On 05/10/2011 08:25 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.




The best way to get rid of ticks is to buy some Diazinon and
malathion and spray your yard once a month.

You also need to dip your dogs in a solution of those chemicals
and you'll never be bothered by ticks on them again. I had a dog
that had ticks so bad they were crawling off him all the time
and all the regular pet products to get rid of ticks never helped,
so out of desperation I tried malathion & Diazinon and never had
another problem with ticks. You'll be amazed at how fast the tick
problem goes away. It doesn't take much of those chemicals to make
a good dip solution.

Stop spending hundreds of dollars for pet products that don't work.