Sand flys

Chris


Joined: 26/03/2008
Posts: 454

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 17:26

As a closet buddist, i usually have qualms about killing things, this is not applying in any shape or form to sandflys!

Does anybody have any suggestions on deterrants, exterminators etc..



Chris

orangekazzie



Joined: 31/07/2007
Posts: 1091

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 17:30

Hi Chris

Many suggestions have been given in the past such as eating vitamin B (Marmite), spraying anything that contains DEET or the Avon Skin So Soft (both pink and blue bottles have been suggested).

I got bitten really badly one year and suffered with severe headache and total lethargic for about 3 weeks. After that I've never been bothered by them again. I did read somewhere that once bitten you then become immune to them.

Karen

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 17:48

Why not "chant" t o them.....they are reasonable beings.

smoggyjim


Joined: 21/07/2007
Posts: 214

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 18:09

Why not try an ultrasonic repeller, I am going to try them when my villa is finished. They are meant to get rid of rodents as well as insects including flies, and mossies

Chris


Joined: 26/03/2008
Posts: 454

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 18:36

Tiggy

If I light enough candles I am sure to get the little bastards!!



Thanks Karen and smoggyjim I will give it a go

Chris

Notsoboredhw


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 1254

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 18:41

Chris - you dont live that far from me! We are in a small village near Hitchin!



We bought something from a hardware store near us we can use on our terrace for mossies. Havent used it yet but will let you know what its like because I got bitten about 60 times (sad cow I am - I counted them!).

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 18:44

Good luck chris.



I hope the little bleeders do not take a fancy t o me.



Was ok last May when we went over and will be going back May - June. Looking forward to it.



Sunny London afternoon.

stevie-d



Joined: 13/07/2007
Posts: 1420

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 20:20

Avon Skin so Soft is a winner every time.( I always use the stuff in the blue bottle )

stevie-d

Chris


Joined: 26/03/2008
Posts: 454

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 20:24

HITCHIN!!

We must get together sometime and compare bites!

We are over in NC mid April, our builder is demanding money for next stage, hope for completion Aug/Sept.



Tiggy, thanks, will let you know if these work, if all else fails Im hiring a dalex!

Chris

daily


Joined: 01/01/2008
Posts: 84

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 20:50

take garlic capsules - start weeks before going - been told it works

Notsoboredhw


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 1254

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 21:19

Yes we should get together to compare bites! Perhaps we should organise a night out because I think there are a few of us in Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire/Northamptonshire!

Chris


Joined: 26/03/2008
Posts: 454

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 22:01

I'm up for it!



Will contact you when we get back, if builder hasnt fleeced our last lira!



Chris



Any idea if screen doors are any good to stop them coming into the villa?

Just a thought..

HER INDOORS



Joined: 14/12/2007
Posts: 152

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 23:48

I take garlic tablets about three weeks before coming over to Bogaz, I did have one or two bites last September,but usaually I am eaten alive.So they must do some good.

I have just started taken them again this week as we are over for two weeks from 30th April .I don't know if they fend off sandflies though,but ok for mozzies.

Terri

denali2007


Joined: 04/01/2008
Posts: 111

Message Posted:
09/04/2008 23:49

Garlic tabs it is then!! Thanks

gazza


Joined: 15/05/2007
Posts: 161

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 00:11

hi all.



when do these sand flys make an appearance,all summer or certain times.



gazza

CovKid


Joined: 24/03/2008
Posts: 22

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 00:35

I'm surprised these sand flies need to go after anyone else as I thought they all totally fed them selves up on me! I have been told its due to blood types. Anyone else heard of that?



We are over in a few weeks time so I have started on garlic tablets, anti histamine and vitamin C tablets. I rattle when I walk now. We have also installed the fine mesh screens throughout, we have the scented candles and I will smother myself in the jungle spray stuff.



When I read all of that I have just typed I start to wonder if I have bought in the wrong place. I have also heard of people being really ill on sand flies and then afterwards they still get bit but without any reaction.



Are the snad flies the same every year or have the last couple of years been worse? All advice appreciated.

