I just got Chiggers

Fuzzball_Kara · Apr 17, 2009, 03:28 PM

I realized and was introduced to the wonderful world of chiggers last night. They're all over me. Easy remedies? Help?

J_9 · Apr 17, 2009, 04:14 PM

Clear nail polish on the chiggers will get the job done.

Fuzzball_Kara · Apr 17, 2009, 04:16 PM

Out of curiosty, how long will it take for them to die and fall out?

J_9 · Apr 17, 2009, 04:17 PM

It takes about 24 - 48 hours for them to suffocate under the clear nail polish. I live in chigger country, LOL

Fuzzball_Kara · Apr 17, 2009, 04:18 PM

Oh well thank you very much for your help! Cheers! :)

Alty · Apr 17, 2009, 04:20 PM

Okay, Canadian moment here. What the heck is a chigger? :eek:

J_9 · Apr 17, 2009, 04:24 PM

Here you go Alty

Chigger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alty · Apr 17, 2009, 04:26 PM

I got itchy just reading it.

Thank J9.

Hope you feel better Fuzzball! :)

shazamataz · Apr 18, 2009, 06:45 AM

Don't worry Alty, I had no idea either!

Fuzzball_Kara · Apr 18, 2009, 08:41 PM

Aw, thanks guys! I washed everything I owned trying to keel dem out mah stuff. I think my spots of chiggerness are getting better.

J_9 · Apr 18, 2009, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by Fuzzball_Kara

Akeel dem out mah stuff.

I'm sorry, I don't know what this means.

Alty · Apr 18, 2009, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by J_9

I'm sorry, I don't know what this means.

I killed them out of my stuff?

Sad, I'm learning. This can't be good. :(

J_9 · Apr 18, 2009, 08:48 PM

It's all a new language to me. This is a prime example of why we ask to use proper english and no text/chat speak.

Fuzzball_Kara · Apr 18, 2009, 08:52 PM

Sorry, it always manages to pop out of me every once in a while. O.o

artlady · Apr 18, 2009, 08:55 PM

Oh poor you.Try some benadryl ointment and also the pills or liquid oral medicine it may make you sleepy but it will help the itch.

Chiggers Symptoms & Natural Home Remedies

Chigger Season & prevention
Chiggers are warm-weather nuisances; expect them to move north with climate warming, and to have longer seasons where they now exist. (We used to get our first chigger bites in June; now it's April.)

Though they may show up in short-grass areas, especially if you lie down on the grass, they really thrive in taller grass and along fencerows, etc. We expect our first chigger bites in late spring/early summer, well after the ticks become active. The chigger season peaks in midsummer, then declines (either the body doesn't react to them as much, or there are fewer of them once it's really hot and dry, which mid-to-late summer is in Central Texas.

To prevent massive chigger bites, we wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts in the field. We spray shoes, ankles, and pants up to the knee with insect repellent, wear shirts tucked into the pants, and shower immediately after coming back in the house. (We don't tuck pants into socks because with the kind of work we're doing, they always come out, and retucking something that's been outside is a great way to get massive numbers of chiggers. A good repellent spray around the ankles appears to work just as well. Chiggers dig in where clothing is snug, as mentioned: at the sock line, beltline, along the margins of underwear, etc. NEVER remember partway through an outdoor activity that you should've tucked in your shirt... that just transfers chiggers to the area they like best--a snug fit. (Experience here--I was harvesting wild grapes with my shirt-tail out, then decided to stop on the drive back to the city for something to eat and tucked it in. Worst case of chiggers I ever had in my life.)

For the same reason, wash the clothes you wore before wearing them out again. (It's tempting, if working outdoors several times a day, to put on the same pair of jeans and save the wear and tear, and the water resources... but chiggers are quite happy to lie in wait and dig in next time. Ticks, too.)

Even those in chiggery areas usually get "chiggered" once a year, forgetting the rules or deciding "It's early enough I can get away with wearing shorts..."

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...G9TDtgfrpeTaBQ

Fuzzball_Kara · Apr 18, 2009, 08:59 PM

Oh. That might help. I just looked up a picture of a chigger and they are so scary looking... I'm now more weirded out than before

Alty · Apr 18, 2009, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by Fuzzball_Kara

Oh. That might help. I just looked up a picture of a chigger and they are so scary looking... I'm now more weirded out than before

Never a good idea to look at the pictures, NEVER! :eek:

lighterrr · Apr 18, 2009, 09:16 PM

What is a chigger?

J_9 · Apr 18, 2009, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by lighterrr

what is a chigger?

Look at the links above.

J_9 · Apr 18, 2009, 09:25 PM

artlady agrees: How do you know if you have chiggers?My son just came home today with a horroble itchy rash on the top of his hands but we are in New york,possible here as wel?

Chiggers are usually found on the lower legs. You get them by walking through weeds and/or tall grass.

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