House being sprayed for fleas tomorrow, urgent question

[Jayme]

Hey, so I just moved into an apartment and it has fleas from where my roommates had a cat over the summer. Normally when pest control people come, I just tell them not to spray in the room with the lizard, and I keep the door shut. But since my room has carpet as well, I can't do that this time if I want the fleas gone.

They told us that everyone would have to leave the house for at least three hours, and I was wondering how this would affect my gecko? I also breed mealworms and superworms and don't want them being harmed by the spray, so what do I do? Is it safe to leave them in the apartment or should I just drive around with them for three hours? I don't really have anywhere else to take them.

Unless putting them in the bathroom and closing the door would protect them, but that makes me uneasy as I'm not there to make sure the pest control people stay out of there.

I'm also concerned about further stressing out my lizard, as we just made a 5 hour road trip two days ago and she was not happy at all about that. Also will it ever be safe after all to let my leo walk on the carpet? I know pesticides tend to linger for a long time.

Sorry for the barrage of questions, and thanks for your time.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

No, it is not safe for your geckos or feeders! A lingering odor from the spray will go into the bathroom, so I wouldn't trust that either. Your safest bet is to remove everything for at least several hours.

 

[LZRDGRL]

Take your gecko and your feeders to a friend for at least this one day, better for a whole week or so!

Chrissy

P.S. I was at a farm once, and the dog had cancer, a weak immune system, and was full of fleas, so they sprayed against fleas. Some of the spray got on the rabbit food, and all the rabbits, their babies first, died while I was there visiting a friend!!! It was gruesome. Every time we came by the cage, there was another dead bunny lying in it, and for a long time, we had no clue what was going on.

 

[sunshinegeckos]

I will be doing the same thing but I am taking everything up to my boyfriends and with 9 geckos and 4 bins of feeders its not going to be fun

 

[Jayme]

Ok, yikes! I will see what I can do, hopefully some friends are in town by now. Thanks for the fast responses. Also there were conflicting answers, do I keep them out for several hours or a week?

 

[sunshinegeckos]

I would at least a couple days if not more

 

[Jayme]

Ok, crisis averted. Gonna have them wait to spray until a few days from now so that some friends will be in town, and my lizard and bugs will stay and their house for at least a day but prolly two or three.

Thanks so much.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

In my above post, at least several hours means at the very least and you would need to know for sure it was safe to return. Longer is ideal!