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Help! Chiggers!!!!!!!! Does anyone have any ideas, my yard obviously has chiggars, :eek: My yorkie boy has frontline on him, BUT he sleeps with me and I have been getting bites on my neck and various parts of me, I also fear they may be on the couch for he likes to sleep there too, Can anyone who knows what to do help me, It will break his heart if I have to make him sleep elsewhere.. Dian |
Yikes! What are chiggers? |
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Little itty bitty teeny tiny red itchy bugs. We are (not so) blessed with them here in Indy. They dig in and itch like skeeters!! I'm not sure if they can move from dog to person, though, maybe someone else knows. Sorry, wish I could help more. Hope you get some good suggestions. |
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I believe you can buy something to put on your lawn that will keep chiggars and fleas away...I may have to look into it myself. |
Oh mercy! I had chiggers when I was in college back in 1673! They were awful. they itched soooo bad and I scratched them at night in my sleep and the ones on the backs of my legs got infected. I thought they would never heal. Fortunately no scars 'cause i had nice legs when I was young.:cool: Calamine lotion helps on people - dont know about pets. I had to get UV light treatments. OH I had forgotten how awful that was. Icky! Yes, there is a spray for them and some granules that you can put on your grass to kill them. Sorry i don't know what it's called though. Good luck! |
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chiggars Paint your chiggar bite with clear nail polish....instant relief!!!! |
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When i lived in Arkansas a few years ago, I was told that the chlorine in pools helps..as far as i remember it did.. |
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I'd definitely get the yard treated and ask your vet about getting something to spray on your couch. I remember having them so bad once it looked like I had red socks on. Co-worker suggested that I poor bleach on them to kill them. My dumb a$$ believed him and it set my butt on fire! |
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no way on his skin !! Nail polish would burn his skin....You poor thing - chiggers ?? I know what they are but have never had one on me - I saw them on CSI and saw the damage they can do... are you sure they aren't fleas ?? Just to be safe - you should treat your yard. I do mine with a spray every 2 months no matter what - I'm in houston and we have lots of bugs and there is stuff you can use that's safe as long as you let it completely dry. ...after 10 years of doing this - I've never had any problems with my girls & we've never had fleas. if he's really itching too you may want the vet to take a look at him. There's another thing dogs can get that's VERY hard to treat - which is mites - they can make you really itch too. :( GOOD luck |
When you put nail polish on the bites it suffocates the chigger and they die. They burrow in, biting. When I was little and played in the sand in SC I used to get bites and mom would always put nail polish on. Hope this info helps. I would be hesitant about treating your yard, though - Our babies are so close to the ground they can be overcome by fumes and poisons, etc. really fast. Good Luck! Cyndi & Sweetie |
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chiggers i am currious if your baby had a redish orange film on tummy when you noticed them? also is there a spray you can put on yorkies that will kill them and not hurt the dogs? I have two special little girls that i resuced and they both have this look around private area and inner legs. its freaking me out because i do not want anything to happen to them. |
We had chiggers in NC. They are evil. The only thing that kept them off of us was Cutter Advanced. (NOT for the Dog!) If you dog uses Frontline or other treatment, then you might be getting them when you take the dog out. Grassy and areas with dried leaves are the worst. We did find that when bitten, a dip in a chlorinated pool did provide some relief. Seriously, when the first frost would hit, I would like to enjoy the thought of chiggers dying from the cold. They are seasonal and you won't find them in cooler climates. They never seemed to bother Dinky, but DH and I were like chigger magnets. |
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