are you bored?

Me?

yeah

More just bitter than bored.

:(

whatcha bitter about?

Plenty of stuff but I'd say the top three things would be allergies, heart burn, and fleas.

omg fleas suck

@Malt_Hitman You. Dick. I'm sorry I asked. Now I'm itching.

lol

Victory!

the vacuum is your friend

and also all the pesticides

@Abel <#463059337162653716>

the bowl of water under a light doesn't do much

That's good to know. What about vinegar?

idk, didn't have the fleas here, but visited my parents when they had a problem

my sister + outdoor cats

it's easier to deal with if the animals are outside

Ah, damn. Yea, having outdoor cats bringing back fleas would suck.

one thing to know is that the eggs can keep hatching for months, but you can mostly get them with the vacuum

isk about all flea types, but the ones that like cats actually need to feed on a cat on order to lay eggs

so if they're cut off from their food source, it's easier to get rid of them

That's going to be hard. We have, um, 7 cats? I think it's 7 now.

wow

the flea drops would probably be your best bet, but they're pricy

flea baths did help with the outdoor cats, but idk how often you have to do that

We put Frontline on all of the cats. Got a bunch of spray cans of Pet Armor for the rugs and furinature. Then there's the washing of all the blankets and stuff.

Oh, and combing the fleas off with a flea comb and putting them into soapy water to kill them.

I've heard good stuff about diatomaceous earth, but never tried it

I read some on that but from what I read you had to leave the room empty for a few days. Not really practical around here.

it's possible you can have technically solved the problem, but still have hatching eggs

The flea spray claims that it gets eggs, too.

So in the coming week we'll have to do another spray down of the house as much as possible.

vacuum is the best for eggs; they just fall off of pets and lay on top of the floor

Good to know. Always more of that to do.

good luck, bug infestations are the worst

You're damn right.

had a pantry pest problem a couple moves ago; it was about a year before I bought flour again

Never had to deal with any of that. Worst was moths back when we had a dog. We opened a box of milk bones and they came flying out by the dozens. I think we were still finding and kill them weeks later.