There are advantages and disadvantages of all repellants, I finally decided on a collar as, should there be any adverse reaction, it can be removed whereas the spot-on liquids would presumably be more difficult. Disadvantage is that I have to remember to take it off if Humphrey goes into water. I haven‘t experienced any reaction myself and Humphrey‘s also a very „affectionate“ dog
, the scalibor doesn‘t smell unlike other ones I‘ve had in the past. (One of the collars shouldn‘t be used on cats I believe but not sure whether its seresto or scalibor
).
I‘ve heard of all sorts of natural repellants, from cidre vinegar, to coconut all, black carraway seed oil is very popular here, then there are amber stone amulets which some people swear by, garlic etc etc but the problem with the oils is, not only are they a bit messy, they have to be constantly reapplied and I‘ve not personally found them to be much help. (I was removing up to 10 ticks a day arpund this time last year!) I hated the idea of using any sort of chemicals but weighing up the pro‘s and con‘s, I reckoned being infested with that many ticks over a longer period is probably doing more harm than a collar, but its a bit like being between the devil and the deep blue sea unfortunately!
The easiest way to remove the little ***** is either with special tick tweezers or there‘s a little hook thing on the market now which is also very efficient (I got mine from the pharmacy).