Good Questions: Nice Flea Killer?

Hello AT,

My rude, noisy, stinky neighbors moved out and took their malodorous cat with them! That's the good news.

Unfortunately, the new neighbors who moved in have fumigated the apartment, and all of the fleas have moved upstairs TO MY APARTMENT. I am deathly afraid of the harmful chemicals used to kill insects, but I cannot live with fleas… so gross. Does anyone know of a natural/organic/not-carcinogenic way to get rid of fleas? At this point I am seriously considering moving to a new apartment.

Thanks, AJ

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Can anyone help AJ????

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Has anyone ever tried Bio Spot / Cat On? It has S-Methoprene and Etofenprox in it which I know nothing about.

Adopted cats from local shelter and fought a 2 year battle with fleas, used every chemical on the market in all shapes and forms, endless rounds of Droncit for tapeworms in my cats...I have one word...Fleabusters...it works! They came to my place and administered the borax based powder(not as strong as 20 Mule team borax from the store)inside my duplex(mainly wood floors!) and left a few carpet remnants with the powder in different places that my cats liked to hang out. I simply followed their instructions on how long to leave it down before vacuuming, etc. No More Fleas! I also put down a nematode powder that you activate with water outside the duplex. My vet used to carry the Fleabusters powder for a while, but they now have a website!
You can order it online! My cats & I were satisfied with the results! I found this website while looking for Fleabusters years later...have a rental place that now is infested!!! I will use the powder again!!!