I Don't Want to Hear I Was Right, BUT..

I am confused why there are still fleas?
My ex-husband and I moved into a house where the former owner had a cat, we got fleas about a week after we moved in...
We didn't own a cat, it was VERY irritating!

Anyway, exterminator came, sprayed the whole house and by the next day we had stop seeing any or getting bites.
We never worried about having to not put things on the floor or anything.
We got 2 dogs a while later and never had an issue with them either.

I personally, if I were you, would call the exterminator back and tell him he needs to come again.
The one we had said that if we still had fleas he would come back and do a second spray free of charge.

I don't remember how much we paid, but I know I wouldn't pay $600.
If they don't do a respray for free, I think it was a bad company.

Good luck.

Okay, trying to follow the bouncing ball. Cat got fleas and brought them in the house. You took the cat for a flee treatment and an exterminator took care of the house. Then your husband buys a rug for the basement?

If that is the facts there is almost no way he caused the flees in the basement.

I don't understand why you paid so much and still have flees. We had no flees after the first day!

I feel like you should be mad but at the exterminator.

We've had serious flea problems more than once and always handled it without hiring an exterminator or throwing away rugs. Rugs are easy to spray, or powder and vacuum. Treating the cat with the right!! medication for your area is what is important cuz the fleas will want to jump off the rug onto the cat, and then bite the cat and then die.

All I can say is that if you paid $600 and were told to expect to see fleas for the next month and to vacuum twice a day, you went to the WRONG company. I paid that much and fleas were gone within hours. Didn't have to vacuum twice a day - only what I normally do.

Wait to the weekend and have him bomb the basement!

Next time make him do it all himself. You go take a vacation with the kids while he continues to get bitten.

Dawn

If you treated the cat at the same time you had the house exterminated I don't see how the fleas would become so prolific in the basement that they'd be a problem.

Are you stressing over a few fleas? If you've treated the cat with an effective medicine the fleas will die.

I have a cat and a dog. I treat them with First Shield which I purchased from the vet, and often forget to repeat it and do have some fleas. I treat the animals and within a week the fleas are gone. Granted, I don't inspect the carpet for fleas. As long as they're not biting me, I choose to not get upset. They won't hurt you unless you're allergic to their bites. The bites are uncomfortable and if I were getting them I'd be more proactive. But, for me out of sight is out of mind. I get to choose what I'm going to get upset about.

When I was having pms I noticed that I would get upset about things that weren't really all the important once I was past the pms stage. I finally learned to talk straight with myself about letting go of my frustration and anger. That helped me tremendously to have a better attitude even tho I still felt cranky.

Later: I think I finally get it that you're upset about your husband's reaction and not so much the fleas. I suggest, as others have, that it's his problem. Leave it to him to take care of it. Why did you move the rug? He put it down there. He doesn't like the fleas in it. Let him decide what to do and let him do it. Just stay out of it.

When he complains, don't respond. If you have to to keep from getting upset, leave the room. Tell him that it's his problem. You don't have to tell him you were right. He'll get that message.

Also try to not make life about who is right and who is wrong. It just adds to the anger. My words for such situations are it works or it doesn't work. "Sorry that didn't work for you." makes for better communication.

Why did you fix his mistake? I'd be more mad about having to clean up his mess, that him not admitting he did something wrong.

I have lived in a home with an animal that had fleas and we didn't need to pay that much to be rid of them, and they were gone after the first treatment.

Is it possible you're mad because you've shelled out 600.00 & still have fleas, and might be directing your frustration at DH?

baking soda is the best for fleas and use a vacuum with a bag you can throw out.

We have been married more than two decades. I finally asked my DH why he will not admit when he is wrong or apologize. Instead he tries to turn it around to blame me or find fault in me for another issue. He said men cannot show weakness or some such nonsense or they will lose face in front of others.