Guest guest Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 We had an unusually dry summer here about 5 years ago and our yard, dogs and house became infested with ticks. I used diatamaceous earth (white pool sand that's put in filters)on everything, mixed with rose geranium essential oil. My understanding from the research I did is the D.E. cuts up the bugs. Unfortunately this means it kills off ALL the bugs where it is placed or who unwittingly wander through it. For the large ticks, the ones easily seen, I just put a tiny drop of rose geranium where their heads were burrowed in...they couldn't get away fast enough! I made a mist of the oil and constantly sprayed the house where I knew they were...under wall paper, under the carpet, etc. I also used the D.E. on the carpets. It took a few weeks, but I got rid of 'em without the synthetic pesticides. J Barry <jnb21102 wrote: HI! out of lulurkdom for a bit! I, too use Frontline on my pets. My experience is that the ticks still bite but are killed and are easily removed. My understanding is that Frontline kills but is not necessarily a repellent. The flea/tick collar should do that job.. I agree that it may be necessary to dust/spray the area of the yard where the dog plays adn around the foundation of the house in order to kill the " nests " that are in the ground, on the grass, in the bushes.It is probably something that you will have to repeat , at least for a while.. It is unfortunately also possible that there are some ticks living in the rugs, dog bedding or cracks and crevices of wherever the dog stays. It may be necessary to treat all of these with something and I would check with a vetfor something that is least harmful in an inside environment. It needs to keel the varmits , not the humans and pets! .. Long ago, we lived in an apartment building with a tick infestation. They crawled out from the window areas that were not sealed. It took some serious and aggressive pest control and then sealing around the windows to stop the problem.We did not have pets at that time, so we knew it was not our fault. I also find that we have a tick problem about this time of year every year, again in May June and then in August..I lost a beloved dog to Lyme disease back when it was hard to diagnose and treat.. I am on the MD-PA line and have lived here for 25+years...I do tend not to use the Frontline monthly as I am not sure of long-term effects on the animals.. But, I do use it enough that we do not have problems and they do not test positive for Lyme disease at their yearly check-up.. hope this helps.. nanancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 13 > Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:51:26 -0800 (PST) > J Barry <jnb21102 > ticks > > HI! out of lulurkdom for a bit! > > I, too use Frontline on my pets. My experience is that > the ticks still bite but are killed and are easily > removed. My understanding is that Frontline kills but > is not necessarily a repellent. The flea/tick collar > should do that job.. I agree that it may be necessary > to dust/spray the area of the yard where the dog plays > adn around the foundation of the house in order to > kill the " nests " that are in the ground, on the grass, > in the bushes.It is probably something that you will > have to repeat , at least for a while.. Thanks for the info. We really thought treating the dog would be enough, but my boys keep finding them, so we have the exterminator coming tomorrow. Our pest control company is supposed to use natural stuff ( i am painfully ignorant as to what they use), so hopefully that will take care of the rest of the problem. We have had her since March and this is the first problem we have had. I will try to use the frontline every other month as well. Lizzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 , Macha02012 <macha02012> wrote: > > We had an unusually dry summer here about 5 years ago and our yard, dogs and house became infested with ticks. This is off topic but it is so strange that I see these posts about Ticks. My son, who is a profesor of microbiology, is doing a study about ticks in Texas. He told us there is about 2 real studies done in the world to do anything with ticks. There is little know really about how ticks work and why. So these posts are interesting to see. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Any way to get rid of ticks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 If you have space, guineas(sp?) love to eat ticks. In my experience, the next best thing, aside from chickens, is to keep the grass as short as possible. Amy --- Jeff Donald <jeffdonald386 wrote: > Any way to get rid of ticks? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Like amy says guines are great and chickens, if not poison them with something from the store, something you spead on the lawn or a herbal remedy some one might have....we have chickens so we have none other then one here and there,,,,,course gotta be country lol...bj --- Amy Hinton <awsomeaim wrote: > If you have space, guineas(sp?) love to eat ticks. In > my experience, the next best thing, aside from > chickens, is to keep the grass as short as possible. > > Amy > --- Jeff Donald <jeffdonald386 wrote: > > > Any way to get rid of ticks? > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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