My girlfriend is not happy about the fleas

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I’m a handyman and last week had to crawl under a house for plumbing repairs... the space was infested with fleas. Some racoons had lived there and ripped insulation from air ducts which I think was where all the fleas were hiding out. Anyway, I stripped naked before entering our house and washed my work clothes outside... wasn’t good enough and now we have a flea infestation. Fumigation didn’t work. She is actually considering breaking up over this.

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  • litelander8
    4 years ago

    I'd be livid. But it's part of the nature of your job. Not something to break up over.

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  • Boojum
    4 years ago

    Fleas can be a bastard to get rid off.

    I suggest you look into diatomaceous earth. It's a non-toxic, inexpensive powder composed of the fossilised skeletons of minuscule ancient sea creatures. The individual skeletons have very sharp edges on a microscopic level, and if this stuff gets on adult fleas - and especially flea larvae - it abrades the beast's exoskeleton and the little bastards die of dehydration.

    Vacuum the house well, spread the powder around, making sure it gets into places like the cracks under baseboards, and just leave it there for a couple of weeks before vacuuming it up. I bet you find that your flea problem disappears pretty quickly.

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  • SmokeEverything
    4 years ago

    Im pretty sure unless you have a lot of animals that aren't treated the fleas will go away on their own. Ive lived with 20 cats that got fleas and never got more than a couple bites, the fleas won't stay on you.

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