Paul

Barrovian1



Joined: 16/11/2007
Posts: 95

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 05:13

We have invested in a couple of solar powered insect zappers for when we come out again in May, hopefully we will be able to sit outside without getting chewed to bits.



Sorry about the zapping thing Chris.



Bob.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 06:53

hi , its around about sept they raise their ugly heads , and air con does'nt bother them , after last years massacre ,i'm not giving them a chance to attack me this year { theres a bit more of me this year for them to feed off } i will be waging my war against them with military precision , i will be prepared

good luck , simbas

Chris


Joined: 26/03/2008
Posts: 454

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 08:17

Hmmm... Looks like the locals are going to be able to smell the Brits a mile off, garlic tablets, marmite and armed to the teeth with zappy things, at least we will recognise each other at once!!

Looking forward to meeting you all, we are over 23rd April till 14th May,if anybody wants to meet up can you reccomend a good watering hole, date and time-ish??

Chris

smoggyjim


Joined: 21/07/2007
Posts: 214

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 09:20

Just miss you we are over on the 13th and have to leave on the 23rd

jim

sunnyday


Joined: 14/03/2008
Posts: 269

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 09:36

Last year the sandflies were around in August. There are lots of little midgy type flies at the moment, but they don't bite. Mossies don't seem to be here yet.

cruggs


Joined: 06/04/2008
Posts: 498

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 10:00

smoggyjim

re'ultra sonic repellents for rodents. and mozzies! they dont work ive had one

plugged in for three months now and the wife still comes into the room also tried marmite rubbed it in all over,and went to bed,slipped out of bed twice!!

and it makes a mess of the sheets.

Notsoboredhw


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 1254

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 10:03

Have to say the mossies are there already. I got bitten 3 times in one night last week! Little sods!

Janann


Joined: 07/03/2008
Posts: 47

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 10:06

After being very ill with the little b........s last year We have had fly screens installed, bought electric insect zappers, plug in tablets and liquid repellants, citronella spiralls, citronella candles, aerosol sprays, skin lotions, skin sprays, eating garlic like its going out of fashion. War has been declared.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 10:31

hi chris , we are going on the 24th for 10 days , already meeting up with jim { actually must contact him } why dont you join us i think it will have to be the 25th as jim is coming home on the 26th

regards , simbas

orangekazzie



Joined: 31/07/2007
Posts: 1091

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 10:42

Since we installed the fly screens we can safely leave the windows open in the bedroom at night and haven't, as yet, been bitten. As most of my insect bites seemed to appear during the night I can only assume these do actually work. Well worth the investment.

Karen

jokers2theright


Joined: 18/02/2008
Posts: 174

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 12:22

Please can someone bring me back to Cyprus this skin so soft ! ! !

jokers2theright


Joined: 18/02/2008
Posts: 174

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 15:11

Save me from the sand flies ---- I can meet you under the big TV screen in girne with a rose in my teeth

Notsoboredhw


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 1254

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 17:54

Just been out and bought millions of garlic capsules. If I get bitten I will blame you all and demand a refund from Boots!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!

Chris


Joined: 26/03/2008
Posts: 454

Message Posted:
10/04/2008 19:33

Karen, where do I get screens and how much do they cost?

Simbas, looking forward to meeting up, I use to be a staff nurse, Blackpool Victoria, read you are a medic as well, times have changed a lot since I was nursing, a friend of mine in Norwich General said they are now using duvets!!!

My nursing sister would have had a fit!



LOL!!

Chris

marik


Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 88

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 11:43

In My experience fly screens are no deterrent to the sandfly as they are so small and they are usually picked up in sandals etc while out walking they are almost microscopic they are so small and it dosent take em long to make a mess some people only have the bites which look like a rash but others react with a fever type of symptom which can lay the person low for a week or more

Perry


Joined: 27/01/2007
Posts: 413

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 14:05

The sure fire way is a combination of Garlic capsules and Vitamin B1 tablets. Take them daily 2 weeks before you go - you will not be bitten by sandflies or mozzies - speaking from personal experience here - and I used to get eaten alive !!!

