How to Treat Fleas on Clothing

When your pet and home become infested with fleas, so does your clothing. It's important to treat your clothing so that your house doesn't become re-infested after treating it and so you don't carry into your car, office, and other people's homes. For the most part, treating your clothing is easy, but you must be vigilant and continue treating and re-treating until you're sure the fleas are gone.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Vacuum
• Borax
• Diatomaceous earth
• DEET-containing repellent

How to Treat Fleas on Clothing

1. Vacuum all carpeted areas in home daily. Do not forget your closet. If you have items stored on your closet floor, move them and wash them.
2. Sprinkle Borax on your closet floor.
3. Allow the Borax to sit on the carpet over night, then vacuum the floor again.
4. Sprinkle diatomaceous earth (D.E.) around the closet floor.
5. Wash all of your clothing in hot water.
6. Spray your clothing with DEET-containing repellent and allow it to dry completely before wearing. Do not apply DEET on your skin or on pets.

Tips & Warnings

• Vacuum, vacuum, vacuum, and vacuum some more.
• Fleas will not tend to infest your clothing in particular. They will want to be where they can feed, so make sure to treat your entire home and your pets all at the same time. Treating one area at a time or treating the home without treating the pets or vice versa will not cure your flea problem completely.