Posted by
greendale
18 yrs ago
We've leased a place in a village only to realize the mosquitoes are out of control! Our one daughter reacts violently to bites and we are freaking out!
Any suggestions aside from the normal:
she takes Zyrtec, a daily allergy tablet already.
Anybody tried mosquito patches?
What about foggers?
Any miracle creams for after the bite? We use Benadryl right now.
Any suggestions welcome!
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Prevention:
For adults, try "Rid" mosquito cream (comes in a roll-on bottle). For children use Mike Mozzie (RID has perhaps too much DEET). Both are sold at Bumps to Babes. Mosquito patches never worked for us.
After the bite, use Anthisan cream to soothe. Works very well. It's available over the counter in drugstores.
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spurs
18 yrs ago
we're in the same situation but don't want to use repellants on our skin day after day - citronella is a natural repellant for mozzies, so try and get some big potted plants around your house (we get ours from KK's in sai kung but i imagine many places have them). also, we've found the good old mozzie coils to work very well and generally put one on when we are outside (harrods in sai kung). you'll need a few different methods and removing and dank water is really important too.
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Attack the cause as well as the symptoms. Report it to FEHD and they will send the mosquito control gang out and go through the village spraying. Irradication is impossible but control is possible. You should still follow up with all the usual (advertised) precautions, some of which are given above; tie a net over stench pipes and water tank vents, use a mosquito net when sleeping etc..
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"I had a similar problem. We solved it buy setting up a potted lotus plant in water - and keeping goldfish in it. The mosquitos are drawn to lay their eggs in the water and then the goldfish gobble them up. That way we controlled the mosquito population somewhat as the mozzies were laying all their eggs in the one spot that they would fail to hatch."
Would this work indoors? We do have the occasional daring mosquito inside.
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This has the FEHD contact number.
http://www.fehd.gov.hk/safefood/library/pdf_pest_control/mosquito_village.pdf
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"It's a great solution as you don't need to cover your home or yourself with chemicals."
That's the big issue, especially with small kids.
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