Jennifer Lee wrote 07/18/2010 10:20 PM DIY flea trap #285728 - 07/18/2010 10:20 PM
Jennifer Lee Webboard User Reg: 12-16-2007 Posts: 2851 Loc: oklahoma Offline	The fleas here have been miserable, despite daily vacuuming and mopping extra soapy water plus frontline every three weeks we were still getting some in the living room where the dog and cats spend most of their time. I also don't like to use sprays or powders in this room due to it housing our large aquarium for fear of killing my fish. So last night I put a shallow dish of soapy water with a candle in the middle of it. The dish was wide enough that if the candle fell over in any direction it would fall into the water! Well this morning there was more dead fleas than I would have imagined were still lurking in here. I love that it was totally non toxic and yet still effective!!
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Lisa skinner wrote 07/18/2010 10:37 PM Re: DIY flea trap [Re: Jennifer Lee ] #285732 - 07/18/2010 10:37 PM
Lisa skinner Webboard User Reg: 03-11-2010 Posts: 515 Loc: Dallas,TX USA Offline	Cool, I want to try that.... Ok, dumb question - the candle is buring, I presume? Scented candle, doesn't matter - lit, unlit...? why does it work? Anyone know? Thanks for sharing, neat trick
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Dave Ferguson wrote 07/18/2010 10:43 PM Re: DIY flea trap [Re: Lisa skinner ] #285734 - 07/18/2010 10:43 PM
Dave Ferguson Webboard User Reg: 07-07-2010 Posts: 221 Loc: Warrens, WI Offline	It has been a very wet, humid and hot year here in North West WI. As a result the bugs, fleas included have been horrible. I will try that. I have never heard of that before. Come on winter already! LOL
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Barbara Schuler wrote 07/18/2010 10:47 PM Re: DIY flea trap [Re: Dave Ferguson ] #285738 - 07/18/2010 10:47 PM
Barbara Schuler Webboard User Reg: 01-15-2009 Posts: 5090 Loc: Lanexa Virginia Offline	I think years ago I did that with a lamp over the water pan. We had a standard poodle at the time who was prone to the worst flea infestations I have EVER seen!!!
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Michael_Wise wrote 07/18/2010 11:02 PM Re: DIY flea trap [Re: Barbara Schuler ] #285743 - 07/18/2010 11:02 PM
Michael_Wise Webboard User Reg: 07-10-2006 Posts: 4454 Loc: Arkansas Offline	I remember my mom doing this, too. She used a little night light that plugged into the wall and put the big bowl of soap under it. The results were impressive. I had totally forgotten about it, though. I was pretty young when she did it. Thanks for the reminder! Glad you found something to help you put a dent in the population.
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Debbie Bruce wrote 07/18/2010 11:11 PM Re: DIY flea trap [Re: Barbara Schuler ] #285746 - 07/18/2010 11:11 PM
Debbie Bruce Webboard User Reg: 08-23-2007 Posts: 1196 Loc: Centralia, Missouri Offline	The fleas are attracted to the light, and perhaps the heat. I've done the same thing with a night light, with the cover removed, in front of a shallow dish of soapy water. It works great!!!! The soap eliminates the surface tension on the water and causes the fleas to sink and drown instead of skipping over the top of the water and escaping.
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Melissa Thom wrote 07/18/2010 11:31 PM Re: DIY flea trap [Re: Debbie Bruce ] #285748 - 07/18/2010 11:31 PM
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007 Posts: 2781 Loc: Upper Left hand corner, USA Offline	Hmm... I never would have thought of this. I do put a line of borax powdered soap next to my door frames to discourage ants and other wee beasties from coming in. It seriously cuts down on the spiders in my house.
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Lauren Jeffery wrote 07/18/2010 11:50 PM Re: DIY flea trap [Re: Melissa Thom ] #285753 - 07/18/2010 11:50 PM
Lauren Jeffery Webboard User Reg: 01-16-2010 Posts: 1389 Loc: Offline	I hate to admit knowing this, but borax also works wonders for roaches. I lived in an apartment building a few years ago. Turns out some seriously filthy people lived upstairs and one unit over. They moved out, the super did a deep cleaning of the unit and the roaches migrated to every other unit in the building looking for food. They had a pest control company conming to spray but it wasn't working. I went online and found natural remedies. I vacuumed and cleaned every last inchr of the place, washed all the floors with Dr Bronners magic soap (they don't like peppermint) and then dusted all the baseboards and corners wiith borax. Within a week they were gone!
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Lisa skinner wrote 07/19/2010 12:42 AM Re: DIY flea trap [Re: Lauren Jeffery ] #285758 - 07/19/2010 12:42 AM
Lisa skinner Webboard User Reg: 03-11-2010 Posts: 515 Loc: Dallas,TX USA Offline	OOOO! Yeah, I am going to try the night light trick, a lit candle in the house just scares me. I won't even use my fireplace. Yes, I'm pathetic.
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Jennifer Lee wrote 07/19/2010 01:50 AM Re: DIY flea trap [Re: Lisa skinner ] #285763 - 07/19/2010 01:50 AM
Jennifer Lee Webboard User Reg: 12-16-2007 Posts: 2851 Loc: oklahoma Offline	It is the heat and humidity combo that is making the bugs bad here too, I don't like using revolution, but if the frontline craps completely out I will be using it next time Nico tracked in some baby flies from the backyard this evening and I almost lost it Needless to say we pooper scooped! I would have rather used a night light, but there just wasn't a good way to do it. At least if the candle falls it will fall into water. I did have a moment of panic thinking about a flaming cat running through the house I bet you could also use a clamp lamp and hang it down shining into the water. It really does work, I counted 24 in the dish after last night. I am going to put one in the bedroom when I go to work in the morning.
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