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Hello my kids and are in treatment for Lyme and some co's. We are on vacation and the Mosquitos are terrible. I gave tried every product, as I brought them all, and now we have resorted to using OFF. It helps a little but that in itself is giving me headaches. I have asked the realtor if they can spray something outside be ause every time we leave they swarm near the car and follow us in the car and in the house. We don't leave the doors open and the windows have screens. I left messages with our doc's. Any advice? It has hardly been a relaxing vaca. The realtor also put us in THE most wooded area on the street, near a salt water pond. The recent rain gas obviously made things worse.
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UGH!!! I hate mosquitoes!!! Maybe you should vacation in the Ozarks. I have seen about 5 mosquitoes here in the past 16 years.
I grew up in Houston, so I know how awful those suckers are!!
Have you tried citronella? The stuff you burn? and Cutter's?
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lpkayak
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be careful. it is not worth it. new study says they carry lyme. i almost died from a bite that got infected-5 days in hospital...2 surgeries
ppl make fun of me but i am telling you be careful forget the vacation...go to the ocean where there is a breeze off the water to blow them back on land
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Rumigirl
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Get permithrin from a sporting good store and spray all your clothes, shoes, and hats, socks, etc. with it. That both repels and kills ticks and mosquitoes. Along with bug spray, of course.
But where you are may be beyond all remedies. In that case, I'd ask for a refund and leave and go elsewhere, or take another vacation another time.
It's not worth it is right! I know I got some infection from a lot of mosquito bites a few years ago. I got an incredibly hot, bumpy rash all over my shins that spread to the backs of my legs. when I went into treatment, I got the exact same rash in the exact same place---yikes!
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I have read that Bounce dryer sheets are a good non toxic alternative to bug spray. It works for me and others I have told- although we really don't have much of a mosquito issue here, so it is difficult to know if it will help you too.
Just carry one in your pocket, rub it on your clothes and skin... or better yet- I tuck it into my bra when in a bad area and it really does repel the suckers! (and the fragrance is much more tolerable than other remedies, especially if you suffer from a little MCS like most of us do)
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Garlic or garlic based extracts also help. There is a spray online I saw once that promised no skeeters after using their product which was garlic based
Another idea to cut down on numbers is to put paper plates around with a rock on them so they dont blow away.
On the plate you put some lemon dawn dish washing soap
A fogger after dark at VERY calm wind times helps some using some permithin spray
Also heard citrus orange products help
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we've had 14 deaths here in north texas from west nile. be careful
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yeah, i know. i'm amazed. they're talking about using spray from the air but the dallas city council is debating what to do and can't make up their mind even tho it's more effective than local ground spraying and all.
they're telling people to clean up their yards, get rid of water standing in pools, etc. it had hit the elderly really bad.
luckily we don't have any water on our property and we're on a hill so it drains out.
and it's early...
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map1131
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Yes , it's that time of the year when the press goes crazy over mosquitoes and West Nile.
If they only knew what other bacteria the mosquitoes were carrying....they'd drop their jaws.
I would be the testing starts with West Nile and ends with WEst Nile and nothing else.
Pam
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AuntyLynn
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Some folks swear by Avon's "Skin So Soft" as a mosquito repellent.
Actually, mosquitoes are finding you by sensing the CO2 from your breath!
Can you hold your breath between the car and the front door? Cheap - and maybe worth a shot.
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Yes! Avon's "Skin So Soft" works well for us too.
HOme Depot sells mosquito dunks that you can put in a bucket of water away from your house. It attracts and kills them.
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