On 5/10/2011 9:25 PM, 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.




I'd probably ask my vet as to what meds are safest for dogs.
We went through this with our cat who never leaves the house but picked
up a tick.

Lyme disease is rampant around here and I know numerous people that had
it. I spend a lot of time outside and in the woods but have never
caught it as in the woods I wear long clothes and shower when I get
home. The deer ticks apparently take a long time to settle in before
they bite you.