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[i_paint_the_sky]

My parents just left for the cottage. I'm off to work in about an hour though so really not much time to catch up on internet life.

I do however want to celebrate my brand new digital camera! It's an early Christmas present and I'm very excited about it. I was using a camera I got from Bruce but it's really too big and complicated for what I want so now I have a point-and-click that can easily fit in my purse.

Also Marian has suggested that my new ottoman might be the source of the bug that is attacking Elphie, which makes sense since it is new and she likes to sit on it. I'm really hoping that it is fleas and not bedbugs. Because that would really suck, ESPECIALLY since the ottoman is now filled with my costumes.

However I just had a mysterious insect on my hand and looking at pictures I think it was more likely a flea than a bed bug. Unfortunately it jumped away before I got a good look.

Edit: Just pulled all the costumes out and I didn't see any bugs in there at all, so at very least there aren't too many of them. The bug from before definitely wasn't a bed bug so I'm hoping it was indeed on of the fleas that just came in through the window screen or something, since there are a fair number of feral cats in the area and yeah...best explanation I can think of. Will continue to assume fleas, which means I want to clean out the front rooms of my apartment ASAP.

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hey!

[inukshuk11.livejournal.com]

If you manage to catch what you think is the culprit, I took a course in parasitology last year and had to identify & classify fleas and bedbugs, and various other organisms of the pesky frustrating sort. let me know if you want 10 cents.

Re: hey!

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Will do!

[2raggedclaws.livejournal.com]

Check into the brewer's yeast thing as well - I'm sure you can google it. The fleas hate it, so maybe you can sprinkle it in key ares of the apt. to encourage them to leave?

Poor Elphie!

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

I will see about that, definitely. And cleaning the whole apartment should definitely help too.

[okaasan59.livejournal.com]

Fleas and flea eggs can live outside in grass and indoors in cracks in the floor. They hitch rides on your shoes as well as your pet. They lie in wait until something warm blooded comes by. Once I left my apartment for a couple of weeks one summer, only to be greeted by hordes of ravenous fleas when I returned. Ick.

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Very ick.