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harry
Posted 5/22/2023 21:28 (#10239608 - in reply to #10234398)
Subject: Repel ticks versus control


Virginia, Northern Neck
I agree with all the posts about using chickens, guinea hens, and encouraging opossums.

I also agree that with sufficient insecticide, you can control ticks.

Our choice is to repel ticks rather than control them.

We use cattle ear tags (pyrethrin) and fipronil (phenylpyrazole) to repel ticks.

We attach an ear tag to each dog's collar with a zip tie every three months, and we also dose each dog externally with liquid fipronil every month.

No ticks on dogs.

Wife and I used to treat clothes with pyrethrin.

Now we just clip an ear tag to a belt loop when we are outside, and leave the tag outside when we come in the house.

An ear tag lasts several months that way if it doesn't get wet.

We also use ear tags instead of no-pest strips (dichlorvos) in certain applications, such as small storage containers.

Where the ear tags work, they are cheaper, and perhaps safer, than no-pest strips.

We still use no-pest strips, as labeled, for larger areas, such as feed storage.














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