Fleas and ticks live outside in tall grasses and trees, but they can also survive in your home, on your pet, and on you. Fleas and ticks both bite. While fleas leave you with itchy welts, ticks can leave you with Lyme disease. If you have fleas and ticks in your yard or your home, you need to do something about it to prevent them from causing injury or disease to you, your family, and your pets. Read on for ways to get rid of fleas and ticks.
Spray Your Grass And Trees
Spray the trees and grass in your yard to kill these pests. You can use a granular form of pesticide or you can use a spray pesticide. Look for something that is safe for your landscaping. When you spray or sprinkle your grass and the trees, be sure you wear protective equipment such as glasses and a mask. Also, be sure you put your pets inside and have anyone in your home stay out of the yard until the dust of the granular pesticide settles and any fog from the spray settles as well.
Trim Your Grass And Trees
The landscaping around your yard may have overgrown, which is a good place for these pests to hide. Trim back the landscaping around your yard, such as trees with low-hanging branches, thin out garden beds that have overgrown, and keep your lawn mowed. Allowing your grass to grow tall can lead to fleas and other pests in the yard as well such as raccoons, mice, opossums, and other pests as well.
Spray Your Home
If your home has fleas inside, you're going to need to spray your house as well to kill these pests indoors as well. Fleas indoors can be difficult to get rid of. You're going to need to wash all of your bedding, vacuum often, and also vacuum your upholstered furniture. Using a flea bomb can help, but you also need to be sure you kill the fleas on your pets as well. To do this, you're going to need to take them to a groomer or a veterinarian to give them a flea bath and kill the fleas on them while you kill the fleas indoors.
Fleas and ticks can be nuisance pests, but they can also be dangerous and harmful to you, your family, and your pets. Call a pest control company, like Alliance Pest Management, Inc., to help you get rid of these pests in your home or in your yard.
