Janet (Louisville, Co Usa) on 12/30/2009
I did a great deal of research and I tried just about every remedy I could find on the internet. Some helped, but nothing seemed to entirely rid me of these things. I had been prescribed ivermectin and the doctors couldn't guarantee it would work and I was reluctant to take it, but at the same time desperate. There was one thing yet that I had read worked for someone with scabies that I hadn't tried before I took the ivermectin. This person had cured her scabies with colloidal silver.
I mixed 2 ozs. of virgin coconut oil with 2 ml of 10ppm colloidal silver. The coconut oil needs to be melted and melts at a very low temperature. I put the coconut oil and colloidal silver in a plastic bottle made for hair dyes and shook it to make sure it was mixed well and applied it directly on my skin from head to toe. Within two hours I could tell that the mites had died. One WARNING - DO NOT REWARM THIS MIXTURE IN A MICROWAVE!!!
My daughter-in-law is getting her degree in environmental science and she told me the reason that the colloidal silver worked is that small particles of metal penetrate through the shell of the mite. Once the shell is penetrated the mites dry up and die.
Coconut oil is very close to your own natural oil (sebum) and therefore is absorbed by your skin. So as it penetrates your skin it will reach anything that burrows underneath your skin carrying with it the silver. The beauty of coconut oil with the Cheyletiella mite is that it lives on sebum and dead skin and I assume it ends up eating the coconut oil and silver particles. Any new bites I've had, they die almost immediately.
Both the coconut oil and colloidal silver have antimicrobial benefits which kills any infection the mites carry and aids in healing. The colloidal silver also stops the necrosis (the eating away of skin by insect bites). And as a side benefit it also got rid of athletes foot and a couple of warts that I had.
It's also safe for pets and only one application cleared the dog as well. I have been using it once a day to kill anything left in the environment that may find it's way on me. I have found that washing clothes and the dogs bedding in hot water and borax helped a great deal. I use a floor steam cleaner on my mattress and pillows, the carpet etc. Vacume often!!! In cold weather, spend a little extra for better air filters on your heating system as these things are also air bound and jump.
I hope this helps anyone who is enduring the same nightmare as I have.
Replied By Terrie (Wooster, Ohio) on 02/03/2010
I am having such a time with Cheyletiella mites. Does your coconut oil and colloidal silver still working for you? I do not want to put our dog to sleep. Very tired of dealing with this nearly a year now.
thanks,
Terrie
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Replied By Brenda (Courtenay, Bc, Canada) on 10/05/2011
We had the dogs tested and it came back that they were clear. We have tried everything to flea spays to pesticides from the vet. The vet told me that Advantage would take care of it if my dogs were carriers. She also stated that she hasn't seen cases of this mite in years and years..... I have done Kwalada treatments. Nothing has worked for me. 8 years of bites and feeling like there are bugs crawling on me all the time. I have been going out of my mind with itching and the mental state of crawlers all over me. I look like a have some terrible disease.
I came across your site, my husband gone out and bought the coconut oil and colloidal silver and gonna try it. I will let you know the out come....
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Replied By Brenda (Courtenay, Bc, Canada) on 10/07/2011
I also applied some to my black lab x newfie head and rump erea. This morning the tops of her hair is white, nothing is moving, but it looks like they took off from the scalp to the end on her hair. She is going to the groomers and getting a bath in it. Seeing all this is working I am also gonna purchase the natural stuff (orally) for my doggies....:)
Have you ever thought of making the mixure and marketing it to vets??
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
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Replied By Frisco (Vallejo, Ca) on 11/06/2011
THANK YOU!!!
I have close-up pictures of the mites as they appear on the tips of my dog's hair a couple hours after the application of the coconut oil and colloidal silver mixture. Also have pictures of them on my black t-shirt with my finger in the shot to get an idea of scale. Again, this is after I applied the treatment to myself. Any way to post pictures?
The pictures of them on the black t-shirt make it clear just how much these look like dandruff. That's what the vet told me it was on both the first AND second visit ($$) even after looking at them under a microscope. The truth is my dog wasn't scratching that much and the "dandruff" only appeared about 3 weeks ago. But I started feeling this crawling sensation then little pin pricks. The "dandruff" was showing up on my newly washed sheets (black shows everything! ) even after the dog had been banished from the bed area. It took me seeing them move a couple times before I decided I was right and the vet was wrong. If you get some on a flea comb and patiently watch very closely you'll see them jump a tiny bit.
Getting food grade diatomaceous earth tomorrow and will treat my beds, carpets and yard. The fabulous coconut & silver treatment works great but want to treat the environment to avoid reinfestation.
