So I have to say it’s been a pretty interesting couple of days.¬† Karen and I are currently working on cleaning out the house so we can drop a flea bomb.¬† There were a few crawling around on Candy, and even more floating around on Princess, we didn’t see it until they both got baths this past week and the fleas just fell off them.¬† Turns out Karen’s room is covered in them which means the rest of the house is full of them.¬† Bella has nothing on her but that’s because she’s been protected with Frontline Plus since the day I got her, but now that we’re aware of the infestation we’re all on our toes and itching like crazy when we go to certain areas of the house.
So her bedroom was cleared out yesterday and we dropped a more localized bomb that she picked up from the pet store, it came highly recommended by a few of the customers and employees in there.¬† It’s good to know that we’re not the only house down here who’s got them – lord knows who else does.¬† So she spent about 3 hours vacuuming the bedroom, dropped the bomb and basically went to sleep in the living room because she didn’t want to go back in there last night – and I don’t blame her.¬† She woke me up about 8am this morning because she was vacuuming up the bomb and now I think she’s going to start doing some laundry so she can begin moving things back into the room so we can now tackle the living room and the hallway.¬† I know that today we’ll also have to do my bedroom and the office – Sean won’t be too happy about it but he has a laptop and is perfectly capable of working in the living room for a few hours.¬† Worse case scenario he goes to the library up the block and gets some work done in the peace and quiet there.
I’ve got to go through a lot of email then get my ass in gear on cleaning up the office.¬† I did the bedroom this past weekend but obviously I’m going to need to vacuum the shit out of it again and then drop the bomb in there – this should just be HEAPS of fun.¬† I can’t even throw the dogs outside today while we’re doing all of this because it’s raining and I don’t have a good sized gate to block off the stairs from Bella charging out of here.¬† I may wind up going to the pet store with Karen to pick up some more of this bomb stuff – maybe I’ll just bite the bullet and invest in a gate to throw up when we get back.¬† I don’t like tapping into the loan money but when you’ve just transferred everything out of Paypal to the bank account you really have no choice in the matter.
My mom’s cat had fleas recently, but we didn’t get an infestation, and the dogs didn’t get them. Not that I would want that to happen, but from your experience, I am SOO thankful that I haven’t experienced that.
I’ll live vicariously through your flea experience. 🙂
The only thing I’m dreading is bombing the office, with all of the electronics in here it’s going to be a bitch getting everything covered up so that the computers aren’t messed up. I could honestly care less about the XBox and the Wii but that’s because it’s Sean’s department. I can’t afford to not have a computer, and since it’s pouring I can’t even just go outside for a few hours with the laptop. :ugh:
Buy your pets some of that crap you see on TV. The liquid stuff.. It works really good and lasts for 4 months
We used to have one dog that went outside, and two cats. Our vet referred to the dog as “the Flea Bus” and said that he just brought all the fleas indoors, and we should focus on him. Pretty funny image.
Krissy — are you getting my email?
oh no… eww! fleas are the worst & I hate how you feel the itchyness even when you haven’t been bitten.
one thing is worse – ringworm! I got ringworm on my legs from a cat, so revolting!!
Oh, the shitty side of having pets. But who can live without them? Definitely not I.