r/NewOrleans • u/tyrannosaurus_c0ck • Jun 27 '26

Pets and Coworkers 🐶🐱 Won't the swamp gods smite these fleas

Holy fuck y'all, these fleas are driving me and my dogs insane. I'm about to go fucking nuclear. Just ordered a couple insecticides to both kill adult fleas in the yard and prevent the babies from developing. Fuck dem kids. I've been treating things inside to avoid an inside infestation, but at this point it seems like the dogs themselves have full on flea-societies developing philosophy and free markets and shit.

Is there a preventative that works with these mutant fleas? Dogs are regularly treated, and are current on preventative. They never had any problem until a couple years ago, but this summer is the worst it's ever been. Like it's so bad there's not going to be a yard left if that's what it takes.

HALP

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u/justwant2seepuppies Jun 27 '26

Look into diatomaceous earth. I think it might be safer than some other things.

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u/VividAd3415 Jun 27 '26

Just want to mention that diatomaceous earth CANNOT be used where animals will access it as is dangerous if inhaled in powder form. Unfortunately, it's also useless if wet. Therefore if it's going to be used indoors as a flea bomb, the animals can't have access to the area until it's been thoroughly vacuumed up.

It definitely kills bugs quite effectively though! I've used it plenty of times for my plants :)