Flea Stoppers will stop the flea cycle dead in it's tracks. Flea Stoppers is more a granule than a dust in form. It is designed to go deep into the nap of the carpet, killing the larvae stage and dries up the adults.The biting flea adults are only about 5% of the population, most are in the developing stages for 4-6 weeks. Flea Stoppers stops fleas at the larvae stage and the adult stage. Although Flea Stoppers takes 4-6 weeks for some to completely work, it will begin stopping the cycle immediately. It is well worth your patience because it lasts for a whole year. The company that manufactures Flea Stoppers, Flea Stoppers Inc guarantees that they will replace at no charge if you have fleas after six weeks
What is Flea Stoppers?
It basically cuts the cycle at the larvae stage by causing starvation and acts as a dessicant to adult fleas.
How Does Flea Stoppers Work?
Your pet comes inside with fleas on it, wherever your pet goes it drops the flea eggs. Such places are rugs, carpets and upholstery are all breeding areas for the flea eggs. You can bring fleas inside on your pant legs as well. Flea Stopper stops fleas at the laval stage. Flea Stoppers also kills the adults by it's dessicant qualities.The granules abrades and breaks down the exoskeleton, preventing the flea from maintaining moisture and hence oxygen. The resulting dehydration and asphyxiation kills the adult flea in 3-5 days.
Is Fleas Stoppers Safe?
Flea Stoppers, made of a high purification of orthoboric acid is very safe, because orthoboric acid from boron.is a naturally occuring element in the earth. Flea Stoppers is made of boric acid, but it is formulated to drop effectively in the carpet. Using plain boric acid dust would only cause a mess as it does not pentrate the carpet. Flea Stoppers is in a granulated form, with no free flowing dust . It is safe around crawling babies and pets or people with breathing problems because you do not have the particles in the air to inhale.
How to I apply Flea Stoppers?
- First vacuumn your carpet, apply to rugs and carpets. This 5lb canister of Flea Stoppers will cover 2000 sq. ft.
- Next , sprinkle Flea Stoppers over the targeted areas and take a broom or carpet rake to work it into the nap of the carpet or rugs. You want to make sure to get all the powder to the bottom of the carpet. You can vacumn aftera week, however do not steam clean your carpet as you allow the time needed to kill the whole flea population.
- We recommend that you vacuum the carpets well prior to application and throw the bag away afterwards as fleas can continue to hatch in the bags.