Fighting fleas in bed

What you need:

• Newsprint
• duct tape
• Rugs
• vacuum cleaner
• Disinfectant spray
• vinegar
• soda
• salt
• Vinegar essence
• Steam cleaner
• Fogger

Are the Fleas once in bed, the flea offspring can also be found there in their various stages of development. In order to thoroughly remove the fleas, it is not enough to eliminate the blood-sucking adults. You must destroy all the brood.

Preparing to fight fleas in bed

1. Remove the covers from the pillows and blankets and place them in a laundry tub.
2. Now add 4 tablespoons of soda to every 10 liters of hot water, stir it thoroughly and pour it over the bed linen. Repeat this until the bed linen is completely soaked in soda water. Leave the laundry in the soda bath for 24 hours.
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   To wash You then put the bed linen at the highest permissible temperature in the Washing machine. In addition to the usual washing powder, add a teaspoon of salt to the washing chamber and instead of a fabric softener, add a good dash of vinegar essence to the washing chamber. dry It is best to put them in the tumble dryer afterwards.
3. You can dry-clean the pillows and inlets or wash them at 60 ° C in the washing machine and then dry them in the tumble dryer (tumble dryer).
4. Take the mattresses out of the bed frames and lean them against a wall. Make sure that the mattresses have as little floor and wall contact as possible.


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5. Vacuum everything very carefully and thoroughly with the vacuum cleaner from: the mattress, the bed frame, the walls and the floor.

You can the mattress also steam off with a steam cleaner. The temperature of the steam is so high that it kills everything in the mattress. So you not only eliminate flea larvae, but also kill mites at the same time. It is best to leave the mattress there until the next day to air out.

 Fighting bed fleas with various measures

1. All cracks through which air can enter the room must be sealed. You will use newspaper, tape, and wool blankets to do this. Around window and doors around must be worked particularly carefully.
2. Turn the heating on fully and lock the door. Put a woolen blanket in front of the door and seal the door leaf with newspaper and adhesive tape.
3. You are now forced to sleep on the sofa for at least three, or even better, five days.
4. Open the room and turn off the heating. Remove all insulation and open the windows.

Cleaning measures against fleas in bed

1. Again, vacuum everything very carefully and thoroughly. All dark corners are popular sleeping places for fleas.
2. Mix vinegar and water in a ratio of 1: 1 and use it to wash off all parts in the room that may come into contact with water.
3. Spray the bed frame and mattress with disinfectant spray. Close the door and sleep another night on the sofa.
4. Now the room can be set up again.

Fogger - the vermin sprayer

• If you still have the feeling that you haven't got rid of all the fleas in bed, then you can also use chemical agents. You can get so-called foggers in pet shops. This vermin sprayer looks like a can. You place the can in the middle of the room and press the trigger.

• The room must be tightly closed while the fogger must act for at least two hours. Then ventilate the room for at least 30 minutes before you can vacuum everything again and prepare your bed again.

Measures to prevent bed fleas

• Every three days for the next eight weeks, you will need to peel off sheets and thoroughly vacuum the bed, bed frame, walls, and floor around the bed every day. Saturated fleas can live up to eight weeks without food.

• The metabolism of bed fleas increases due to the high heat. You use more energy and get hungry faster. Since there are no sources of blood, the fleas starve to death.

Additional author: Alexandra Muders