I found a few things on vinegar within this thread but wanted to add a few imporant things. Use Vinegar liberally on carpet, hardwood floors, furniture and bedding and you will be done with them. Give your dog a bath with vinegar as stated previously in other threads. Dealt with mass flea infestation on a Chow a few years back and now brought a puppy home from a shelter last Sunday and she brought some extra visitors along. We got rid of the Chow's flea mess in one cycle using a lot of vinegar. Vaccuum everything first. I bought a new weed sprayer for 5 bucks and literally sprayed all my floors and rugs with about a 70% water / 30% white vinegar mix. I sprayed my hardwood floors and all the corners very well. Sprayed carpets and furniture and bedding liberally. I then took a push broom and a bath towel soaked in the mixture and "cleaned" my floors with it. It was pretty wet. The floors were already wet so I was just using it to make sure I got the entire floor and all the cracks really well. Vinger is acidic and it will kill the nasty critters. I found this site reading about Diatomic Earth and thought I'd add to it. I will also go by some and then put it down after my next vinegar cleaning. I did this several times over the month and the Chow received several baths. I must say, my house and dog were never so clean. A few other things... get all your non essentials off the floor for a while. You have to vaccuum and spray around everything 3 or 4 times at a minimum. I am into my first week with this second batch but there are not as many and I cought it early so hopefully I get it done again. My vet could not believe we killed them all and did this in one cycle when I took her in for a check up. Anyway, if you have questions let me know. Good luck.