Notsoboredhw


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 1254

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 14:14

So I need to take B1 as well as garlic. I am going to rattle the amount of vitamins I am taking! LOL!

jokers2theright


Joined: 18/02/2008
Posts: 174

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 15:04

Please can someone bring me back to Cyprus this skin so soft ! ! ! theres a beer in it for you.



No - fly screens do not keep out sandflies (but last year I had screens that did actually keep them out - it was made of fine plastic mesh with hardly any holes in at all and yes my house was sandfly free it was pure heaven. However once the winter came the wind blew out the plastic mesh or the sun made it crumble into thousands of pieces).... so my point is why cant they make the quality fly screens with miniscule holes to keep out sandflies.

lovelife


Joined: 07/07/2007
Posts: 231

Message Posted:
11/04/2008 17:31

Jokers2theright



I have just bought 2 skin so soft you are welcome to buy them from me, as I can order some more. Husband and myself will be out on 27th April for 10days.

Email me if you are interested.

LL

Pugsey


Joined: 22/03/2008
Posts: 173

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 01:46

We were out in July last year and there were loads of people going down with sandfly fever. The west indies versions are known as "no seeums" as they are so small so I assume these are the same. A couple of people we knew went to the docs and got some sort of shot which reduces the flu-like symptoms and we were told you remain immune for around 7 years.

Deet products were recommended (mainly round the ankles) but we were also advised to use carefully as highly toxic.

Every paradise has it's downside I suppose.

Jo Valentine


Joined: 10/02/2008
Posts: 508

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 04:12

Hello Simbas and Chris

I will be staying in Ozankoy from the 21st to the 27th April - would love to meet up with you, if you'll have me! as I'm going over on my own (partly a working trip).

Hope to hear from you.

Kind regards

Jo

valentineremovals@hotmail.com

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 07:14

great , i will e-mail jim today , any more want to join us ???

have a great w/e , simbas

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 07:23

these little blighters are beginning to baffle me , last year in sept was the only time i was ever bitten , and i have been coming to nc at different times of the year , so are you all now saying that sandflies come at different times and that they do not have a particular season ??

i will try ang get hold of more skin so soft , there are 3 of us coming so we can quite a few

regards , simbas

Chris


Joined: 26/03/2008
Posts: 454

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 08:16

The more the merrier, I would like to meet up with Jo, as she may be doing my removals!

Let me know the location and date, and we will be there!

Chris

Simbas, everytime we have been over they attack me, I usually look like a bubonic plague victim when I come back to the UK!

Chris

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 10:15

hi chris , it was only the once i lay victim to them in all the years i've been coming . look under topic bites around about last sept . i vaguely remember something about an earth moving experience { i mean building work digging ect just in case someone has the wrong idea } . can be a cause !!

see you soon , pat

jokers2theright


Joined: 18/02/2008
Posts: 174

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 10:37

Lovelife



Thanks I will take you up on your offer.



Will email you next week. What area are you staying in Cyprus ?

lovelife


Joined: 07/07/2007
Posts: 231

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 15:00

J2TR



We will be staying at the Hideaway club near Edremit.



Simbas and everyone

We would be free to meet up, lunch, drink/coffee or dinner is ok by us. it will be nice to meet more fellow 44er's.



LL

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 15:15

just trying to contact george { Jim }to find an easy way of organising it i don't think he's talking to me will get back to you

regards , simbas

Jo Valentine


Joined: 10/02/2008
Posts: 508

Message Posted:
12/04/2008 19:39

Hi again

It's sounding good. Any day or night would suit me, and I can organise the rest of my week around it - just let me know!

Could I place an Avon order too please? I've been hospitalised twice with the darned things and the memory is such a kind thing that I keep forgetting.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone soon.

Cheers

Jo

swapo


Joined: 10/12/2007
Posts: 4

Message Posted:
13/04/2008 23:08

Hello everyone,

On the Avon website, there are over 50 skin so soft products. A few referred to as bug guard, from the USA. I do not think you are describing these, so could you be more specific please. Blue bottle? containing what?

Like so many, I suffered the dreaded illness last year.

Hope someone can help. Thankyou.