Hire a Flea Exterminator Who Uses Only Safe Flea Insecticides
"Sometimes a professional flea exterminator is necessary to help you and your cat."
Choosing a Professional Flea Exterminator
If you decide to hire someone to get rid of fleas in your cat's environment, it’s important to choose only an experienced and professional exterminator.
To find someone who uses safer flea control products, ask your veterinarian for recommendations, or ask other cat owners you trust.
If you can’t get a recommendation, you can ask the exterminator you’re considering for references. Be sure to check them out. If he or she will not provide you with references, move on. This is too important to your cat’s health and yours.
Ask About the Insecticides to Be Used
The chemical insecticides your flea exterminator uses must not only be effective in getting rid of fleas, but must also be safe for you, your cat, and other pets in your home. It’s important to hire someone who uses the safest chemicals and flea insecticides available.
Ask the exterminator for written information about the flea control product he or she plans to use in your home or in your yard. If the exterminator is unable or unwilling to provide this information and answer all of your questions, find someone else.
Research the insecticides your exterminator plans to use and/or ask your veterinarian about these flea products.
Do It Yourself?
Fleabusters is a good company and uses a natural flea treatment for your home. They have offices across the United States.
Be sure to take your cat and other pets out of your home and do not return until the recommended time period.
If your yard (or a neighbor’s yard) is being treated by a flea exterminator, do not allow your cat or other pets to walk in the yard until the yard is dry. You don’t want your cat to lick the deadly ingredient off of her paws.
You may also want to consider alternative methods of outdoor flea control, first. These methods will be safer for your cat and other pets who use your yard.
