Can anyone suggest a cure for a tick infestation please? I have tried Comfortis, frontline, Revolution, exterminator, a natural spray from Nature's way, lavender...
Philip O. replied:
My sister is a dog trainer and uses garlic, It is all natrual but there needs some more direction to it. Garlic alone will help but won't eliminate the problem. I personally have 3 dogs. 2 large and 1 medium. With the following recipe I have not put any flea or tick deterrent on them for three years now. Receipe 3 cups dry rice 2 Tbls Garlic Powder 1 Tbls salt 1 Tbls cooking oil Put the oil in the bottom of a rice cooker or 2 qt pan. Put in rice, garlic powder, and salt and add water to cover approximately 1/2 in. Should be 4 1/2 cups or so. Let cook in rice cooker until it shuts off or in a pan on the stove approximate 20 minutes at a slow boil. Put usual dry dogfood in dish, for small dogs 1/4 cup of this mixture, medium dogs 1/2 cup, large dogs 3/4 cup and really big dogs 1 cup of the rice mixture. Mix well with the dogfood. I also add 1 or 2 Tablespoons of canned dogfood to the dry food to add flavoring. But dogs like the rice anyway so it's not really an issue to get them to eat it. Don't put more garlic in thinking it will help more. That makes it bitter and they won't eat it. You want to put more flavoring, put a beef or chicking bullion cube or broth instead of water in the rice while it's cooking. It will take a couple of weeks to get this in the dogs system so you should use a good deterrant for the first month after you start this receipe.
Kenneth O. replied:
Do not give garlic to dogs! http://www.petinsurance.com/healthzone/pet-articles/pet-health-toxins/Garlic-Toxicity-and-Pets.aspx
Emilia L. replied:
Vectra from Dr. Laura worked for us when our dog was still getting ticks using frontline. Might be worth a go...
Amanda S. replied:
Folks, please don't follow Mr. Oliver's advice. Garlic is highly toxic to dogs. http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/dog-behavior/foods-are-hazardous-dogs
Amanda S. replied:
When we had a tick infestation, we tried Revolution, Frontline, etc. etc. After two months, we shaved our long-haired dogs, and got them Preventic Collars http://www.amazon.com/25-Preventic-Tick-Collar-Dogs/dp/B0002XI7GY Then we bombed with the Hartz home bombs that they sell at RiteWay in the pet supplies aisle. http://www.amazon.com/Hartz-Ultraguard-Plus-Home-Fogger/dp/B000633XVO Ticks were completely gone about one week later
Heather C. replied:
Thanks Susan Parker. I had BVI Pest control once and he warned me they would become much worse for a while then he would need to do the house again. Touch wood, on a scale of 1 to 10 the problem is down to a 1 so I due to a combo of comfortis/frontline/goodness knows how many sprays etc. Only problem now is that the dogs think I'm going to be ripping ticks off them or applying frontline every time I get near them so aren't up for too many cuddles!