ticks

For animals that use a salt block we get a sulfer one for tick season.

For the other animals we just check them over each day.

For us humans we eat dried fruit that has sulfer used in the drying process.

Edited to add I dont have a clue if sulfer really works, just a thing I was taught by my parents who where no doubt taught by some old timer.

 

Passing this on from another list:

http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/self/23
I dug deep in my herbal formula books for this recipe out of desperation,
given that I live in the epicenter of the tick-generated Lyme disease
epidemic. I tested the essential oil that is recommended for ticks, Rose
Geranium, by putting a few drops—no more!— on our dogs’ collars, to see if
it would repel ticks. Lo and behold, we went from 20 ticks a day on each
dog, to none. The second best essential oil for repelling ticks is American
Pennyroyal (also called tickweed).



Simple Solution:
2 tablespoons vegetable or nut oil (almond oil contains sulfur, a repellent
in its own right)
10 to 25 drops Rose Geranium essential oil
Combine the ingredients in a glass jar; shake to blend.
Makes: 2 tablespoons
Shelf Life: 6 months

Dab a few drops on your skin or clothing, making sure to avoid eyes.

Caution
Skip the Pennyroyal if there is anyone pregnant (including pets) in the
home, as it can induce miscarriage. And as always, use essential oils with
caution as they can burn the skin and harm eyes. Don't use these essential
oils around cats.

Helpful Hints:

Palmerosa is a sister essential oil to Rose Geranium, and also repels
ticks. It is cheaper, and sometimes easier to find than Rose Geranium.
Another good repellent that also worked on our dogs, is to eat garlic pills
(but don't give garlic to cats). A number of people have written me to say
that they have had good luck with their dogs and themselves, by keeping to
the garlic pill eating regimen every day.
The Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) reported in
their winter of 1996 Journal of Pesticide Reform that nymphal ticks are
reduced from 72.7 to 100 percent when dead leaves are removed from the
forest areas surrounding residential areas.
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Haven't tried it out, we haven't had much problems with ticks on our dog. He's in a fenced backyard.

 

Garlic powder. We start feeding it in early April (depending on the weather), one shake per two dogs I think. I'm not sure how it would work with dry food, probably fall off (our dogs think it's a treat, they eat it out of our hands) we feed kibble wet and the garlic powder is mixed in each feeding. Out of 19 dogs we've picked 3 or 4 ticks this year, didn't start the garlic early enough. Maybe it's something you could try.

LisaBug

 

We do the garlic as well. If we have meat juices leftover from dinner we add that to the dogs hard food (steamed vegie juice as well if no meat juice) and a sprinkle of garlic. Our dogs love this, just watch out for garlic breath after. We eat a lot of garlic in our foods...the one child that didn't is the only one to got ticks.

garlic is also good for reducing colesteral, help lower blood pressure, natural anti-fungal/anti-biotic/anti-virual/anti-inflammatory/anti-intestinal parasital, can be some certain cancers prevenative, helps with ear issues (mix garlic oil and olive oil for ear infections/ear fungal infections ect), respatory issues ect. OVERALL health in both humans and animals...grandma was right when she perscribes a big bowl of homemade chicken soup (with garlic).