garlic oil

[kev43]

andy,,if u mean bath i hav always used bath salts or pomanganate ( condies crystals lol ) nva heard ov garlic put in water but am not sayin u cant but not heard ov it either  

[Guest IB]

 

yes andy ,,the garlic gets in the bloood stream and lice bite in2 the skin and suck the blood they dnt like the taste ov the garlic in the bloodstream m8  hope this helps   ;)  

 

This would not be the best way of using garlic to clear lice. (1) garlic is an insecticide it kills insects on contact, so its nothing at all to do with not liking the taste, it isn't an insect repellant like citronella oil added to hemcore bedding [deep litter] that keeps insects away because they don't like the smell  of it (2) most lice browse on feather debris, only a few species bite the bird, and to kill them garlic would still need to be circulating in the bloodstream  ~ the garlic effect wears off after 2 days; (3) garlic water is sold in pet shops as an insecticide for spraying on cats and dogs coats.

 

So when you use a garlic bulb, keep the 'peelings' and add it to a jug of cold water, when you empty the used garlic water from your drinker, pour it in too. I usually leave it for a week  and add it to birds bath water - just plain water in the bath - stinks but the birds are like lemmings jumping in to it.

[kev43]

 

This would not be the best way of using garlic to clear lice. (1) garlic is an insecticide it kills insects on contact, so its nothing at all to do with not liking the taste, it isn't an insect repellant like citronella oil added to hemcore bedding [deep litter] that keeps insects away because they don't like the smell  of it (2) most lice browse on feather debris, only a few species bite the bird, and to kill them garlic would still need to be circulating in the bloodstream  ~ the garlic effect wears off after 2 days; (3) garlic water is sold in pet shops as an insecticide for spraying on cats and dogs coats.

 

So when you use a garlic bulb, keep the 'peelings' and add it to a jug of cold water, when you empty the used garlic water from your drinker, pour it in too. I usually leave it for a week  and add it to birds bath water - just plain water in the bath - stinks but the birds are like lemmings jumping in to it.

 

ib,,like i said i nva heard ov ur way ok,,,i hav nva used insecticide on any ov my birds and use garlic alot and i hav no lice on my pigeons,,i hav bought birds in that are wick with lice but after a week they gone and i dnt use beddin in my loft ,,so can u explain how come i have no lice on my birds if garlic dnt work and i dnt use insecticides ?

[Guest IB]

 

ib,,like i said i nva heard ov ur way ok,,,i hav nva used insecticide on any ov my birds and use garlic alot and i hav no lice on my pigeons,,i hav bought birds in that are wick with lice but after a week they gone and i dnt use beddin in my loft ,,so can u explain how come i have no lice on my birds if garlic dnt work and i dnt use insecticides ?

 

Sorry, you don't seem to understand what I said. I did not say garlic didn't work. What I did say was garlic was an insecticide - something that kills insects - and it kills them as soon as it touches them. You say you had never heard of purtting garlic in the bath water, yet you  advised another member 'never' to use it in this way. You say that you have never used an insecticide, but as I have already pointed, garlic is an insecticide, and you say you use that. And if garlic kills as soon as it touches the insects, then surely you agree the best way of using it must be directly onto the birds feathers, either by using it in the bath as I do (and many others on here), or as a spray?

[kev43]

 

Sorry, you don't seem to understand what I said. I did not say garlic didn't work. What I did say was garlic was an insecticide - something that kills insects - and it kills them as soon as it touches them. You say you had never heard of purtting garlic in the bath water, yet you  advised another member 'never' to use it in this way. You say that you have never used an insecticide, but as I have already pointed, garlic is an insecticide, and you say you use that. And if garlic kills as soon as it touches the insects, then surely you agree the best way of using it must be directly onto the birds feathers, either by using it in the bath as I do (and many others on here), or as a spray?

 

ib,,ok i misunderstood u but u also misunderstood me,,i nva said "NEVER USE IT IN THE BATH" WHAT I SAID WAS I HAV NVA USED IT IN THE BATH cos i hav nva heard ov it used this way  

[Guest IB]

 

ib,,ok i misunderstood u but u also misunderstood me,,i nva said "NEVER USE IT IN THE BATH" WHAT I SAID WAS I HAV NVA USED IT IN THE BATH cos i hav nva heard ov it used this way  

 

Agreed, I thought you had told Andy 'never put in the bath'. No harm done I hope, good we've talked it over.

[kev43]

 

Agreed, I thought you had told Andy 'never put in the bath'. No harm done I hope, good we've talked it over.

 

na ib,, i wasnt arguin with u am not on here 2 do that like sum m8,,, i wudnt tell any 1 2 do or not 2 do if i dnt know anything about it  take care and gd luck  

[bruce]

hi how much garlic oil would you put in a litre of bath water thanks