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Went runnin dogs the other night must have got in a whole nest of them.I have bites all over but esspecially around my ankles and waist. Is thery anyway to help the itch and get rid of them. Tried calamine lotion no luck.[/url]

Man I hate that for ya. I had them so bad one time made me sick. Had over 100 bites on me. About all that helped was Benydril and chiggar aid which is a clear paint on medication. Nail polish works in a pinch. Some say bleach but that burns like H$%^$!!!!

im definantly pushin that 100 bite mark . where do you find chigger aid never heard of it.

I hate them things they get on me like flies on ----. You can get chiggar rid at wally world. I feel your pain. I use alot of deep woods off in the summer. Soak my sock tops boots pant legs all the way up. If you know what I mean!!!!

Well Southern, what I do burns like HELL-o as well but it seems to take the itch out for me. I scratch them till they bleed and while digging them to the bone I start the bathtub running full of the hottest water I can stand. I then put a heavy amount of SALT in the water and stir it up to dissolve. I then plunk my big butt into the hot salt water and lay back like a beached whale while the tears run down the cheeks of my face and the cheeks of my butt get blood red from the hot water. Man when all that quits hurting I must forget about the chiggers as they don't even itch any more.

The best thing I have ever put on them was chigger-rid. It is issued by the military. You might find some at an Army surplus store or go online to RanerJoe.com. It is the best stuff I ever used, it has alot of sulfer in it, stops the itching and dries them up. Tom

I got Chiggerex plus from wall-mart it really worked, i am out in the weeds and bushes runin rabbits and treein coons day and nite, it really works for me best stuff i have ever used...

Here's something that might help with prevention. A few years back, my buddy and I were shaking seven dust on our dogs every time we dropped em on the ground to run. Once, we forgot bug spray, and we thought "what the heck, the seven dust is better than nothing" and shook some seven dust onto our shoes/socks/pant legs. It worked GREAT! I highly recommend you try this. We just used an old baby powder container, popped the lid off and filled it with Seven, and it made it real easy to use.

well here's one for you. this is something that i've just started but it sure
seems to work great for me. roll on deorderant. i use old spice high endurance deorderant. this got started by my uncle saying he used it on
posion ivy and it cured it. one day i had meet up with some of those testy
little chiggers and was looking in the cabinet for just anything i thought
would work, you know when they start itching it just gets unbearable. i
couldn't find anything that wouldn't take the paint off and i spied that
roll on and thought what the heck. i rolled this stuff all over the critters.
in a matter of seconds they stopped itching, i was amazed. you might try
it. let me know how it works
bwall

I had a go with them earlier this summer. I bought a hydrocortisone spray in the pump bottle. It stays oily and you don't touch it after applying. It will take care of the itch. You just have to keep putting it on especially at bed time. I also took benadryl at night. The finger nail polish, I was told by a doctor is an urban legend. It can worsen the bites by drying them out. Cooler showers are recomended and no soap. The chiggers are not left in the whelp they inject an enzyme and move. By the time the bite shows up they are long gone.
Anthony

Starting fluid (ether) worked INSTANTLY for me on some that NOTHING else seemed to help. Naturally, the remedy was prescribed by a truck driver and I was desparate enough to try it. DO NOT INHALE -DO NOT USE NEAR OPEN FLAME OR SPARK! Otherwise, the treatment is safe! I hope you find some relief SOON! The intense discomfort of bites all over is the reason I gave up bow-hunting deer.

warddog has the solution salt water bath it dosen't have to be hot enough to scald them. The salt kills them in about 15 min. no more itch ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

What is a chigger, I don't think we have them in Pa. Do they just bite you or do they get under the skin or what. Some posts talk about getting rid of the itch, some talk about killing them.

The larval chigger is an active creature that moves to the tip of grasses and fallen leaves to wait for and grab onto a passing meal. Rodents are a common host but chiggers can attack a variety of other animals and humans. Chiggers move to a feeding spot (ears of rodents, around the eyes of birds, or where clothing is tight on humans) and attach themselves tightly to the skin. After secreting digestive enzymes, they suck up liquefied host tissues. They neither suck blood nor burrow into the skin. The rash and intense itching associated with chiggers is an allergic reaction to the mite's salivary secretions.

Chiggers most frequently occur in overgrown brush or grassy areas, especially where small rodents are abundant. Females lay eggs on the ground in groups of up to 400, picking damp but well drained sites. They may be particularly abundant near stream banks, under trees, orchards, or berry thickets. There is one generation each year with chiggers most abundant during July, August, and early September.

Thanks, I never been bit by them in Pa that I know of.