Tick repellents in homeopathy?

I'm new in the forum, I wonder if there's a search engine to help finding old posts. I couldn't find it, so I'm posting my question down here.

I'm a regular user of homeopathy for years, I live in Switzerland, in the countryside. I'm looking for anything that can help my cat and my family to repell ticks. I tried sulphur C30 and 200D but they didn't work (it seems they're not supposed to anyway).

I had/ have good experience with garlic NON homeopathic, but my cat can't take it. So can't my little daughter. I live in an area infested with ticks and am already sick with lyme disease, so I would like to avoid a new infection for me, and that my family gets the disease.

Meanwhile, my cat comes with many ticks every day, so I would like to find him a solution to be less attractive to ticks too.

Any suggestion would be welcome.

Thanks,

Selma

Thanks, Snoopy……

Hi there, Selma!  Fancy meeting you here….

(Selma and I know each other from a Lyme support board we both post on.)

There is a search feature on this board, but I’ve probably already done the same searching for tick prevention, and nothing comes up in the way of homeopathy – just after-bite treatment.

I’m glad you brought this up, Selma, because I’ve been doing some more research on this subject.  I’ve found a little information that may be helpful, so I’ll share what I’ve found.

I have a book by Dr. Richard Pitcairn, a veterinarian who is also an animal homeopath.  His recommendations for tick prevention are to keep your pet groomed, of course, but he also says:

“……to dust the coat with an herbal flea repellent.  (Commercial formulas containing eucalyptus powder are particularly useful.)  Work the repellent through the hair and into the skin.”  (I note that for repelling FLEAS, he does include Sulphur 30C as part of his recommendations, but apparently it won’t work for ticks.)

I think I would try to find a commercial powder containing eucalyptus.  I would NOT use eucalyptus oil or any substitute because cats are easily harmed by some herbs and herbal oils. 

Dr. Pitcairn now has his own online forum and he answers questions directly.  This book I have is 12 years old, so there may be new information.    Perhaps you could visit his forum and ask him if he has found anything new for tick prevention.  Or he might know of a specific product, although I don’t know if you would have it in Switzerland.  Here’s the link to his forum:

http://tinyurl.com/2y3wt9

Good luck, Selma!  I hope you (we) find something.  The only other option is to make little “tick body suits” for our cats, which would be SO humiliating for them. 

Tracy

Thanks, Gina –

I did see your post over at Otherhealth regarding the use of tea tree oil when I was searching for information, and I also saw the other post warning that it can be toxic to cats. 

http://www.thelavendercat.bigstep.com/generic32.html

This is one of those “gray areas” where you have seen success in Bali with no problems, and yet there is evidence that there can be problems.  Differences in the breed of cat?  Differences in the oils?

There are many essential oils that are toxic to cats, which is why it is so difficult to find something harmless that works.

By the way, Dr. Pitcairn stated that commercial “tick collars” don’t work, and they can be dangerous if your cat somehow gets part of the collar in its mouth or the collar gets caught in something.

From what I’ve read, I don’t think ticks are repelled by the “sulphery smell” from either garlic or homeopathic Sulphur like fleas are.  Maybe they can’t smell. 

What a dilemma!

Tracy