Pet mosquito repellent products inventory

Every summer, you can always see a lot of articles describing the dangers of mosquito repellent products for dogs and cats, making people fearful.

Mosquitoes have been singing symphonies in your ears lately, constantly feeding them with their own flesh and blood to keep you declining day by day.

So you began to stock up on a variety of mosquito repellent products, from time to time, a mosquito fragrance or spray some mosquito repellent.

But, mosquitoes can not carry, that cats and dogs can carry it?

Pets can also be poisoned

But not all mosquito repellent products can not be used

Pet mosquito repellent products inventory

1-Pyrethroid

Representative products: mosquito coils, mosquito tablets, mosquito liquid, etc.

Contains two types of ingredients:

1. Pyrethins - extracts of pyrethrum flowers

2. Pyrethroids (Pyrethroids) - synthetic analogs, cypermethrin, fluvalinate, cypermethrin, etc.

Recommendation index: XXXXX (not recommended)

Whether it is toxic to cats: Toxic (probably due to poor detoxification and metabolism of the cat's liver).

Toxic dose: It is generally accepted that toxic manifestations can occur above 0.05-0.1%/in direct contact with cats. Case reported by APCC (American Animal Poison Control Center): 1 ml of 45% permethrin sprayed on the skin of a 4.5 kg cat can endanger the cat's life

Recommendation:

Do not use in a room where the cat lies flat for a long time / Remember to open the window to ventilate before the cat enters the room where the mosquito incense is used.

Do not do:

Do not leave the cat and TA's eating bowl in a room where mosquito scent is used (cats have poor metabolic detoxification capabilities and toxins will gradually accumulate! A nasty incident can happen at any time).

Do not mix a variety of mosquito repellent products, pyrethroids and other insecticides when combined, the toxicity will be enhanced.

2-DEET

Representative products: Some mosquito repellent sprays

Also known as mosquito repellent (N,N-Diethyl-meta-Toluamide, DEET), is currently one of the most effective mosquito repellent ingredients

Recommendation index: ★☆☆☆☆ (outdoor use only)

Whether toxic to cats: Toxic (No toxicity study yet, but there are cases of poisoning.)

Toxic Dose: Currently unknown. Some articles suggest that DEET is less toxic to cats, but the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has received several reports of DEET poisoning in dogs and cats, so it is best not to use any DEET products on dogs or cats. In addition, the pooper scooper should not exceed 30% concentration for its own use.

Recommendation:

Spray the body surface outdoors (take it out of the house and spray again) and wash it off immediately after coming home before contacting the cat to avoid licking it.

Do not do:

Spray indoors, and on the body surfaces of cats and dogs.

3 - plant-based mosquito repellent

Representative products: mosquito repellent oil, flower lotion, etc.

Recommendation index: ★☆☆☆☆ (outdoor use only)

Whether toxic to cats: unknown (at least weakly toxic)

Toxic dose: unknown. Mosquito repellent essential oil, mosquito repellent scented candles, windex, green herb cream, etc., all contain plant essential oils, although relatively safe for dogs, but cats are difficult to metabolize phenolic substances, so it is not recommended for cat family use. And the general formula of flower water is 70% up and down ethanol + about 25% of water + about 5% of various extracts. Which contains alcohol in addition to the various extracts for the time being no cat toxicity studies.

Recommendation:

Only spray the body surface outside the house (take it out of the house again), and wash it off again and again as soon as you get home. Avoid rubbing and licking the area where the oil has been applied!

4-Pakaritin

Outdoor sprays that can be used, but be careful not to lick the entrance

Representative products: Part of the mosquito repellent spray, namely Ecaridin (Icaridin).

Recommended index: ★★★★★☆☆ (recommended for outdoor use)

Whether toxic to cats: unknown (mostly considered non-toxic/weakly toxic)

No toxicity or safety studies in cats are available.

Toxic dose: Currently unknown. Experimental studies have been conducted in which pegaptan was applied to the skin of rats at a dose of 200 mg/kg/day (approximately equivalent to a human spraying through a bottle in 6-10 days) for two years and no increase in cancer incidence was found. Other non-toxic experiments include: rabbits, dogs, mice, birds, etc. (but moderately toxic to fish)

Recommendation:

Again, avoid licking by cats (some contain alcohol). It is best to spray the body surface of the pooper scooper outside and wash it immediately after returning home before coming into contact with the cat.

5-Repellent ester

Currently relatively safe ingredients, but will be combined with other ingredients, still need to pay attention to

Representative products: Part of the repellent lotion, spray, also known as Imodium (IR3535).

Recommendation index: ★★★★☆ (recommended for outdoor use)

Whether toxic to cats: unknown (more than considered non-toxic, no cat safety research)

Toxic dose: the patent holder Merck said - repellent ester content of 20% of the product is safe for cats. 20 years of use history, no cat poisoning incidents, in summary, the composition is relatively safe.

Can be used indoors, but also to avoid licking by cats, preferably not sprayed on the cat and food and water bowls.

Summer mosquito repellent in addition to safety, but also consider the repellent effect ... In summary, each component product has its own advantages and disadvantages. If the conditions and habits can be adjusted, it is still recommended that poopers have physical defenses, such as mosquito nets, anti-mosquito curtains, electric mosquito pats, etc. In addition, catnip can repel mosquitoes to a certain extent, because catnip is rich in thorny lactone, which has a certain mosquito repellent effect, but the main use of catnip is not used to repel mosquitoes, breeders can use more efficient methods to achieve the repellent The breeder can use more efficient methods to achieve the purpose of mosquito repellent.