We have had a somewhat serious flea infestation for about 5 months. First, my husband bought chemical flea carpet and upholstry powder and covered everything. Left it down for about a month. That didn't work. Second, my husband sprayed all floors and upholstry with a water and cat flea shampoo mix (because it killed fleas well on our cats). Didn't work. Third, I bought food grade DE from Amazon. We got into a cycle where we would apply a layer everywhere (even turning all the furniture over and coating the insides, and applying it under everything, inside closets, inside our shoes, just everywhere basically), and then waiting -- but after still being eaten alive we would apply more. In addition we did things like washing everything washable on the sanitary extra hot setting and putting anything porous into sealable bags, putting dustmite barrier cases on pillows, After doing this cycle for several months our home looked like it had snowed DE but we were still being attacked. After having DE down for months my 3 year old laid on the couch for a couple minutes and had 3 fleas (that we could see) attack him. I was so desperate I was sprinkling it in my bed sheets and blankets and, and coating my clothes on the inside. We also used a chemical yard spray outside. After trying the DE way for about 5 months we gave up and vaccummed it all up having to empty our vaccumme every few minutes and the vaccumme was making an abnormal high pitched whine. We gave our cats away to my mother hoping it would help the infestation. It didn't. For the past month we tried another method. We've been vaccumming often and using "Hot Shot's" so called "natural" flea killing spray. This isnt working either. After half a year of a losing battle I'm pissed and exhausted. What to I try now. My son and I are already very sick. I have cancer and autoimmune disease, we both have Lyme disease, Chronic Epstein Barr Virus, and heavy metal, lead, and arsenic poisoning. This flea stress is just too much added to an already crappy life. I'm afraid that with our already comprimised immune systems the fleas are going to make us sick or give us an illness. I've read other places they can give you bacteria and viruses. What should I do? My husband has been pressuring me the whole time to use an exterminator. But I'm trying to live more naturally and for my son's sake with his already damaged body. I've read other places about baking soda, salt, talcum powder, cottonseed meal, and vinegar. We are poor right now and I cant afford to waste any more money. What should I do?
