in the room. Therefore should window getting closed. In addition, your pet should be excluded from the room where the candle burns. Here, too, a burning candle should not be left alone and extinguished at night.
Flea traps should be set up precisely where your animal likes to be. The parasites also like to settle in carpets, so that you regularly suck and yours clothing Wash more often than usual.
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