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re: Best remedy for red bugs / chiggers
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:21 am to The Lou
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:21 am to The Lou
The clear fingernail polish is good for individual sites, and the medicated Chiggaway is just that - medicated clear fingernail polish.
However, I stumbled upon a remedy that works pretty tried and true - I discovered during the early portion of my military career.
I would come in from the field, dirtier than all get out. I would go directly to the bathroom and run a hot, hot bath, adding 1 capful of bleach to an entire tub. I would soak for at least 30 minutes, then shower. I rarely had residual red bug problems after this technique.
However, I stumbled upon a remedy that works pretty tried and true - I discovered during the early portion of my military career.
I would come in from the field, dirtier than all get out. I would go directly to the bathroom and run a hot, hot bath, adding 1 capful of bleach to an entire tub. I would soak for at least 30 minutes, then shower. I rarely had residual red bug problems after this technique.
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:22 am to Soul Gleaux
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Fingernail polish works great.
Myth
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:34 am to The Lou
anytime im in redbug/chigger country,,,i go back home or to the camp and pour bleach in the bath tub and do a soaking bath while washing my red wiggler, night crawler carefully, completely and maybe a bit more faster than usual..
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:39 am to The Lou
I usually scrub the piss out of them with rubbing alcohol to dry it up. Do the same with poison ivy.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:41 am to The Lou
Seasick Steve - "Chiggers"
Chigger advice from an ex-hobo.
Chigger advice from an ex-hobo.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:45 am to CBLSU316
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Take a bath and add pine oil to the water.
House will smell like the pinesol lady lives there, but it works.
Also try and find chigger-ex, stuff is gold.
Wally World
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:48 am to Teague
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Not much you can do except treat the itch.
Sure you can. While what you say is generally true too.
If you really really look closely you can see them in the pores of your skin. Take a sharp pointed knife (I use my finely honed Case Trapper)and dig, lift, pluck em out. They don't embed themselves to the point that you can't see them. A magnifying glass helps.
For prevention, keep a container of sulfur dust in your ditty bag at all times and dust your socks and lower legs with it before you enter their domain.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:48 am to Sir Drinksalot
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The pharmacist shared a secret with me the other day and it worked great! Dr tishners. (Mouthwash, been around for a long time). I now keep it in a spray bottle. It works on any kind of bite. Almost instant.
Been using that stuff for bites since i was a kid.
Didn't realize it was mouth wash until i got older.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:52 am to Ole Geauxt
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do a soaking bath while washing my red wiggler, night crawler carefully, completely and maybe a bit more faster than usual..
Word of caution: Anything over 60 rpm's, you will sling a rod!
Posted on 5/22/13 at 9:55 am to Sir Drinksalot
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Dr tishners
Raise your hand if this stuff makes you think about your PawPaw.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 10:03 am to Themole
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If you really really look closely you can see them in the pores of your skin
Not a chigger, they do not burrow in your skin. it is a piece of their mouth, broken off. that will do more damage than good.
Treatments are similar to poison ivy, benedryll etc...
Posted on 5/22/13 at 10:42 am to NYCAuburn
Tuck your jeans inside your boots and spray your boots with bug repellent. Good way to avoid redbugs. Unless you are rolling around in the woods like a tard.
This post was edited on 5/22/13 at 10:44 am
Posted on 5/22/13 at 10:49 am to Bandit30
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Tuck your jeans inside your boots and spray your boots with bug repellent. Good way to avoid redbugs. Unless you are rolling around in the woods like a tard.
You can also wear pantyhose under your BDUs like we used to do.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 10:51 am to NYCAuburn
quote:The why is a myth, but the stuff works for one reason or another. They just don't itch after.
Fingernail polish works great.
Myth
Posted on 5/22/13 at 10:53 am to tenfoe
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Raise your hand if this stuff makes you think about your PawPaw.
hand raised
IT'L GET YA DRONK
Posted on 5/22/13 at 10:54 am to DanTiger
quote:I think I'd rather go on saying that I've never worn pantyhose but that's just me.
You can also wear pantyhose under your BDUs like we used to do.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 11:39 am to OldSouth
What I listed works. I ended up in the hospital during my second week in the field during annual training. I was juiced with steroids and was fricking miserable.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 11:40 am to OldSouth
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quote: You can also wear pantyhose under your BDUs like we used to do. I think I'd rather go on saying that I've never worn pantyhose but that's just me.
Never heard panty hose, but if had I would have tried it. I started treating my clothes with permethrin. We got them so bad a Ft Polk you could make out the outlines of our gear on our bodies.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 12:07 pm to NYCAuburn
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Not a chigger, they do not burrow in your skin. it is a piece of their mouth, broken off. that will do more damage than good.
Treatments are similar to poison ivy, benedryll etc...
A Chigger is a Redbug a Redbug is a Chigger:
How to Get Rid of Chiggers or Red Bugs
By Jess Jones, eHow Contributor
Chiggers or red bugs are also known as harvest mites. Young chiggers need to feed on animals in order to mature into adult chiggers. In this stage, they are parasites that feast on animals and humans to survive. Chiggers are most often found in nooks and crannies of your skin, such as in the underarm area, elbows and behind the knees. Although chiggers do not burrow into your skin, removal of a chigger requires a gentle scraping of the bug to loosen its grip. Does this Spark an idea?
Read more: How to Get Rid of Chiggers or Red Bugs | eHow LINK
Posted on 5/22/13 at 12:10 pm to The Lou
when chiggers bite him, they itch for days
he is....
he is....
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