It is extremely important to treat the environment your pet lives in for fleas as well as the pet itself.  The reason for this is that the eggs and other developmental stages of the flea, up to full adult, are not to be found on the host animal but rather in their surrounding area, such as carpets inside the home, and the garden.  Flea treatment for your garden is therefore very important in tackling a flea infestation on your pet.  If you do not do this, then even if you get rid of the adult fleas on your pet, the infestation will soon return as the new fleas are hatched and grow in the garden will latch on to your pet again.

For how to treat your house for fleas, see the section on “flea treatment for your house.” This section will concentrate on how you can eradicate fleas from your garden.  It is obviously quite a different procedure with different challenges.  Unlike inside, it is not realistic to cover every inch of your garden to get rid of fleas (especially with a vacuum cleaner!).  Also, you do not want to spray around the entire perimeter.  Instead, the best thing to do is find the most affected areas and just treat those.  Finding the most affected parts can be a challenge in itself of course, with fleas being so small.  One good trick is to walk around your garden wearing white socks.  Keep looking down and you will be able to see when fleas jump onto your socks!  The most likely places to find fleas will be where your pet goes most often, either travelling through the garden or where they like to rest.  You should also check to make sure you don’t have any dead animals in your garden or under your house, as these can attract large flea populations.  You might not want to wear socks when you’re doing that though.!

Once you know where the infestation is concentrated, you are ready to apply the flea treatment for your garden.  There are chemicals you can get, but this always has the chance of having harmful side effects.  A natural option is to introduce flea’s natural predators into the environment, the nematode worm.  They prefer moist soil, so water it before and after putting the nematode worms in, however be careful not to soak the area.  To keep your garden flea free you will have to put in more nematode worms every now and then as they will die off once they have consumed all the fleas.

Another natural flea treatment for your garden is Diatomaceous Earth, which is made from algae fossils that have been crushed up; if you sprinkle it over your soil in the garden then it will kill the fleas.  In general, keeping your garden in good order will help to keep fleas and other pests away.  For more specific advice on flea treatment for your garden you should contact a professional.