rammygirl Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Screened outdoor areas like in Florida. They work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolbloke Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Maybe it'll make you feel better to hear that it gets better with the years. Initially I reacted badly to aussie mossie bites and scratched myself bloody but a few years in I hardly notice the bites anymore. Desensitizing is the word I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ptp113 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Maybe it'll make you feel better to hear that it gets better with the years. Initially I reacted badly to aussie mossie bites and scratched myself bloody but a few years in I hardly notice the bites anymore. Desensitizing is the word I guess Toughening up more like................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovingtoTasmania Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Put a heaped teaspoon of powdered turmeric in to a smalllish glass of water (about 5 oz) mix and drink it quickly (it will make you gag) and take it everyday. It builds up in your blood and the mozzies don't like it. It will definitely stop them biting you as my family in Africa do it daily and never get bitten. It's not enough to put it in food and have it as you might use a bit in food, but it will be diluted by the fact that you are sharing say 2 teaspoons between 4 or 5 people in one curry. I'm going to start taking it next week to build up before I come over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Roberto Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Put a heaped teaspoon of powdered turmeric in to a smalllish glass of water (about 5 oz) mix and drink it quickly (it will make you gag) and take it everyday. It builds up in your blood and the mozzies don't like it. It will definitely stop them biting you as my family in Africa do it daily and never get bitten. It's not enough to put it in food and have it as you might use a bit in food, but it will be diluted by the fact that you are sharing say 2 teaspoons between 4 or 5 people in one curry. I'm going to start taking it next week to build up before I come over. I heard turmeric is very good for us too. Where in aus are mozzies worst? Are they everywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaver Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I heard turmeric is very good for us too. Where in aus are mozzies worst? Are they everywhere? Mostly round still water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi69 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Funny, been a scorcher in Perth today. Oh done a BBQ, we've both sat out, he was getting bitten, but not me. we have one of those blue light zapper things, at dusk it was banging away like a good un, even the dogs started to bark wanting inside, think they thought it was fireworks:dull: i have no clue, why I don't get bitten, other than I do sit out most of the year, so maybe I've become immune....which is a good job because if I couldn't sit out, I would be off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I never really got bitten that much, even when I was in Cairns. Guess they like certain blood types! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 When I do get a bite they seem to go all lumpy. Yuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Haven worked in malarial areas, I have learned how to try to deal with them. This is my advice: Wear light coloured clothing - not bright colours. White is best Wear lose fitting clothing - they can bite through clothing wear long sleeves and trousers. Use DEET based products. When they are bad, I use Bushmans 80% DEET Avoid dawn and dusk outdoors Mozzie attractors that give out CO2 can be effective - but expensive and need careful placing. Ensure there is no standing water in your garden - a bucket with a couple of cm of water can breed hundreds of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 When you say "not short of Vitamin B", what do you mean? To stop the mozzies you need to actually take a Vitamin B1 tablet, no matter how good your diet is otherwise. It's the excess of B1 that does the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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