Most of you know we live in the woods. Woods have bugs and creepy crawly things. Our dogs frequently get fleas and ticks. Yuck!! Jesse had a tick on him this evening and I removed it with the essential oil of citronella. You say, What?? Honest. I dabbed some citronella oil on my finger tip and touched the back side of that tick and out he popped. Then I promptly lost it on the brown carpet. Nice move.
I've been using a blend of essential oils that I spray on them daily. Except I did not spray Jesse today. Go figure. It's great to use a more natural and NON toxic spray on them, and on me, plus it works and smells good. It must be pure high quality essential oils.
Here's my recipe for bug repellent:
1/2c water
several drops of dish soap
10 drops citronella
10 drops lavender
10 drops lemongrass
10 drops rosemary
Shake before use. Spray on before going outside and reapply as needed. I usually spray 1 to the chest of our small dog (12 pounds) and 2 sprays to our larger dog (40 lbs, 1 to chest, 1 spritz to belly). Like I said, I use this on myself. It keeps the no-seemums off of me too.
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