Fleas in yard, migrating to house...help!

No the flea bombs will not set off the alarm. Apply food grade diatomaceous earth outsiders well as a all purpose insect control for ticks as well.If you have carpeting treat that as well as all bedding .

I am a foster home for a cat rescue and last November I received 2 cats with the worst flea infestation I'd ever seen...I was so worried that they would get out of my foster room and infect the rest of my house and my animals. Since you're asking how to prevent, I'll just stick to what we did in the house. I put a barrier of baking soda outside the door of the foster room on the carpet and then we treated our carpet to a baking soda "bath" about once a week until the fleas were confirmed gone from the cats for over one month. Everything else I put in the dryer to kill them from bedding and clothing. I also treated my animals with Frontline and Capstar just to be sure they would not get fleas. None of my animals ever got fleas during this time. We decided to use the baking soda because it doesn't stain and its safe for little kitty and doggy feet to walk on.

I have 3 dogs, 3 neighbor dogs, 6 indoor/outdoor cats, a canary and a dragon, and all I use is vinegar. I spray the ground around the base of my home and the perimeter of the property with "cleaning vinegar" which has a higher acidity content. Must be sprayed on bare earth only as it will kill any plants the vinegar comes into contact with. It will also ruin the paint on your home. I have a 2 gallon pump sprayer I use for this purpose only. Full strength for first application and 50/50 with water every month thereafter. Works like a charm for me and my neighbors. Hope this helps!

Wash the pets bedding, toys, throws with your usual detergent and instead of fabric softener, use vinegar in the rinse cup. Works like magic.

I had a bad flea infestation in my carpeted home and this worked like magic. Get boric acid from the drugstore. Sprinkle on carpets (also works on hardwood floors). Take a broom and work powder into the carpet nap and let sit a few hours. Vacuum carpets as usual. After a week you will never see another flea in your house or on your animals again.

Boraxo is the best thing I have found to fight fleas...those little sucker (pun intended) can live for decades without a host to feed on! I spread the Boraxo (it is inexpensive and readily available at hardware stores and even in some grocery stores in the laundry products area) on the carpets, any 'stuffed' furniture, on the mattresses in the bedrooms and any where it was a good soft hiding place for fleas. I 'scrubbed' it in using my hands or the broom depending on where I was putting it and left it for 10 days. I bathed my cats in the shampoo that I personally use (they were not happy but the water will drown the fleas) I did not have to put my cats outside while I was debugging the house! at the end of the 10 days, I vacuumed everything thoroughly and then repeated the procedure (without rebathing the cats). I never had fleas again and the cats are now 16 years old.

I live in an area that is horrible for fleas, the best thing you can do to keep your pets and cats flea free is talk to your vet. When Advantage came on the market it was a game changer for real flea control. Borax and vinegar, baking soda - none of that stuff works. Frequent vacuuming can help, so can washing bedding etc, but cats generally sleep where they want to at the moment so the entire house is their bed. Your vet can help you.