to get rid of mosquito itch, i use gold bond lotion. it works really well. lol.

And...I was thinking of posting a thread about this too. I absolutely HATE ticks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Major has had a couply on him, I pulled one off, luckily I think I found it after it had been on, maybe only an hour or so. Not sure, but it wasn't hard to get off. Katherine's dog Hansen, the beatiful golden retriever, had SO many and they were BIG. It was SICK SICK SICK but we burned them all. I think we pulled about 15 off. They are the grossest creature! EW I hate them so much, and enjoy burning them, watching them suffer.