This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- I have not seen any replies to this post, so I will respond from the standpoint of a pest management specialist.
"...is there anything we can use in the historic house to kill the fleas that will not be damaging to the historic fabrics and artifacts?" Which fabrics are originals/untreatable? The carpet is the main fabric I am curious about. If a majority of the carpet can be treated with an IGR/Adulticide combination (I highly recommend Ultracide by Whitmire-Micro-Gen), you may stand a chance of getting rid of the fleas. When I treat houses that are infested, I do two separate treatments at a two-week interval to allow for unhatched juvenile fleas to emerge. I ask the resident to launder sheets, bedspreads, and other removable fabrics the day of treatment. I also suggest that the floors be vacuumed just before I arrive. Vacuuming the floor helps the process up by pulling adults/eggs closer to the surface of the carpet, but I don't think it will work as a stand-alone approach. Hope this helps and/or facilitates a few comments. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] Fleas in Historic Ranch House This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- We have a problem at our historic site with fleas. Farm animals, as well as cats, are kept on site. In addition, we are sited near a river bed (California style - totally encased in concrete); and we're not far from a wetlands sanctuary. So, there are plenty of 'possums, raccoons, skunks, etc. on the grounds after dark. In the barnyards, I'm willing to live and let live. But the fleas have come into the historic ranch house. Other than constant thorough vacuuming, is there anything we can use in the historic house to kill the fleas that will not be damaging to the historic fabrics and artifacts? Help! The staff and visitors are being eaten alive! Thanks! Pamela Young Lee Curator Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch & Gardens 6400 Bixby Hill Road Long Beach, CA 90815 562.431.3541 www.RanchoLosAlamitos.org<http://www.RanchoLosAlamitos.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to [email protected] with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected]
