Posted by Ig.Gardener on May 10, 2011, 9:25 pm
I'm sorry if this has been answered in the ant thread, but I figured
even if it was, it would need it's own thread because it's such a HUGE
problem, at least in my area. So, here's the question. As I've said
before, my house is in woods and I have two labs and a jack russel mix.
The ticks are HORRIBLE. One of my labs contracted Lyme two years ago,
which was terrifying. We used Frontline, and the ticks were reduced but
still there. We tried Advantix and it worked better, but made my jack
russel mix ill. I did research and found a home made mixture that I put
in a spray bottle and I sprayed them every night, which worked as well
as the Frontline and was safe to touch and smelled better, but it's not
just the ticks getting on them but clinging onto them and coming into
the house. Is there any inexpensive way to repell them at least a
little? Maybe something I can put on the floors? I had to use a strong
pesticide on everything last year because the jack russel came in
COVERED in nymphal ticks, which was an ordeal to say the least. Any
advice is helpful and the cheaper the better.
--
Ig.Gardener
Posted by Nad R on May 11, 2011, 1:11 am
> I'm sorry if this has been answered in the ant thread, but I figured
> even if it was, it would need it's own thread because it's such a HUGE
> problem, at least in my area. So, here's the question. As I've said
> before, my house is in woods and I have two labs and a jack russel mix.
> The ticks are HORRIBLE. One of my labs contracted Lyme two years ago,
> which was terrifying. We used Frontline, and the ticks were reduced but
> still there. We tried Advantix and it worked better, but made my jack
> russel mix ill. I did research and found a home made mixture that I put
> in a spray bottle and I sprayed them every night, which worked as well
> as the Frontline and was safe to touch and smelled better, but it's not
> just the ticks getting on them but clinging onto them and coming into
> the house. Is there any inexpensive way to repell them at least a
> little? Maybe something I can put on the floors? I had to use a strong
> pesticide on everything last year because the jack russel came in
> COVERED in nymphal ticks, which was an ordeal to say the least. Any
> advice is helpful and the cheaper the better.
Bantam Chickens loves ticks. Also was that "frontline" or "frontline plus"?
Frontline Plus works great on my little yorkie. I have never seen a single
tick on him after using frontline plus. However the little rat did have two
ticks early this spring before I started up his toxic avenger. Advantix
does seem to work better, but does not last as long as Frontline Plus. This
rainy season has made ticks here in Michigan the worse I have ever seen
also.
I am still waiting for the human version of frontline for ticks. I do use
OFF once in a while and on my clothes instead of on my skin. I were a light
weight long sleeve shirt and hat when gardening. I always take a bath and
look my self over real well and use fine tooth comb after a day of
gardening.
--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
Posted by David Hare-Scott on May 11, 2011, 1:57 am
On Wed, 11 May 2011 05:11:43 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
>> I'm sorry if this has been answered in the ant thread, but I figured
>> even if it was, it would need it's own thread because it's such a HUGE
>> problem, at least in my area. So, here's the question. As I've said
>> before, my house is in woods and I have two labs and a jack russel mix.
>> The ticks are HORRIBLE. One of my labs contracted Lyme two years ago,
>> which was terrifying. We used Frontline, and the ticks were reduced but
>> still there. We tried Advantix and it worked better, but made my jack
>> russel mix ill. I did research and found a home made mixture that I put
>> in a spray bottle and I sprayed them every night, which worked as well
>> as the Frontline and was safe to touch and smelled better, but it's not
>> just the ticks getting on them but clinging onto them and coming into
>> the house. Is there any inexpensive way to repell them at least a
>> little? Maybe something I can put on the floors? I had to use a strong
>> pesticide on everything last year because the jack russel came in
>> COVERED in nymphal ticks, which was an ordeal to say the least. Any
>> advice is helpful and the cheaper the better.
>Bantam Chickens loves ticks. Also was that "frontline" or "frontline plus"?
>Frontline Plus works great on my little yorkie. I have never seen a single
>tick on him after using frontline plus. However the little rat did have two
>ticks early this spring before I started up his toxic avenger. Advantix
>does seem to work better, but does not last as long as Frontline Plus. This
>rainy season has made ticks here in Michigan the worse I have ever seen
>also.
>I am still waiting for the human version of frontline for ticks. I do use
>OFF once in a while and on my clothes instead of on my skin. I were a light
>weight long sleeve shirt and hat when gardening. I always take a bath and
>look my self over real well and use fine tooth comb after a day of
>gardening.
You need an offsider so you can check each other over at the end of
the day .....
D
Posted by David Hare-Scott on May 11, 2011, 2:01 am
On Wed, 11 May 2011 01:25:11 +0000, Ig.Gardener
>I'm sorry if this has been answered in the ant thread, but I figured
>even if it was, it would need it's own thread because it's such a HUGE
>problem, at least in my area. So, here's the question. As I've said
>before, my house is in woods and I have two labs and a jack russel mix.
>The ticks are HORRIBLE. One of my labs contracted Lyme two years ago,
>which was terrifying. We used Frontline, and the ticks were reduced but
>still there. We tried Advantix and it worked better, but made my jack
>russel mix ill. I did research and found a home made mixture that I put
>in a spray bottle and I sprayed them every night, which worked as well
>as the Frontline and was safe to touch and smelled better, but it's not
>just the ticks getting on them but clinging onto them and coming into
>the house. Is there any inexpensive way to repell them at least a
>little? Maybe something I can put on the floors? I had to use a strong
>pesticide on everything last year because the jack russel came in
>COVERED in nymphal ticks, which was an ordeal to say the least. Any
>advice is helpful and the cheaper the better.
Other than what you are doing I can only suggest going over the dogs
by hand every night. If they run through a wooded area with ticks
nothing will stop them picking up ticks, all you can do is deal with
them. I use Killtix collars on my dogs but they run mainly on the
paddocks so the load of ticks isn't so bad.
David
Posted by Ig.Gardener on May 11, 2011, 9:20 am
Other than what you are doing I can only suggest going over the dogs
by hand every night. If they run through a wooded area with ticks
nothing will stop them picking up ticks, all you can do is deal with
them. I use Killtix collars on my dogs but they run mainly on the
paddocks so the load of ticks isn't so bad.
David
I do a tick check on them every night, and myself. I was just hoping for
something that would deter the ticks from coming/staying in the house.
I'll look into the Killtix collars. Do you know if they can get wet. I got
some collars before for them but they jumped in a creek on a hot day and
they didn't work anymore. Labs!!! Also, I don't recall if it was Frontline
or Frontline Plus. I didn't use it last year, just the spray I made
because it was working just as well, and like I said, it smelled
wonderful.
--
Ig.Gardener
XML site map
> even if it was, it would need it's own thread because it's such a HUGE
> problem, at least in my area. So, here's the question. As I've said
> before, my house is in woods and I have two labs and a jack russel mix.
> The ticks are HORRIBLE. One of my labs contracted Lyme two years ago,
> which was terrifying. We used Frontline, and the ticks were reduced but
> still there. We tried Advantix and it worked better, but made my jack
> russel mix ill. I did research and found a home made mixture that I put
> in a spray bottle and I sprayed them every night, which worked as well
> as the Frontline and was safe to touch and smelled better, but it's not
> just the ticks getting on them but clinging onto them and coming into
> the house. Is there any inexpensive way to repell them at least a
> little? Maybe something I can put on the floors? I had to use a strong
> pesticide on everything last year because the jack russel came in
> COVERED in nymphal ticks, which was an ordeal to say the least. Any
> advice is helpful and the cheaper the better.