And I got into them today... Got me on the ankles,legs and one of the little bastards worked his way all the way up to one of my test-tackles... I'll call that one Jeff.... These damned things are a menace.....
And I got into them today... Got me on the ankles,legs and one of the little bastards worked his way all the way up to one of my test-tackles... I'll call that one Jeff.... These damned things are a menace.....
ROTFLMAO!
Now, you be nice to Jeff... he licks... er, likes... it there.
Hate to hear about the chiggers, cause that means we will have them soon. I use Icy Hot or Bengay on them and it sure makes the itching go away. Might want to be careful with that around the boys though.
I have found that if you scratch hard enough, the scabs go away quicker than waiting for the itch to stop...
When a mosquito bites you you itch for a bit on account of your reaction to the mosquito's saliva.
A chigger OTOH leaves a tube of dried saliva going down through your skin that it fed through, sorta like a tiny drinking straw. Until your skin grows it out from underneath you'll itch.
Like the good Lt, I prefer to scratch 'em down to the blood, they stop itching faster that way on account of you scratched it all out.
Nah, nail polish and chiggarid don't kill them, because once it starts itching, then the bug has already finished biting and dropped off. The itching is from the little tube left behind, like the PP said.
I found that 1% hydrocortisone anti-itch cream works just fine. Just keep it handy until the welt is gone.
And use OFF! or something on your shoes and pants leg to keep them away.
First thing I do when back at the ranch is to bathe in Clorox. I live in the South, in the woods all year and never had them. But as Shreck pointed out Moms remedy was nail polish.
Now thinking all it takes is for your Mom to put nail polish on your nads one time as a kid and you're both shamed and immune. And for you jokers already responding my Mom was a nurse not a perv. I'm the perv--
Yep. One of the reasons I live in the Pac NW is we don't have chiggers. They LOVE me. You can clear a full section of land of chiggers by just having me set foot on the place.
Yep. One of the reasons I live in the Pac NW is we don't have chiggers. They LOVE me. You can clear a full section of land of chiggers by just having me set foot on the place.
Too late now but I always used sulphur and just powedered a little in the socks and around the waist inside the clothes and it will keep them all off if you know you are headed into heavy chiggar country.
I used it a lot whhen cruising timber and cutting thru the really thick crap.
I've heard people say sulphur tablets will accomplish the same thing but I have never actually tried it.
Any bug spray will work if you spray appropiate areas before going into chigger country. I've always done such since I mowed the cabin lawn in central Va without having done so. I was literally covered from my waste to my ankles,both sides of my body. Had appointment with real estate agent(female)in Deep Creek Md two days later. Got a doc friend to prescribe some poison to kill the chiggers but the enzyme damage is done so the itch stays even though the [bleep] are dead.
When this lady was showing me homes, the itching was so bad that I had to use wall corners and counter tops to rub up against for relief. I think it was my scratching my nads on kitchen counter tops that had her cancelling our appointment for the next day.
Miserable experience and I can't believe Bart has such good spirits while going through it. I carry Cutter with me everywhere I go now just in case.
If you walk in grass or even in shrubs in TX for any period this time of year, you're gonna get chiggers...
My remedy is unique. I just to scratch the heck outta them cause it feels so good and scab them over. One good itch to make them bleed a tiny bit and no more itch.grin...
scratch the area raw until it bleeds, than douse with rubbing alcohol.
Same thing for poison ivy.
Yep. I actually figured that out on my own as a kid. The seeping of poison ivy, the itch of chiggers, and the itch where a tic was pulled out. Cures all 3 but the poison ivy takes several applications. Doesn't have to be rubbing alcohol. Sea Breeze or a good strong mouthwash like cepacol or lysterine work well, too.
Never had any luck with deet type products. Powdered sulphur from the drug store works every time. Picked that tip up while working on staff at boy scout summer camp and camping in the woods for 3 months at a time in the south.
The chiggers are coming all over Bart's balz. How gay is that?
If ya gotta asked....
BTW - Bart; it is the eggs... think about it... you've got little baby chiggers all hatching out just under your skin, randomly, from your waste down.... right now...
And I got into them today... Got me on the ankles,legs and one of the little bastards worked his way all the way up to one of my test-tackles... I'll call that one Jeff.... These damned things are a menace.....
Damn. Here I was all full of pizz and vinegar, sleeves up and waiting to cut loose on ole Bart for gettin' his slur on with an impressive two-fer, complainin' about some dude half Chinese and half...Well, aw nevermind. Sheeit.
Go to a feed store or garden center and get a sack of sulfur pellets. If you use a broadcast spreader they'll leave the area (or die, sulfur is a pesticide). We do this when our grandkids are coming. Also, put some in an old sock and dust your shoes, socks and pant legs. THIS WORKS!
I worked cows this evening in high grass, have to load some calves in the morning to haul to Lampasas. They have not got me yet this year (this is me knocking on wood....).
The bleach treatment works well. Fill your bathtub with water and then pour a quart or so of bleach in the mix,, stir, then soak.
Got a feelin' the guys from up north going on the hog hunt with Bart, Greg, Pat and I are in for a chigger introduction.
We'll be used to it, they will think think they have a BAD skin disease, at least thats what we'll tell them.LOL!
Thats scary, a whole tribe of Jeff O's. 
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