Killing fleas with salt

My cat, Hemingway, has lived with me longer than my wife. Huey joined the family after we had been married about a year. In all of that time, we’ve never had fleas.

Undoubtedly, our apartment complex has fleas outside. Undoubtedly, when my two children play in the grass, they bring in fleas. Undoubtedly, those fleas have taken roost inside.

We’ve not seen a lot of fleas, but Hemingway is not happy. I’ve seen one on the toilet seat. Tara saw one on the floor while playing with Ella, our soon-to-be 1-year-old daughter.

Thus, we went exploring the Internet and found a safe, cheap remedy for fleas: salt.

So, off to Kroger I went. I purchased 12 boxes of salt at 33 cents per box. Tax and all, that comes to $4.24 later, I had a non-toxic remedy.

It took six boxes to cover the apartment. We let it sit overnight and vacuum in the morning. We’ll repeat in a couple of days.

For more on how to kill fleas with salt, read one of these posts:

1. GeekyHousewife.com
2. HowStuffWorks.com
3. eHow.com

I just hope my cats don’t lick the carpet…