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Posted 11/10/2014 12:33 AM (GMT 0)
Ah, if only I could have done a selfie a moment ago; there I was, the Flagyl slowly dripping into my IV, and when I looked down, I noticed a tiny tick crawling on my arm, close to my PICC! Unbelievable, this is such an emdemic area - eastern Long Island. I should have been more careful when I was throwing the ball for the dog outside earlier..,

Anyway, I had the yard sprayed twice in the spring. What's a good spray to use now? Apparently, it hasn't been cold enough to kill them off.

Thanks guys...
Posted 11/10/2014 3:26 AM (GMT 0)
Out in Montauk we spray a natural formula that includes rosemary oil. We spray once in spring, twice in the summer and once in the fall. I still see ticks from time to time (not as bad as when we weren't spraying) and here I am with Lyme. In Westchester, they recommend spraying monthly. Gotta keep at it unfortunately. Glad you spotted that bugger!! Unbelievable!
Posted 11/10/2014 3:33 AM (GMT 0)
What is the name of the spray GreenBlue? Or do you make it up yourself?

Dannarahn, what a lucky day you had, seeing it before it settled in for a meal. I can imagine your reaction to seeing it.
Posted 11/10/2014 3:49 AM (GMT 0)
No I wish I made it. Instead we pay through the nose for the local pest company to spray it for us. Just checked my files, its called Essentria IC3.
Posted 11/10/2014 4:09 AM (GMT 0)
Hey thanks GreenBlue, my husband is online now looking into it :-)
Posted 11/10/2014 9:45 PM (GMT 0)
I wouldn't use anything toxic. That's how many of us got sick in the first place. It's so dangerous for ourselves and our pets. I don't know what to tell you, except look very carefully when you get in the shower, and keep up your treatments.

Margaret
Posted 11/10/2014 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
Sevendust. Or diatomaceous earth. The seven dust works better for me
Posted 11/11/2014 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
thanks IHL - is sevendust toxic? OK around pets?
Posted 11/11/2014 5:10 PM (GMT 0)
No, seven dust is not okay around pets. I use it occasionally in my garden when the grasshoppers are eating everything in sight!

Diatomaceous earth is good, but will only work until it rains or a few days. I'm not all that sure that it will actually work on ticks though, but I know that it works wonders on "soft sided" insects!! It works by making microscopic cuts in the insect and then it gets in and literally dehydrates them!

I still use a toxic product, but I live in the middle of the woods - basically, unless you live inside a city here, you live in the middle of the woods. I still use Ortho's Bug-B-Gon granules twice a year. That way my dogs and I can be out on the grass and in the garden without having to worry about a lot of chiggars, mosquitoes or ticks - plus I use sprays and medicines on the dogs and myself.

I'd rather have to detox those out than get these infections again - so use the shock and awe route!!

To each their own though. I haven't been convinced of the effectiveness of the natural products working here yet. I'll be happy to switch when I see that they work though!
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