Zodiac Carpet & Upholstery Pump Spray, 24-ounce

This is not only a review but a cautionary tale.We had a stray dog visit our yard this summer, repeatedly and he was utterly infested with fleas ! We live in the country and until he came here, only had fleas on our property once, 24 years ago. So, none of our animals were treated. Our dog was on CBD oil at the time due to arthritis pain which we were managing beautifully. The problem was, he was so comfortable and pain free I had no idea he had fleas. Finally after 3 months even the CBD stopped working and we put him to sleep and after he was gone, the fleas started eating US ! Absolute nightmare scenario, we had fleas at all stages. SO, if your dog is on CBD oil and not on flea treatment , be sure you check from time to time to make sure he/she hasn't got fleas because the CBD works so good for pain, you won't know. Our dog never scratched once or gave us any clue. Even our vet felt bad about this because she never thought of it and we had never done flea treatment because we simply never had flea problems. Our dog didn't live long enough to have complications that fleas cause ( tapeworms and a host of other yucky things) but as an owner....I felt like crap that I missed this whole thing. I'm normally smarter than that.So, when we realised the mess we were in, the first thing we did was get ALL of our animals indoors/outdoors on flea treatment.Then we started off in the house by vacuuming, steaming and spraying. ALWAYS do all of your steaming first, if you steam after you spray, with any kind of fleas killer you will be releasing the poison into the air, which isn't good for you OR your pets. We tried RAID flea spray which gassed us all out of the house and didn't do a stinking thing to get rid of the fleas. Used it according to the directions to no avail. I also tried Ortho Home Defense bug spray which is low odor and did an awesome job of getting rid of the adult fleas but because it does not contain IGS did nothing for the other flea stages but at least the Ortho Home defense doesn't reek to high heaven and it kills tons of other bugs as well. In order to do combat with these bugs from hell you absolutely MUST use a product that contains IGS !!! A few days after spraying the ORTHO and found out it wasn't going to get to the root of the problem, I stopped in at our local pet store and found this Zodiac spray that cost 3 times more than what you can buy it for on Amazon. THANK YOU AMAZON !We cleaned the entire house one last time and I sprayed with the Zodiac. I'm pretty sensitive to any kind of bug killer and the Zodiac wasn't that bad. I did end up using my 3M respirator for vapors because I sprayed the entire house in one afternoon. I went room by room and the spray covered a little more than what they claim on the bottle. I LOVE THIS STUFF. Not only does it work but after it dries there is no odor and there is very little odor while you're spraying. We left the house for 2 hours, came home and you'd never have known anything went on in here. You can open the windows if you want but we didn't feel the need to do that. The company claims it keeps working for up to 7 months. We have not seen any fleas on our treated animals and my husband and I have not gotten any new bites since we used the Zodiac. I continue to vacuum like crazy, just in case and I may even spray again in another month, just to be safe because the problem was so bad. We actually had fleas in the sofa and loveseat :( The color of the furniture didn't change and there was no ill effects of the spray on the fabric. I was so glad I didn't have to burn the furniture !I went through 5 bottles of this spray and the only thing I noticed that I didn't like was that the spray itself would leak from the trigger onto my spraying hand. Not all the bottles did this and I was spraying very vigorously. I noticed this fairly quickly on and grabbed some rubber gloves. The other bottles performed great and it was a whole lot of spraying.I'd give this product 10 stars if I could ! You get a whole lotta flea killing bang for the buck and I've seen plenty of reviews by people who've used Zodiac for years and have always gotten great results. Believe those people, I did and now my home is flea free and it's a product that I'll keep on hand, ALWAYS....just in case !To those of you reviewers who claim this Zodiac doesn't kill live fleas.....SHAKE THE BOTTLE....then SHAKE IT SOME MORE !!! I can't stress how important this step is because the killing ingredient settles to the bottom of the bottles. I actually did find some live fleas to spray and it didn't do a thing to them....then I realised I FORGOT to shake the bottle. I tried again and BOOM. DEAD FLEAS. Also you may have some fleas that are resistant, I have heard that too but as bad as our situation was I can say without question....ZODIAC works, better than ANYTHING ELSE.

This spray works for black widow spiders and cockroaches. The 1st time I bought it was yrs ago when I traveled with my new pup and stayed with friends. They had cats with fleas, but didn't tell me until my 3mo old puppy already got them. (They bathed flea dipped the cats, but didn't treat their house! wtf!) I get bright red bites from fleas so I was so mad! I had to treat my pup, myself and had to spray everything, the car, bedding, blankets. I was able to contain the flea issue and not bring it home, but I was not taking any chances. I kept the spray handy after that because I saw cobwebs near the front door. I sprayed the web & the very next AM, a dead black widow was there! That was from a single use! Maybe 3 sprays. I tried it on cockroaches and it killed them instantly - I couldn't believe it. I feel comfortable using this spray around my dogs and later even around kids. Great price too.

I've used this product for years. It has 2 main ingredients. The first one kills live fleas and the second one (METHOPRENE) kills the flea EGGS! IF YOU DON'T KILL THE EGGS YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE FLEAS!I have dogs and cats. Some reviewers wrote that its not safe for cats-NOT TRUE! The first ingredient (Permethrin) is made from the flower buds of mums. Cats find it unpleasant but it won't hurt them as long as you don't apply it on them.Zodiac is part of a 3 stage system for killing fleas. The other 2 steps are a topical treatment (Frontline Plus with Methoprine, and Capstar. Capstar is a pill that kills ALL FLEAS ON YOUR PET without doing any harm to them at all. Capstar is used in my clinic and shelters to kill fleas on infested animals. Capstar will NOT kill eggs and only lasts 24 hrs so apply the Frontline a day before. With dogs I just put it in a piece of cheese and they eat it. Cats are fussier so you can crush the pill and mix it in their food (tuna works best) but I'm a Vet so I know how to slide it down a cats throat.Once given Capstar, put your pet in an enclosed space (the bathroom) for an hour or two and you'll see dozens of dead fleas on the floor. Some will still be alive so sweep them up with a vacuum and spray the entire area with ZODIAC immediately. A final tip: Fleas are easily killed by HEAT or COLD. Wash infected sheets, clothing, and put in Dryer on HIGH HEAT for an hour. Pillows and children's stuffed animals can be put in your FREEZER for 2-3 hours and all Fleas and Eggs will die. I hope this review helps with your flea problems. Remember, Neuter your pet!

This spray is everything they advertise. We had a problem with fleas and used this did the trick. The smell was unremarkable (good), the spray did not stain our upholstery and the fact that it was safe for our fur babies as well as the people in our home made it a winner. It worked fast and well. Our problem was dealt with and we didn't even have to use the entire bottle. Apparently it kept working too because we didn't see any more fleas in the following weeks.