Tip: chiggers, ticks and fleas

[Taz]

This is my second time up here and when we were renting to build a house, while weedeating I discovered what a chigger was. These critters really suck!
Had them up to my thighs.

An old timer told me the best thing to do was to pop the blisters and then paint with fingernail polish (I used the clear, hey I a guy!).

The theory is that if they cannot breathe they will die.

This really works. Since I have found this works on ticks and fleas also.
Just thought I would pass this along....

 

[DoWhat]

This is my second time up here and when we were renting to build a house, while weedeating I discovered what a chigger was. These critters really suck!
Had them up to my thighs.

An old timer told me the best thing to do was to pop the blisters and then paint with fingernail polish (I used the clear, hey I a guy!).

The theory is that if they cannot breathe they will die.

This really works. Since I have found this works on ticks and fleas also.
Just thought I would pass this along....

Contrary to a popular belief, chiggers do not burrow under your skin. Chiggers feed by inserting their mouth parts into your skin at a pore or hair follicle and inject their saliva. The saliva dissolves your skin cells which the chiggers then ingest. Itching occurs within 3 to 6 hours followed by the familiar red welts.

 

[dgates80]

Tmi

 

[KRfred]

Contrary to a popular belief, chiggers do not burrow under your skin. Chiggers feed by inserting their mouth parts into your skin at a pore or hair follicle and inject their saliva. The saliva dissolves your skin cells which the chiggers then ingest. Itching occurs within 3 to 6 hours followed by the familiar red welts.

I can attest to that (they suck) and itch. Prevention is to use "Off" or similar topical treatment.

 

[aps45819]

This is my second time up here and when we were renting to build a house, while weedeating I discovered what a chigger was. These critters really suck!
Had them up to my thighs.

An old timer told me the best thing to do was to pop the blisters and then paint with fingernail polish (I used the clear, hey I a guy!).

The theory is that if they cannot breathe they will die.

This really works. Since I have found this works on ticks and fleas also.
Just thought I would pass this along....

You're painting ticks with fingernail polish?

Maybe you should stay in the city

 

[Bay_Kat]

Contrary to a popular belief, chiggers do not burrow under your skin. Chiggers feed by inserting their mouth parts into your skin at a pore or hair follicle and inject their saliva. The saliva dissolves your skin cells which the chiggers then ingest. Itching occurs within 3 to 6 hours followed by the familiar red welts.

Dial soap (the gold bar), worked for me my senior year in high school and that's all I'm saying about that.

 

[DoWhat]

I can attest to that (they suck) and itch. Prevention is to use "Off" or similar topical treatment.

Better than "OFF",
Coulston's Duranon Tick Repellent
Repels and kills ticks, chiggers and mosquitoes.

But do not get it on your skin.
I spray it on my yard work clothes when I have to get into the brush and woods.

 

[MMDad]

Chiggers are actually very fragile, and just touching them will break off their mouth parts before they do their damage. After being in a place where you may be exposed, rub your hands over your legs while you check for ticks.

 

[DoWhat]

Chiggers are actually very fragile, and just touching them will break off their mouth parts before they do their damage. After being in a place where you may be exposed, rub your hands over your legs while you check for ticks.

You cannot feel a Deer tick when rub your leg. Deer ticks are smaller than a needle pin head. You really need to check yourself really good.

I have pulled off quite a few deer ticks this year and it is early.
A few that I found was only because I got that itch feeling.

 

[RPMDAD]

Timely thread sonster just pulled a deer tick off of him, cleaned the area with rubbing alcohol and circled the area around the bite with a sharpie marker. The wait begins, thinks he picked it up thursday afternoon at work, works with a landscaping company, they didn't work yesterday due to the weather.

 

[DoWhat]

Picture is a finger with a deer tick.
They are very small.

 

[RPMDAD]

Here is a pic of the one my son just got off tick is on a paper towel, taken with a phone not very clear.

 

[DoWhat]

Here is a pic of the one my son just got off tick is on a paper towel, taken with a phone not very clear.

Good news for you.
That is not a deer tick.
But keep an eye on the bite area.

 

[Roman]

This is a bit unusual..I have two Boston Terriers. Both get the same Flea, and Tick Repellant. One pup has Ticks all the time. Luckily, she's mostly white. The other rarely gets them. I check both dogs every night for Ticks.

 

[LondontownLife]

For removing ticks, the CDC says not to use the old nail polish method:

Use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin's surface as possible.
Pull upward with steady, even pressure. Don't twist or jerk the tick; this can cause the mouth-parts to break off and remain in the skin. If this happens, remove the mouth-parts with tweezers. If you are unable to remove the mouth easily with clean tweezers, leave it alone and let the skin heal.
After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol, an iodine scrub, or soap and water.

Avoid folklore remedies such as "painting" the tick with nail polish or petroleum jelly, or using heat to make the tick detach from the skin. Your goal is to remove the tick as quickly as possible--not waiting for it to detach.

 

[LondontownLife]

This is a bit unusual..I have two Boston Terriers. Both get the same Flea, and Tick Repellant. One pup has Ticks all the time. Luckily, she's mostly white. The other rarely gets them. I check both dogs every night for Ticks.

For years the standard has been repellants like Frontline but as more pets have had adverse reactions to those, even seizures, some vets and pet advocates recommend a natural and inexpensive treatment of diatomaceous earth powder.
http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/flea-tick-powder/

 

[Roman]

For years the standard has been repellants like Frontline but as more pets have had adverse reactions to those, even seizures, some vets and pet advocates recommend a natural and inexpensive treatment of diatomaceous earth powder.
http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/flea-tick-powder/

Thanks. I think my Husband has some of that in the Garage. But I worry about the Dogs inhaling the powder. I don't use the Front-Line every month either.

 

[frequentflier]

Thanks. I think my Husband has some of that in the Garage. But I worry about the Dogs inhaling the powder. I don't use the Front-Line every month either.

DO NOT use the pool grade DE. Use DE that is labeled for pets or humans.

 

[mamaof1]

If you put some Dawn dish soap on a cotton ball and hold it on the tick for a few minutes, it will back right out on to the cotton ball. I have used this method a couple of times. It works.