Lupin 77 wrote:
We noticed fleas in our rental when we moved in in the summer, which surprised us as there are no carpets and it's supposed to be no pets! We used 'flea bombs' before our stuff arrived, which were very effective.
I was telling somone how I had put carpet in our bedroom and how much warmer it is when they told me they would only ever use rugs in Auckland because of fleas.
A friend of hers had recently bought a new property and then went away on holiday for a couple of weeks, when they returned they went to step into the hall when they noticed the carpet move in a wave like fashion - it was covered in fleas! They had to leave stright away and call in the exterminators.
I also know of several people who have rented and thought they were getting mozzie bites but it turned out to be fleas.
Kanatakiwi wrote:
also notice that head lice seems to be a problem at some schools.
There was an article in a local Auckland paper about the mothers who had secretly resorted to using pet treatments on their children as nothing else worked on headlice. Apparently it was very effective.
Cheers
Tia