I have a Lennox furnace (2005) with an automatic pilot light – how do I prepare it for flea bombs?
To eliminate fleas one must first CLEAN THE ENVIRONMENT INFESTED. Pick up piles of clothes, towels, old carpets. Move furniture and clean underneath. Use borax in all areas around the home, nursing area of the kitten and the home. Sprinkle it into the rug, carpets, and bedding. Borax (laundry soap in Wal-Mart) dries up fleas. Borax is safe, Borax the whole house, and furniture. Sprinkle under all furnishings. Coat all pet beds. VACUUM, VACUUM, VACUUM. The vibrations from the vacuum stimulates the eggs and they hatch. 95% of the fleas vacuumed die in route to the bag. Fleas are a hard cycle to eliminate. Be careful around the kitten, I can’t say as though I would treat him or the area. One could dispose of the old bedding and replace it with fresh, for a few days. The thing to remember is that you must treat every place in your house. If you don’t then you are only waiting for the treated areas to become non-toxic enough for the untreated areas to reinfest the treated area. Fleas can ki
No need to do anything on a furnace automatic pilot light, just make sure the thermostat is set on the “OFF” position so that the furnace will not go on during the “flea bomb”. Automatic pilot lights have an electric igniters that only work when the furnace goes on. Just make sure that all pilot lights for any other gas appliances are off, this is done by shutting the gas value to those appliances.
Unless the pilot light is constantly on, just turn the thermostat down as low as it will go so the pilot won’t light. I really hate bombs. Dangerous for you and a fire hazard. A little bit of advice not asked for: Get a box of borax (find it in the laundry area of the super market) and sprinkle the borax on carpet and cloth covered furniture. in cracks of wooden floors. Sweep the borax into the carpet, furniture. It will not only kill the fleas but will kill bacteria in your carpets and furniture that cause the bad smells. Remember, boric acid is a very good insecticide and is the main ingredient in carpet deodorizers. Safe for you and your pets. Not sure what is best to put on the kitten until the fleas are killed by the borax. Usually takes one to two weeks to completely remove the fleas after treating. Unless you have pets going outside a lot. If you have other dogs and cats going in and out, you will NEVER be completely rid of fleas.
