How to Get Rid Of Fleas And Chiggers?
When it comes to getting rid of insects, fleas, ants or chiggers can be a real pain. Any of these would lead to a great amount of trouble when they invade your house. Ants and fleas are very small in size and tend to multiply very rapidly. Once they’re in, all you have to think about is how to get rid of them. They are quite a common problem and have a few effective solutions to get rid of them. The main problem with getting rid of fleas is that you have to carry out the treatment everywhere, that is thoroughly it will be in inside or outside your house or else they will easily come back. Very often people tend to neglect the outside of their house and they find themselves getting into a double trouble. There are several useful ways as to how to get rid of fleas. First and foremost, if you have a pet, get it treated. Get some strong treatment from the vet, and once it’s done keep it away from your house for a few days. Then, call for a professional and get the inside of your home fully and properly treated, making sure that the adults as well as eggs are killed. There are numerous home remedies that can be used to get rid of fleas, but getting it done professionally is a permanent and guaranteed treatment. Chiggers also known as harvest mites are reddish, microscopic arachnids which generally, cannot be seen to a naked eye. The babies (larvae) hatch out on grass leaves, foliage and attach themselves to anyone who seems so easy to climb onto. This larvae after getting on to a suitable host, attaches itself to a hair follicle or pore and then injects “digestive enzymes” in the hole, quickly dissolving the nearby skin cells, which are later on used for nourishing the growing chigger. The chiggers grow up to being adults and begin to multiply and there it initiates the problem!
Chigger bites grow into red raised welts that are extremely itchy and can take even about two weeks to get back to normal. So the most important thing to worry about is how to get rid of chiggers and how you can treat a person or pet that is infected by them. The first thing that you need to do is, once you’ve felt or noticed their presence in your home is to completely wash up the infected person and his/ her clothing using a lot of water and soap/ detergent immediately. While crossing an infested area avoid sitting on the ground or even moving through thick foliage. Wearing the appropriate clothes that do not expose too much of your skin would help you keep away from them. Sulfur powder when applied on shoes and clothes has proved to be an excellent chigger repellent. Apart from these remedies, insect repellents and citronella oil products are very effective chigger repellers.