On 05/11/2011 06:02 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
On Wed, 11 May 2011 13:58:21 -0500, Mysterious Traveler
wrote:

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.

The problem is the ticks in the woods where the dogs run, should the
OP spray the whole woods?
Don't be an idiot!!!


If you spray your yard you will blitz every insect and many other
small organisms that live there. Not all "bugs" should be killed on
sight.
Evidently you don't have a tick problem so bad your willing to
try anything to make it stop.


David

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