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Fleas and bedbugs are they in the same hard to kill category?

Asked by silky1 (1510points) July 2nd, 2012

I found a product for killing fleas and was surprised that it said to kill bedbugs and fleas on the label.

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marinelife's avatar

Bedbugs are much harder to rid an infestation of, They hide in mattresses cardboard boxes, cloth. You have to follow a whole procedure to be sure and be rid of them.

creative1's avatar

I would never want to have to get rid of bed bugs, fleas are easier to rid your home of by having your pet treated and then vacuuming a lot after the treatment of the home for the fleas. The vacuuming rids the home of the eggs before they hatch. Bed bugs can bury themselves into the couches and/or mattresses so getting rid of the furniture is sometimes the only way to get rid of them. The following link is some helpful hint to rid your home of the pests but its not a good situation to deal with.

LittleLemon's avatar

The product you found was just meant as a topical spray, and technically yes it would work for both, but you’d be spraying bedbugs until the day you die unless you use the methods described above.

jca's avatar

An exterminator told me once that the hardest to kill is bedbugs, roaches are second and fleas are third hardest to get rid of. Bedbugs hide everywhere, as do roaches. Roaches eat just about anything. Fleas, you must treat the animal as well as the bug (and re-treat in 21 days to kill any bugs that hatched from eggs). I have had fleas in the house, and ended up hiring an exterminator both times (both times were very stressful, by the way). Never had roaches or bedbugs, knock on wood.

bolwerk's avatar

I’ve found my cat eats most house flies and roaches. Fleas are fairly easy to deal with. But with bedbugs, I think you basically need to say goodbye to your fabrics.

I’ve heard some things, like subjecting them to extreme, sustained cold kills them. Probably impractical for furniture unless you live in a place with long, brutal winters. But at least you can freeze your clothes for a few weeks and follow up with a washing. (Also, no idea if this is true.)

jca's avatar

I have actually heard that one treatment for bedbugs is extreme heat. Heating the house up to very high temperatures.

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