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mauramac

Have only just recovered from reading Pusser's great account of his Maiden trip and as we have yet to make our first trip a couple of points jumped out (no pun intended) at me.

My hubby is allergic to certain types of flies (horse flies being one) and gets really ill. All sorts of mossies seems to love my flesh (plenty of it I suppose) and I do usually go on holiday prepared with Jungle formula sprays, creams etc and then anti-histamines if they all fail to keep the little beggars at bay.

Anyone bought anything they swear by to avoid potential diaster, would prefer hubby not to be hospitalised or incapacitated due to his ankles doing an impression of Nelly the Elephant.

Ant repellants - what works and what is a waste of time - hate, hate hate hate ants. They make me itch just thinking about them (had a really bad experience when they invaded my father -in-laws flat once) Just how do they get inside a pot of jam with a sealed lid on??

All tips and potions will be greatfully received.

Yours itchingly

Maura jerk

mel_jennar

Eat lots of marmite.

Mel.

HelenB · Moderator

Or if you don't like the taste of Marmite try Yeast tablets at it is supposed to be vitamin B they don't like the smell of. Wink

You mention anti histamines does he actually take the tablets before and during the time away, as I take a hay fever tablet from May till Sept and have found that I never get a reaction or very little from any type of bite or stings, wasps , nettles, mosi's etc

mauramac

Well I absolutely love Marmite but it doesn't like me - will spare you the details but Porta Pottie would be in permanent use if I ate it. Something to do with the yeast I think so Vit Tabs no good either. I'm sure this only happens when you get older - had no probs with it as a child.

Richard can and does eat it no probs, but also has to take anti-histamines every day for perennial rhinitis - another complaint only in recent years. However he really does suffer if he gets bitten - his ankles swell up like balloons and he can't walk or drive. Doctors think it is all connected with his sudden rhinitis condition but to be honest no one is all that interested in allergies these days and tests are all a bit hit and miss. If he stops taking the pills he sneezes for England and it's like having flu permanently. The a/h's just about keep that at bay so guess he would have to up the dosage if he got bitten badly.

muncy

It's easy.

Just get your husband to stand next to me. The flies won't bother him at all. My missus swears by it.

bigfoot

Eat garlic, raw or cooked, also any thing with lemon grass. The other name for lemon grass is citronella, if you could grow a living plant that would keep the little beggars away. In South East Asia it grows around the outside of the houses no mozzies. Only answer for ants is an ant eater.

brenbo

We were plagued by Ants at home earlier this year

I eventually found some "Nippon" with a couple of white "Trays". You put some Nippon in the trays, then place them where the ants are congregating. you then leave it alone.....the trays were covered with the little bu**ers!

But a couple of days later....no more ants!!

It's important to leave them alone though, they take the Nippon back to the nest....

Quite inexpensive too

Raine

Hi, we had a thread going earlier in the year, some of the points were: skin so soft, Avon - very good for keeping mossies proboskis of'n yer skin. The lemony stuff- citronella i think, they don't like that either. Jungle stuff, for me personally in sri lanka, was a DEFINATE NO NO! every time i wore it, they woke up and BIT me! Stopped wearing it and they stopped finding me! Honest!!! Have a look at the other thread, cos there was loads of advice on it!!! Rolling Eyes

mauramac

Hey you guys, am I being set up here? I'm going to smell of a combination of garlic, marmite , lemon grass and chemical Ali with Nippon all around my 'van Twisted Evil

Only joking, I am grateful for your help and have used Nippon to great effect here in the house in the past - why had I forgotten that Rolling Eyes

Now Lemon grass sounds good - wonder if I can grow it in pots and carry it around with me - if I get stopped at the French/Spanish border I could always say I was growing it for Pusser!

Raine

Well if'n your wear it all at once, don't think you'll have a prob with close neighours lololololol Laughing