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If you want a more natural solution, a quick google search says that putting your gear in a clothes dryer will kill fleas. Sun also kills fleas which may work for your boots.
Best wishes.
Hi Anniesantiago thanks for your reply. I went to the chemist in Najera and he confirmed that they were flea bites and not chinches. I’ve done the heat thing and washed them at high temperature however my lovely rucksack now resembles a bum bag or fanny pack as our American pilgrims say. Hope it works.I wonder if you have bedbugs, and not fleas?
Have you SEEN fleas?
Please read the threads on bedbugs and consider taking post-bedbug precautions.
Hi @Andy B
I would be careful identifying insects only by their bites! They look different on different persons, depending how allergic somebody is. Have you actually seen the little "treasures" jumping around? Or only their bites?
Buen Camino, SY
Just their bites. The chemists stems that they are around the ankles where they tend to bite.. Like I’ve said I done the heat and wash protocol so be it flea or chinch they should hopefully be gone. I’ll do a bedbug routine before going home. Hopes this works as I was really starting to get into the Camino.
Please, don't abandon your journey! Just as in all of life, there will be ups and down, and I'm confident you will have many, many more wonderful experiences as your Camino journey continues. Peace, and more peace!
Have regrouped in Burgos and will push on tomorrow. Many thanks for your advice.Please, don't abandon your journey! Just as in all of life, there will be ups and down, and I'm confident you will have many, many more wonderful experiences as your Camino journey continues. Peace, and more peace!
If you can find diatomaceous earth, a generous sprinkling will get rid off them. All natural, no chemicals, works for any bug.
According to my Bing Translator, better IMHO than Google, the Spanish for "Diatomaceous Earth" is:
"Tierra de diatomeas"
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Hi Biarritzdon. I’ve no idea how or where it happened. I started on Thursday 26th April and started noticing the bites on the Monday. I’ve ditched the rucksack and nuked everything else in the tumble dryer so here’s hoping.I would be interested to hear where/how this happened.
After returning from a long summer away from my house many years ago, I found it full of fleas. I never saw a flea on my dog but obviously that was not the case because their eggs hatched and re hatched ad infinitum in my carpet. So my question is: was this a place with animals that had been closed for the winter and then reopened recently without an opportunity for the fleas to be reunite with their cousins on either the cat(s) or the dog(s)?
This happened years ago before I move to Florida, but I could imagine if one had a cat that lounged in chairs, beds and on throw rugs this would create the same problem. That's why I opined that the pilg must have stayed in a place that had been closed up during winter and recently opened for the season. From his response, I don't think we will ever know.If you live in South Florida, and I know you do, carpet is verboten! Your experience is one of the reasons.
Similar problem, but with my car. My vet suggested applying the liquid flea meds to my dog and letting the dog sleep in my car for a night. It worked. I wonder if you can get flea meds for dogs in Spain?Just their bites. The chemists stems that they are around the ankles where they tend to bite.. Like I’ve said I done the heat and wash protocol so be it flea or chinch they should hopefully be gone. I’ll do a bedbug routine before going home. Hopes this works as I was really starting to get into the Camino.