Mosquito Treatment

[dwayne]

Timmain ~ ew, that's a nasty story!!

Puma ~ well our mosquitoes don't seem to care about citronella candles... maybe because they're 'city' mosquitoes and are used to smelling it because every lites the citronella??

Joe ~ Hahah!!!

 

[anonapersona]

Mud for mosquito bites

I use facial mud on mosquito bites. the green clay type, this particular brand is St. Ives (from the Dollar store) but any facial type clay mask product will do, I think the green bentonite mud is best.

I dab it on the bite and as the mud dries it draws out the poison. This makes the welt go away. some particularly vicious Texas mosquitoes require mud treatments for a few days in a row.

This is really useful when you get a mosquito bite on your face where you don't want to scratch it and you can't tolerate having that welt. Of course, do this at home and don't go walking around with green mud dabbed all over yourself and remember to wash it off before you do to bed.

 

[slipknottin]

I use pure ammonia on mosquito bites. Stings like heck but stops the itching.

 

[125gJoe]

I use pure ammonia on mosquito bites. Stings like heck but stops the itching.

Sorry anona, but Slip seems like an easier "way out" of the ich problem.
Thanks for the tip Slip, I will try that out! ..

 

[dwayne]

Slip and annona... excellent mosquito bite remedy ideas... ammonia, ouch, but I can see how it works. The clay mud mask as well. Hmmm, looks like I'll be going shopping tonite, since I just know that I'll get at least one bite tomorrow!

 

[ChicoRaton]

hmm, ammonia seems pretty useful. cure mosquito bites, cycle your aquarium, and clean your house! all hail NH3! :bowing:

Anyway, if you like bats, you should come out to my house at night. I live on top of a mountain, surrounded by all manner of woods. We have a large outbuilding on the other end of a clearing form the house (hope that made sense...) and the outbuilding has a big mercury vapor light on it. At night all the moths flock to the light and you can see dozen(s) of bats flying around eating the moths. pretyt amazing how many there are. Never has one gotten in the house, but they get stuck in the garage a lot.

 

[125gJoe]

hmm, ammonia seems pretty useful...

Anyway, if you like bats, ....ot.

You can catch them with a flyrod too. Try not to, as some can carry rabies! :thud: