My family’s house is infested with fleas (neighbors dogs brought them in) and they’ve spread to my pets. I’ve gotten stuff from the vet to treat the dogs (Frontline Plus and Capstar) and I’m vacuuming and mopping the hard wood floors. However, I had a bunch of dirty laundry in the mudroom piled up and some clean laundry on my table that I use to fold the laundry, but there seem to be fleas on them. I’m washing and bagging the clothes that can be washed and dried on hot, but some items will be damaged if washed in hot water (the labels say cold wash only/delicate, etc… and some are dry clean only, a few of which I just wash on the gentlest cycle with Woolite). What can I add to the wash for these clothing items that can’t be washed in anything other than cold water? Throwing them out isn’t an option as many of them are still relatively new, expensive clothing (work clothes and dress clothes). I’m in a panic because I’ll literally be throwing out hundreds of dollars worth of my family’s clothing if I can’t wash them in cold water and still kill the fleas. I’m having no luck finding info online. My mother mentioned Borax. Will that work? Is it too harsh for delicate clothing? Thanks.

The following reply is by : Amanda I :
Your washer isn't what kills the fleas, and their eggs. It's your dryer. It dries out the eggs so that they can't hatch. You can toss your pillows and your kids stuffed animals in the dryer on low for about 20 minutes and that should do it. You don't even have to wash them first to kill the fleas.

Also check into how much it would cost to have an exterminator come out and spray. It's safer and far more effective than flea bombs. Plus it doesn't have the stink.

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