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I tried all that stuff first- except Ammonia which is tricky because I have skin that dries and cracks easily. And Tea Tree oil, which I'm out of and will buy today.
I'd forgotten about the fleas attendant upon rabbit (or to be precise, southern population of the Northern Varying Hare) invasions: I can date Zathras' demise by the age of fearless half-grown rabbits which have invaded my yard since! I've also noticed less rabbit sign since the GHO had been hooting in the oak trees for a couple of weeks.
The thing about rabbit fleas is they don't infest the animals so much as their nests and paths: you have to step into a scrape to know they're there.
watch it with tea tree oil, there have been some reports of it messing with human hormone production; quite a few with mite-type rosacea have used it and found there are unpleasant ongoing side effects
perhaps a good dusting of the rabbit nest area with Diatomaceous Earth ?? won't hurt the owl nor any rabbits still around but sure desiccates the fleas and other nasty mange-causing critters
how about ammonia to counteract the itch, then bag balm to soothe the skin? my go-to is a salicylic acid lotion that Neutrogena sells "for acne" --- but because it's a salicylate, it calms the skin and causes the pores to exude any dead cells or sebum, and wounds to reject any invading bacteria --- dunno if that stuff has "that sweet smelling ingredient" though
I ended up using pure essential oil of peppermint for the itch, some of it mixed in bag balm. I've got to get to Radience soon for both DE and peppermint oil- luckily we don't have any flea problem in the house, but I was already going to add it to the chickens' dust baths, and it occured to me that sprinkling it where I think I got all fleaed up will be useful.
I have to figure out how to rabbit-proof the yard. I wonder if 2" mesh chicken wire between the pasture fence and livestock panels will work? I have to patrol for holes under the fence anyway: Griz thinks he needs to get out.
I tried all that stuff first- except Ammonia which is tricky because I have skin that dries and cracks easily. And Tea Tree oil, which I'm out of and will buy today.
I'd forgotten about the fleas attendant upon rabbit (or to be precise, southern population of the Northern Varying Hare) invasions: I can date Zathras' demise by the age of fearless half-grown rabbits which have invaded my yard since! I've also noticed less rabbit sign since the GHO had been hooting in the oak trees for a couple of weeks.
The thing about rabbit fleas is they don't infest the animals so much as their nests and paths: you have to step into a scrape to know they're there.
watch it with tea tree oil, there have been some reports of it messing with human hormone production; quite a few with mite-type rosacea have used it and found there are unpleasant ongoing side effects
perhaps a good dusting of the rabbit nest area with Diatomaceous Earth ?? won't hurt the owl nor any rabbits still around but sure desiccates the fleas and other nasty mange-causing critters
how about ammonia to counteract the itch, then bag balm to soothe the skin? my go-to is a salicylic acid lotion that Neutrogena sells "for acne" --- but because it's a salicylate, it calms the skin and causes the pores to exude any dead cells or sebum, and wounds to reject any invading bacteria --- dunno if that stuff has "that sweet smelling ingredient" though
I ended up using pure essential oil of peppermint for the itch, some of it mixed in bag balm. I've got to get to Radience soon for both DE and peppermint oil- luckily we don't have any flea problem in the house, but I was already going to add it to the chickens' dust baths, and it occured to me that sprinkling it where I think I got all fleaed up will be useful.
I have to figure out how to rabbit-proof the yard. I wonder if 2" mesh chicken wire between the pasture fence and livestock panels will work? I have to patrol for holes under the fence anyway: Griz thinks he needs to get out.
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