Bothered by mosquitoes and other insects?

I have used vitamin B-1. A couple hundred mg per day. double for the first two days. The extra that your body cannot use is given off through your skin, so you do not smell like something good to eat, so the bugs leave you alone. You also smell like something people don't like to be around, so people leave you alone.

I treat our clothing with Permethrin that I buy in a 32% solution and dilute to make a 0.5% solution and use a garden sprayer to soak the clothes. I could also use a basin and dip the clothes in. It will last for 50-60 washings at this concentration and cost less than a nickle per garment to treat. It will not damage any type of clothing material, unlike DEET.

The Permethrin keeps ticks, fleas, mosquitoes, gnats, etc. off your clothes so anything covered is protected. For skin I spray on Picaridin which does not have the downsides of DEET and I have learned to rub the area to be sure that I have an even layer of the stuff. Where gnats or no see ums are a problem I mix 50% Picaridin and 50% Skin So Soft for the repellent that I spray on my skin. The Picaridin is for the mosquitoes and Skin So Soft is great for gnats, chiggers, and no see ums.

This is the same approach used by the military to protect service personnel stationed all over the middle east and Africa.

My wife and I started doing this 15 years ago and with our trips to SE Asia and Central America we do not get bitten and we are often in areas with high concentrations of mosquitoes and other biting bugs.

rexlion wrote:
Taking B vitamins regularly is supposed to make you smell less desirable to mosquitos. It takes a couple months to build up in your body, they say. I've been taking vitamins regularly for years, my DW does not, and guess who gets bitten 9 times out of 10. Not me....

I've taken a B-12 for years and I think it must attract mosquitos to me. DH on the other hand is seldom bitten. (He takes 1 a day for men)
DD read that Caress bath soap is good as well as brown Listerine mixed 1/2 and 1/2 with plain water and sprayed on. I've tried both and neither help me. May be worth a try for someone else.

We rarely see skeeters etc at home but here in the south the skeeters and all their friends haven't heard yet that you're out to kill'em! I'll be watching the report on how good it works so maybe we can bring some with us next year.

They say it's perfectly safe on pets - dogs, cats and horses. using Mozi-Q on pets

A lab we used to have had a skin condition that absolutely nothing would have an effect on. Our vet tried everything. Finally, someone suggested a homeopathic remedy. It sounded weird but we tried it and it sure worked! It was a blend of some kind of flower essences.

raindove wrote:
Going to check this out, as I'm one of the unfortunate ppl that bugs are attracted to. Homeopathy has its place. Do you know if this stuff would be safe to give dogs?

Taking B vitamins regularly is supposed to make you smell less desirable to mosquitos. It takes a couple months to build up in your body, they say. I've been taking vitamins regularly for years, my DW does not, and guess who gets bitten 9 times out of 10. Not me....

We just started using the Thermacell last year and it works great for mosquitoes and no see-ums.

We use it in the Florida Keys all winter long and in the Everglades National Park at Flamingo

jack L

Be sure to report back on how well it works.

Going to check this out, as I'm one of the unfortunate ppl that bugs are attracted to. Homeopathy has its place. Do you know if this stuff would be safe to give dogs?

I'll have to look into this, I'm a mosquito magnet but am very sensitive to them (big welts, occasional fever)