Spraying or dusting a yard or similar area with a pesticide(cyfluthrin) is the primary way to kill chiggers. Repeated applications of this pest control agent in your yard and adjacent wild areas will control chiggers for a season. This pesticide is available locally or on the internet and is an effective chigger remedy.
I would use 7 dust inside the house, around baseboards, in the vaccume cleaner, under the couch, under beds. I would use a flea treatment on the cats like bio spot or advantix, maybe even use a flea shampooh as well. If you can get the cats to eat a little fresh garlic in their food it will act as a natural bug repellant. If you put clear nail polish over the bites on your skin it will smother the chigger and it will die. Keeping the lawn cut short and removing any brush form the lawn will help keep them down outside, and they make 7 dust granuals for the yard as well. 7dust is a poison so do be careful where you put it.
Tea tree oil is working for me plus washing my clothes everyday, changing bras every day, washing bedding every day, showering morning and night - I get them from June 15 to Sept 1 in Minnesota.
Chiggers are a small insect and are almost too small to be seen. However, they make a BIG bite. They will drive you crazy trying to stop the itching. An old fashioned treatment for chiggers is to paint the welps with clear fingernail polish. It works. It will seal the area and give you relief at least that spot. Try it>>>
My mom always had us put clear finger nail polish over the bumps from the chiggers. They burrow into the skin, and the finger nail polish cuts of the air flow causing them to suffocate and die. For more info on chiggers en.wikipedia.org Harvest Mites are the chiggers found in North America en.wikipedia.org
They are little red mites that we can't usually see. If you suspect your dog may have chiggers then you should see your vet for diagnosis and to be sure it's not another problem that needs treatment/different treatment. In case it's actually allergies(usually diet is a major factor in that and your dog is healthier all the way around as well as many other benefits) here's some info. For you and if it's demodex you should inform your vet that the interceptor seems to be working well (a little off label use) and especially in breeds known to drop dead from ivomec in case they are not aware yet or as familiar with it :-).
