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I'm tired of mosquitos biting me. If i can't stop them biting me, the next best thing is to stop them biting me a second time. So what's the best (safe for me) way to make myself poisonous to mosquitos, and optionally other bugs that might bite me?

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Permethrin clothing. Works fucking amazing. I have a jumpsuit treaded with it, kills ticks, mosquitoes, black flies. Not just repel but kill on contact!

[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Permethrin is toxic to cats; however, it has little effect on dogs. Many cats die after being given flea treatments intended for dogs, or by contact with dogs having recently been treated with permethrin. In cats it may induce hyperexcitability, tremors, seizures, and death.

fyi

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the info. I have 3 cats and I was about to look into this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That said, prethreated clothing should be fine to have around cats as long as they aren't actively licking/eating them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

My cats are a bit special so I wouldn't put it past them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Your link is about a medicine/spray. Where are you finding the clothing?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've treated my hunting clothing with permethrin when we were going to an area that was known to have an extremely heavy tick population. We had a spray bottle of the stuff, and did a thick coating all over our outer gear, and then allowed it to dry. Permethrin is fairly low toxicity for humans & dogs, but absolutely killer for mosquitoes and ticks. Worked like a charm!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Army combat uniforms even come pretreated with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Exoficio has a line of repellent clothing with permethrin. Craghoppers used to, but I think they stopped.

The only drawback is washing wears out the treatment, so you either have to buy new gear or treat it yourself, as the other comment states.