It was the season of doggie parasites last month due to the hot and humid weather. Lots of doggies that came for grooming had ticks and fleas on them. We had a few busy months getting rid of these pests for the doggies, thus the lack of posts... ( Excuses...)
With the abundance of ticks, we decided to do an experiment with some de-ticking products we had on hand. The two that we tried were BioX d'Bug Spray and Remove Tick & Flea Biocontrol Powder.
Just a slight introduction on these two products.
BioX d'Bug
Safe and Ecofriendly is their tag line. This product is claimed to be safe for mammals and birds. Non staining and non flammable. Targets effectively at ticks, fleas and mites.
I have been using BioX d'Bug for almost a year. I would apply on a tick infested dog before even the deticking process starts. The reason for doing this is because the ticks would immediately fall off the dog once the spray touches them. It is that amazing. The ticks must really hate the solution for them to do that.
It would have normally taken me another thirty to forty five minutes to remove them as they are often found latched on the skin, refusing to budge. Though effective, the remainder of the ticks would still have to be removed one by one. A de-ticking process would normally take two to four hours, depending on the state of infestation.
Alot of customers who had tried to remove the ticks themselves often left the insects' heads still embedded on their pet's skin. This would eventually cause skin irritation to your pets. What's worse? If you have accidentally squeezed the tick before removing it from the skin, bacteria from the parasite would flow back into your pet, causing a possible tick fever. Each tick would have to be removed wholly by a groomer or vet with utmost care.
I have been using BioX d'Bug for almost a year. I would apply on a tick infested dog before even the deticking process starts. The reason for doing this is because the ticks would immediately fall off the dog once the spray touches them. It is that amazing. The ticks must really hate the solution for them to do that.
It would have normally taken me another thirty to forty five minutes to remove them as they are often found latched on the skin, refusing to budge. Though effective, the remainder of the ticks would still have to be removed one by one. A de-ticking process would normally take two to four hours, depending on the state of infestation.
Alot of customers who had tried to remove the ticks themselves often left the insects' heads still embedded on their pet's skin. This would eventually cause skin irritation to your pets. What's worse? If you have accidentally squeezed the tick before removing it from the skin, bacteria from the parasite would flow back into your pet, causing a possible tick fever. Each tick would have to be removed wholly by a groomer or vet with utmost care.
Remove Tick & Flea Biocontrol Powder
Uses naturally found microbes to target pests like ticks and fleas. It paralyses ticks and fleas and kills them within a week. Safe and non toxic and contains only natural materials. Effective on larval, eggs and adult stage of pests.
It was my first time trying out this naturally made powder. Personally, I was skeptical about it. It was similar to Diatomaceous Earth, a naturally occurring sedimentary rock that can be made easily into powder form. Damn "Chim" (hard to understand) ... The layman way of explaining how it kills pests such as fleas and ticks? Just think of a powder that's so fine it goes into the carapace of the ticks and kills them from the inside out, piercing through their innards...
Ok ... too descriptive there.
From my observation, the tick in the video looked irritated with the amount of powder around it almost immediately. It was observed to be moving away from the powdered area. Activity weakened after 30 mins, and by day 1, the tick rolled over and died. The same thing happened to the other 15 ticks I put in. Smaller ones dies faster. The largest tick died after 4 days.
End Note
The purpose of this post is not to compare the two products, but to offer other alternatives to flea and ticks removal other than the usual Frontline, Spot On, Flea collars etc. You can have the strongest and most effective pet pesticide in the world applied on your pets, but how many of them are truly made for the animal's well being? Would it kill your pets along with the pests?
You will never know.
Travis @ PawMart
It was my first time trying out this naturally made powder. Personally, I was skeptical about it. It was similar to Diatomaceous Earth, a naturally occurring sedimentary rock that can be made easily into powder form. Damn "Chim" (hard to understand) ... The layman way of explaining how it kills pests such as fleas and ticks? Just think of a powder that's so fine it goes into the carapace of the ticks and kills them from the inside out, piercing through their innards...
Ok ... too descriptive there.
From my observation, the tick in the video looked irritated with the amount of powder around it almost immediately. It was observed to be moving away from the powdered area. Activity weakened after 30 mins, and by day 1, the tick rolled over and died. The same thing happened to the other 15 ticks I put in. Smaller ones dies faster. The largest tick died after 4 days.
End Note
The purpose of this post is not to compare the two products, but to offer other alternatives to flea and ticks removal other than the usual Frontline, Spot On, Flea collars etc. You can have the strongest and most effective pet pesticide in the world applied on your pets, but how many of them are truly made for the animal's well being? Would it kill your pets along with the pests?
You will never know.
Travis @ PawMart
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