Ig.Gardener wrote:
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.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)