Tick Repellent

Originally Posted By: Rock KnockerA jug a permethrin would last a life time too. I was also lucky enough to find some spray called Maxi Deet at one shop it's 98.11% deet and works well.

I try not to use this stuff on anything more than boots and pants, don't really want it all over my skin.


walmart carry's Ben's 100 deet which is a 98.11% deet product. we basically do the same thing. spray your hat/shirt type thing and then if they get REEEEEELY nasty spray as little as possible on exposed skin area's (neck/arms)

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i look at it this way - deet is deet - weather its 40% or 98% dilution. either way i only use it when the bugs are really bad.

a 6oz bottle/can at 40% deet (deep woods off) = 2.4oz of deet by the time you use the whole can

1.25oz bottle of 98.11% deet (bens 100) = 1.23oz of deet by the time you use the whole thing.


ive yet to use a whole bottle of bens in a season so far, and thats usually sharing it around just like i would if it were deep woods off.
 
Yeah, I don't worry about it too much and I usually shower when I get home to get the stuff off and to check for ticks.

I'm a farrier and this time of year customers cover their horses with permethrin and I wrestle with them all day, so I'm exposed to enough of it as it is so I try to minimize it as much as I can, but lymes is worse so weigh your risks.
 

Believe I'll take my chances with permethrin rather than ticks.
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Vet intern solves mystery, saves paralyzed dog’s life moments before he was to be euthanized

7:51 am, May 23, 2016, by Web Staff, Updated at 10:36am,

PORTLAND, Ore. — It was a close call for one dog in Oregon, whose owners thought they had to euthanize him until an attentive intern spotted something very small that saved his life.

KPTV reports that the Fate family took their beloved dog, Ollie, to the veterinarian when he suddenly became paralyzed. After a thorough check and no answers, the family had to make a tough decision.

“They finally decided they had reached their limit, and it was time to help him pass. He couldn’t stand, he couldn’t walk, he couldn’t urinate, couldn’t defecate,” said Dr. Adam Stone of the Dove Lewis Animal Hospital, who said the problem could have been caused by a number of issues. “Anything from cancer to trauma, or a fracture of a vertebra or a spinal fracture. Any one of these could have caused similar signs.”

Turns out, none of those issues were causing the little dog’s health problems — it was something much smaller.

As Ollie was in an exam room about to be euthanized, an intern noticed a tick lodged behind his ear.

“He was in the room about to get put to sleep, and it was just pure grace that the people found something and decided to check it out further,” said Ollie’s owner, Falline Fate. “They have a neurotoxin in their saliva that prevents nerve transition to the muscles, and that takes time to build up in the body and cause paralysis like what we saw in Ollie.”

The tick was pulled out, and Ollie was back to his energetic self in just 10 hours.

“The next morning my mom opened the door and said ‘look at your doggie’ and he comes walking up to me, and I’m barely awake, and just smiled at me,” said Fate.

Ollie’s veterinarian said that paralysis from ticks is pretty rare, but it can happen with certain types of ticks.

Ollie’s owners said they will definitely keep up with tick and flea medication from here on out.

http://myfox8.com/2016/05/23/tick-found-on-dog-moments-before-euthanization/

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Know this thread is a few months old, but with deer season approaching thought I would put it out there. Last year I came across an article on QDMA (https://www.qdma.com/articles/ticked-off-no-more-venison) about the Lone Star tick and an allergy commonly called "Alpha-gal" which causes an allergic reaction when eating mammalian meat. Basically you eat what you shot then start gasping for air! I sent the article to a friend who had a wonderful answer. Start with Permethrin, look online and you can find the SFR variety (36.8%) for under $25 shipped. For those in states where that concentration is illegal you'll have to go with what you can get. Like everyone else, mix it down to 0.5% then treat your boots, pants, jacket, hat and everything else a couple weeks before season. Next is the important part, treat the environment...but let the environment work for you. Mix up some solution in a bucket, dump in a bag of cotton balls, thoroughly soak then remove and let dry on a screen. Place dry cotton balls in paper towel or toilet paper tubes and place in trees across your hunting property and scatter some on the ground as well...especially near squirrel nests. The permethrin won't hurt the squirrels or mice/rodents which is where the ticks usually start their lives. The critters will use the cotton balls (and tubes) as nesting material and treat themselves against ticks! We started this last summer, but can't give it an honest evaluation this year as shortly after we started the massive floods came (our 6" deep creek ran 8' deep) so much of our initial effort was washed away. We're back at it again, so we'll see how it goes this fall and next year.

Never going to get them all, but for those of us in tick infested areas it doesn't hurt to try.
 
Gamehide makes some cameo called elimatick, I am going to try it this fall in northern Mn while grouse hunting. The black-legged tick numbers can be very high,you will see them each day on either the dogs or yourself. In the past I have used permetherin on pants and boots.
 
Originally Posted By: Plant.OneOriginally Posted By: Rock KnockerA jug a permethrin would last a life time too. I was also lucky enough to find some spray called Maxi Deet at one shop it's 98.11% deet and works well.

I try not to use this stuff on anything more than boots and pants, don't really want it all over my skin.


walmart carry's Ben's 100 deet which is a 98.11% deet product. we basically do the same thing. spray your hat/shirt type thing and then if they get REEEEEELY nasty spray as little as possible on exposed skin area's (neck/arms)

412k72asqWL._SY355_.jpg



i look at it this way - deet is deet - weather its 40% or 98% dilution. either way i only use it when the bugs are really bad.

a 6oz bottle/can at 40% deet (deep woods off) = 2.4oz of deet by the time you use the whole can

1.25oz bottle of 98.11% deet (bens 100) = 1.23oz of deet by the time you use the whole thing.


ive yet to use a whole bottle of bens in a season so far, and thats usually sharing it around just like i would if it were deep woods off.



It lasts and it works and I just ordered two bottles on line today.
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I stopped using deet as it seems to remove the finish or paint off of everything it gets on. Permethrin is what I have been using for a good many years with great results.
 
My son got Lyme disease after we went fishing together along a wooded stream on Father's Day in PA. Twelve hours after coming home, he pulled a slightly engorged deer tick (black legged tick) from his hip. NINE days later, he had a 10" bullseye rash where the deer tick was dug in, and had a fever of 104 degrees. We both used permethrin but one deer tick slipped by. I'll keep spraying permethrin, but you still HAVE to do a thorough check after getting back home. At 24, he was a train wreck, and I ran him through the ER at the local hospital. That night, he was was walking like he was 80 years old, and he couldn't bend his knees. Upon arrival at the ER, his pulse was over 160bpm. He has arrhythmia right now, but after thirty days of antibiotics and he's finally starting to feel better. That disease is wicked beyond what you can imagine. Keep using tick spray, but still check for ticks when you get home EVERY TIME!!!! You do not want this disease.

If the vaccine ever comes back on the market, we're gonna be the first ones in line! In the meantime, we're still hunting, fishing and hiking every chance we get.
 


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