I have a 10 year old son with cerebral palsy who has his face to the floor while he plays cause he can't sit up on his own. He has got these bites on different parts of his body. It's too late in the season for fleas. So what could it be that is biting him? And how do I get rid of the problem in my carpet? THANKS!
Don't be so sure that it is too late in the season for fleas. I am in Wisconsin and just had to flea bomb my house yesterday because they were so bad. When we went to the vet to get flea medicine for our puppy they said this has been one of the worst years for fleas.
A few years I had a flea problem that quickly got out of hand. Money was too tight for an exterminator so I did some (quick) research. I discovered that the easiest way to kill fleas was to spread 20 Mule Team Borax on the carpet, the furniture, under the beds...wherever a flea might hide. The directions are easy: sprinkle it on, brush it into the carpet with a broom, and leave it there 24 hours. After that time you vacuum it up and the flea problem is gone. I was amazed that it worked so quickly and efficiently.
I agree don't discount fleas, but it may also be spider babies. If your weather has been damp lately or your home is prone to spiders, they will bite for lack of other prey.
Rent a carpet cleaner and you will get rid of them. Any grocery store rents them and some include the liquid cleaner detergent. You can rent one for 24-48 hours for about 25 dollars. You'll also get dust mites, their eggs and any type powders or such that you may have tried to use for fleas that may be causing him a skin reaction.
I would suggest you get a carpet spray or powder that has an IGR (insect growth regulator). This is soooo important! If you don't, you will keep buying the same products over and over because you will kill only the adults and leave the eggs and larvae behind to hatch later. There are many different kinds of indoor bugs that can bite. Pick a product, one that has a wide range of the kinds of bugs it destroys.
It could possibly be mites. If you have seen the "culprit", you can call a pest control company like Terminex, describe the bug/insect, and they can give you some suggestions. In my situation, my family began to break out in hives and we couldn't figure out what was causing them. We also began to see these red, circular, flat bugs. The peculiar thing was that we only would break out when we sat on this particular (used) couch that was given to us by friends.
I know this is old but for people who see this especially for the people who can't see the bugs and are getting bit and going crazy, take a look Around where you are most getting bit for mold. I've had this issue for and found mold in the walls and in my chair.
I'd say fleas too we haven't had a frost yet, besides indoor fleas can live and breed forever. Try frontline on the pets.
If not fleas, is it an allergy to something in the carpet?
Actually, I'm still getting bitten when I go to stores, so something nasty is still in the carpet.
Try spreading out a clean sheet for him to play on.
It's not too late in the season for fleas, I repeat, it's not too late! I have them and wish to get rid of them. I vacuum a lot, I have sprayed flea stuff and sprinkled.
AS EVERYONE ELSE HAS STATED, IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR FLEAS. MY POOR DOGS HAVE TO BE DE-FLEA'D DAILY STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER. YOU CAN PURCHASE PRODUCTS FROM THE LOCAL WAL-MART OR VETERINARIAN THAT WORKS WELL ON CARPETS.
Sounds like fleas. Fleas will last all year inside no matter what the weather is outside. A female flea can lay 50eggs a day and over 2000 in a lifetime, even if your pet is being treated you will need to treat inside your home to kill all the eggs, larva and pupae. Fleas lay eggs deep within beds, carpet, sofas,etc..anything fabric. when you walk or sit you cause a vibration and that makes fleas excited so they will jump on you bite you and jump off, but even if you go out you can carry them with you and continue to get bit. If pets have a product like Frontline..not shampoo's or flea collar, and a pest control company sprays out the inside of home you will be pest free after 2 weeks..pest control company will have you do some prep work before spraying.
I know the invisible bitting things are some kinds of mites. They cause an itch that makes you crazy and bites that sting, hurt and cause bumps and welts on your skin. Not only are they in carpet, but can be transfered to any kind of surface. This problem has consumed my life and I'm convinced that prayer is my only hope.
These "bugs" are very very small and black, I didn't really have a problem with them until I used a carpet cleaner, and perhaps too much, guess they liked it. What is very frustrating is that our home is only 3 years old - I've noticed them in my sisters room, she owns the home, as well and I am fairly sure they are in my bed as well, because they don't look like the bed bug description that is given.
As you've said it could be fleas but could someone please tell me if a carpet beetle is harmful to a cat? We found a bunch of them in her food bowl and in her cat food bag! now she is sick! I don't know what to do!
I have used everything from Ortho Home Defense, a spray for mange mites, commercial pest control, a mixture of things that aren't even on the market anymore. Things that are hazardous to pets and people! Each time I find new dead bugs on top of my carpets. They started in one room due to a water heater going out and soaking my carpet. Now they are everywhere---even on my outdoor carpet on the porch.
The main culprit is a little black biting bug shaped like a triangle with a tail, barely visible. (I have a magnifying glass). Now my dog has ear mites and I am itching and breaking out. I don't know if it has anything to do with this particular demon bug, but it is all happening simultaneously. We are going in now to take a lice shampoo as a temporary fix until I get to WalMart and come up with something else.
Does anyone know what these things are and how to get rid of them? I am a very good housekeeper and have almost white carpet throughout my house. (Berber) These things morph into different colors and intertwine with the different carpet threads. Any suggestions are appreciated. And yes, I have shampooed at least once every six months. Please help me. I feel like Job. I live in a lake area and have a lot of trees, flora and fauna. It's ruining what could be my Garden of Eden.
HI They recently opened an old office at work that had been locked for over a year and I spent the night inside as I do security work. After just 5 minutes, I was itching like crazy all over and in the morning I was red raw. Two weeks later, I had red lumps on many areas of my body.There was no carpet or furniture in the office, just a concrete floor and bare walls. I couldn't see what was actually biting me, they certainly were not fleas or ticks or anything that could be seen with the naked eye.
I too I'm constantly being bitting by something that I can't see. It only happens while I'm sitting at my computer, and there is NO carper in that room. The bites are always around my ankles, legs and have move up toward my hands and arms. I can't see them with the naked eye but the bites really hurt and itch. I am now rubbing alcohol on me all the time. I was told that these are tiny fleas, and I have never own a pet. My crawl space do have the plastic down and I can't possible see it being fleas, what is bitting me. this only happens in that room.
I have the same problem, invisible bugs jumping and biting my legs. It's only in my bedroom, which is carpeted. No real marks, except I scratch, and apparently scratch in my sleep until I get very small scabs.
At about the same time I had what I believe to be termites coming in through a crack in the window frame, so I went ballistic and literally sat around for hours squishing these things, and sealed up the window frame with caulk.
Anyways, they stopped coming, but the invisible biters have not. I vacuum and they seem undeterred, so I think I'll be shampooing the carpets, and see if that helps.
If it's successful, I'll be sure to post.
Also, your allergies can change as age, and as a kid I was allergic to some chemical that was sprayed in my elementary school's carpets. I would break out in hives, and get a stuffy nose. Try a machine washable blanket in response to your child being on the floor.
omg I have the same prob. We just moved into our new apartment. Within the 2 weeks, I, my son and brother have been getting bit by something around our leg area and I can't seem to find what or where it is?
I once had fleas in carpet that started in the living room and quickly multiplied throughout the house. The vet gave the dogs frontline and gave me a aerosol can of "Siphotrol" The fleas would bite and then just disappear, it was really maddening. Anyways, the Siphotrol was sprayed everywhere and all the bedding, etc. was washed at one time at the laundromat. We never saw them again. PS bug bombs will only kill the adult fleas but the vet stuff killed everything.
