Originally posted by sirrahbed
Kimmie - I dug through the medicine cabinet and found what is probably a 20 year old bottle of the stuff we used - it is called Chigg Away. It is both a repellant and treatment for the itching - don't know if it is even something they make anymore. But the positive thing is that we would get them, itch for a few days and then they were gone until possibly the next summer, camping trip or whatever. Never any sort of infestation or anything. It seems that they do not live indoors but I am not sure. I would think a good lawn treatment would keep most everything away - hubby treats our lawn once a year just so we minimize the chance of bringing in fleas to the kitties on our clothing etc. We normally don't use anything on the kitties unless we think there is a flea in the neighborhood!

I suspect your "bugs" are gone by now
Thanks! I've been using Calamine Lotion and it's been working well. I'll look into that Chigg Away stuff. I guess I need to be more adament about putting on bug spray. Mosquitos never bother me much so I don't put it on everytime I go out with Kia.

I've learned my lesson!!

I'm in an apartment so I have no control over the lawn. But I'll do my best to stay out of the tall grass. Kia and I just love playing hide and seek in the weeds.