How Do I Get Rid Of Chiggers In A Home?

My kids have chiggers in their home and have 2 cats, how do we get rid of them in the house and on the cats?

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asked 1 year ago

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I would use 7 dust inside the house, around baseboards, in the vaccume cleaner, under the couch, under beds. I would use a flea treatment on the cats like bio spot or advantix, maybe even use a flea shampooh as well. If you can get the cats to eat a little fresh garlic in their food it will act as a natural bug repellant. If you put clear nail polish over the bites on your skin it will smother the chigger and it will die. Keeping the lawn cut short and removing any brush form the lawn will help keep them down outside, and they make 7 dust granuals for the yard as well. 7dust is a poison so do be careful where you put it.

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Ryanna

answered 1 year ago

Putting nail polish over bites will not smother chigger as it does not borrow into skin. Chigger bites skin leaving salvia which contains digestive fluid that causes surrounding tissues to harden, forming a feeding tube of hardened flesh wherein chigger sucks out digested skin cells. This tube is what causes the itching. After feeding on this for 3-4 days chigger drops off dying. At this time a red welt appears having a white, hard central area which itches for a week or more. Ohioline.osu.

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