If you have been bitten by a mossie rub liquid soap - the sort in a pump dispenser - into the bite as soon as you feel the irritation. It will take away the itch within minutes in most cases. I react to mossie bites but have always found this helps enormously very quickly. Doesn't work on ant bites though.

Liz

Hi, Mains definetly. Get a midrange one, use a weatherproof powercord, and hang it off a tree or backporch, somewhere where there are foursides showing and the cord can reach easily.


I've got one hanging off a pole, of my back shed. I leave it on 24 hours a day, saves forgetting to turn it on or off. Only uses 20 watts so you hardly notice it on the power bill. I'll probably turn it back on half way through September. bet it's cheaper to run than canned mossie repellents.

Guess I should use a timer.

Hope it helps

another thing to do if you are bitten is to make a cross X through the bite with your fingernail - it stops the itching - i have no idea why it works - but it does

drink tonic water too as they dont like the quinine that is in it
hth

pootle26

Thanks for that. My wife got bitten twice yesterday, so I think we'll have to look into it this year.

Cheers
al

thankyou all so much for your replies.
what a great bunch you are, i will save this thread and work through and hopefully something will work for my boys. Denise

When we 1st arrived our poor son looked like he had measles from all the mozzie bites he got... we now give him something called Mozi Free which is a Vitamin insect deterrent, and also spray him with AeroGuard tropical spray for good measure since then touch wood he dont suffer with them anymore.

Claire

thanks for that where do you get it from, Denise

I also get eaten alive and react in a horrible way to bites. My Huzza is very concerned about us going out to Oz because of this.

However.....I read about three weeks ago about vitamin B Complex. Takes 2 weeks to get into system and you must take it every day. It is claimed they hate the taste. Everyone gets bitten but bugs withdraw from the people they do not like the taste of therefore they do not get the reaction as nothing is injected.

I have been taking it for 3 weeks and have spent all weekend in the garden (normally would be scratching and feeling sick & swollen by now).

Guess what, no bites.

Give it a go.

I heard that vitamin B 6 helps as you excrete some chemical through your skin that the mossies don't like.

I resign myself to the fact that im gonna get bitten senseless and deal with the after effect as best i can. Like a liot of people now i dont like to put chemicals in my body unless if i can avoid it. I bought in Boots a few years ago a small electrical zapper (cant think what its realy name is) its about the 1 inch lkong and when you get bitten you click it onthe bite about 5 times and the electrical charge (which you dont feel at all - honestly) somehow stops the itch and therefore makes it less prone to infection and swelling. I know it sounds wierd but you can click as many times as you like no limits! I haveone on my keyring and one one a ribbon that i wear around my neck when i have bites that need attention. I think it cost about £5 but honestly really does work!

Lisa.x

Spose it depends on where you are living too as I don't have any problems with mossies at the moment. Mind you I think I became immune from them when I lived abroad in the 90's. Initially I got eaten alive but eventually they didn't bother me.

http://www.mozifree.com/how.htm

Contains thiamine - vit B2 iirc.

Also consider lavender and citronella - Javan is better than Sri Lankan.

I believe eucalyptus oil is also a good deterrent.

HTH.

Sue

After looking on the Avon website which particular product is it? Body Spray, hand lotion, body elixer? There are loads of Skin So Soft products.

My sister works for Avon, if i remember rightly it was the dry oil spray that was a good insect deterrant-the woodland fresh one, i think.I used to get all the freebees,but since she moved to America this no longer happens...booo! So hope they still do that particular fragrance, if not let me know and i'll e-mail her to find out. Lynn

Hi,
This probably sounds really stupid but last year there was a story in the paper and it said you should have a daily helping of marmite to stop the mossys. Obviously on toast or bread not straight of a spoon!!
Sharon