If It's Not One Thing, It's Another

[unforth]

Fuck a duck...my dog has fleas. Pretty badly. I've bathed her twice in a row and will be doing a third time, but none of that will help if they are already in my house, which they must be. Research online indicates that what I have to do now is do all the laundry and vacuum immediately.
Problem 1: No laundry access
Problem 2: No vacuum cleaner

So what the fuck am I supposed to do at 10 PM to get rid of fleas? Nothing. Absolutely fucking nothing. And all of the laundry places near me are closed on Sunday, and all of them are drop of places, where I wouldn't take it anyway. Aren't they supposed to die when there's no dog to feed on? Maybe if I get her out of here? And I hate bugs, and I get this annoying creepy crawly feeling when I know they're around, and I won't be comfortable in my own apartment until this dealt with, and I don't have the money to bring in an exterminator or buy a vacuum, and all in all, I'm really pissed right now.

In short, I don't know what the hell I'm going to do. Apparently, Borax helps. Anyone have any advice? Cause damned if I have a clue what I should do now.

I'm been flirting very close to my limits as it is, and I really just wanted a relaxing weekend, and now I'm so upset I...I don't even know. That's how upset I am. I can't even watch the end of my baseball game, cause I have to figure out what I should be doing now. Probably giving up and waiting until the morning when stuff opens, so I can at least go and find some of the different things that kill flees, and go from there. But...I've got nothing. I feel helpless, and annoyed, and freaked about money, and like I have tiny insects crawling over me. What a lousy fucking combination.

Comments

[fireun.livejournal.com]

do you have frontline or something similar for the dog? (not the random pet isle at wegmans stuff. crap is useless)
first step is to apply that to the dog if you havent already, will kill off the buggers trying to feast and prevent more. second step is to bug bomb the house if you can see them in the rug and such. if the dog is infested and the house isnt yet, quick application of high end flea control will do the trick.

i feel your pain. fleas, and pest infestations in general, give me the shudders.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna try to get some Frontline or Advantage today (now that a few people recommend Frontline, I'll go with that). Thankfully, I don't have a rug - the main place I fear they'll be is where Jonie always sleeps, which is to say on my couch. It's not yet to the point that I can see them jumping around, but the first place I spotted them was on the couch, not on the dog, and when I washed her, I didn't get them all in three washes, which makes me think it's close to being pretty bad. Do you think a bug bomb is better than doing one of the slower powder things? Where does one get bug bombs?

[fireun.livejournal.com]

any hardware store should have bug bombs, just check the instructions, and see what sort of after bombing care you would have to do (ie, vacuum, clean the floor to get rid of potentially harmful residue, etc) The powder works, but i seem to remember there being more work involved, and we all know i am generally lazy.
there are shampoos for furniture that will take care of fleas you could do as well. and you wouldnt have to vacate the house for a day like you would for the flea bomb.
but yeah, Frontline or Revolution (if they still make it. its what i used on Phaedrus when he was a bug infested kitten and it seriously killed everything on him in like a day, and i didnt see any in the house after a few days. that stuff was hardcore) will take care of fleas on him and kill the buggers that bite in the near future.
the shampoos, i have found, are kinda lame when it comes to killing fleas on pets. i always used to send people to the vet for spot treatment like frontline as opposed to selling them the flea shampoos. they just...somehow never take care of the problem.

whew. flashback to previous job.