Replied By Frisco (Vallejo, Ca) on 11/08/2011
I wash clothes, sheets and dog bedding everyday in hot water with Tide and Borax then hot dry. I vacuum every other day including the bed. I've just read that everything must be treated at the same time and treatment must continue for at least 3 weeks. Tomorrow I will vacuum the whole house and dust the carpets, beds, furniture, and dog with the DE. The dog and I will both eat garlic and have apple cider vinegar added to our water daily. I've restricted my use of the house to a bedroom, bathroom and the kitchen. My dog is clearly depressed from the lack of contact but hard choices are sometimes necessary for his overall well-being.
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Replied By Kerbar771 (Tampa, Florida, Usa) on 11/24/2011
He does not have any fleas, but since my son walked him on the front lawn a few weeks ago, he has lost fur on his back and around his eyes and face. I have one of those collars for him.
He has a great appetite and his attitude is the same as always, no change there.
I tried the Apple Cider Vinegar and it made his skin so scaly I could not believe my eyes! Maybe I did not dilute it enough. I have some coconut oil. Did you mix the colloidal silver with the coconut oil? Did your dogs have mites? Please tell me a little more.
thanks
Replied By Hopeless (Abroad) on 12/28/2011
The worst itch and crawling sensation is in my head/hair. I have visited several private dermatologists and no one can help. I have read these posts made by other people and made the conlusion that it cannot be anything else than this invinsible cheytilla mite. I am devasted because of this problem. My husband do not believe me as you cannot see those bugs. "What you cannot see, does not exist.. " I'm so tired of this problem. I think about it every single day, every single hour and minute. How could I not to think as I itch all the time?
I tried the colloidal silver thing as well, but do not dare to try it again as I am very badly losing my hair. I am in a point, that I have to start wearing a wig. Apparently cheytilla is the cause for terrible hair loss. I am so ashamed of that as well. How I can just start wearing a wig all of sudden and go to work?! In my work, I have to meet lots of people all the time and would be so ashamed to wear a wig. Obviously soon I do not have a choice, because I cannot hide this hair loss anymore. My hairline has badly withdrawn and my scalp is very sensitive all the time. I did not have a sensitive scalp before, but now I cannot even brush it without the pain (and hairloss of course).
I cannot get for example DE in my country as I do not live in the USA. I live in a country, where it is very rare to have even fleas, so you cannot get stuff (DE) like that. I have tried scabies treatment several times for my whole body and head(/hair), but it only helps for couple of days until the crawling and biting will appear again. In addition the terrible hair loss, the worst thing is, that everybody around me starts itching and scratching as well! Do they jump in the air?! At my workplace everybody seems to scratch themselves. I have no social life whatsoever anymore, because I do not want anybody else have this problem. But everybody I am near to, starts scratching themselves.
This is pure nightmare and I am losing my mind because of this. I could have never believed anything like this exists! This terrible mite obviously thinks that I am their host now as I got it from that contaminated flat (where used to be a dog). As I do not have any animals.
I am cleaning and washing all the time and nothing helps. I have spent so much money for bug repellents and insecticides etc. This itching is a pure nightmare in addition to losing my hair! I don't know anymore what to do. I am so despressed because of this. Doctors won't believe me, they just think I am imagining this as we do not have any problems like this in my country.
I am so sad and desperate:(
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Replied By Grace (Bailey's Harbour, Wi) on 06/18/2012
Thank you for all of this information! I hope this helps!
Replied By Mischelle (Menston, West Yorkshire Uk) on 07/28/2012
We've just got this puppy and he's badly infested with the walking dandruff.
Replied By Ihatemites (San Diego, Ca) on 09/08/2012
Its 3 a.m. and I am up scouring the internet for cures for this nightmare! Here are some things I have learned.
Borax! Wash with it, put it in your shampoo, soak in the tub with it if you must, take 1/8th of a tea spoon in a liter of water. Drink off and on through out whole daly. Those of you in the UK will have to find in online or at you "Chemist" as its not sold on shelves there.
Bleach baths really do help for scabies and other burrowing mites however once they are in your scalp, ears and nose, you need something internal. I am on day 2 of the borax in water and so far nothings changed. Fortunately there is a section on this site where others report it worked for them. I have taken ivermectin for the last 2 months weekly and believe its the reason why the population is low. I'm looking into herbs used against Malaria as ivermectin is used successfully for that internally..
Pool Chlorine is the only "Fast Kill" topical substance I have found. I have a pump spray bottle I add a tea spoon to 56 oz container of water and spray on my scalp which is the only effected area and for about 3 or 4 hours, no crawling or bitting. I notice when one moves around I. E walking and moving about, the mites stay in one place and tend not to move but lay down or sit for a while and they seem to feel safe to move about. When I put things in my scalp and the crawling immediately stops, I don't consider it a success unless the crawling stays gone fore more than 3 or 4 hours and I have been relatively still.
Blue Dawn dish liquid mixed with 2 table spoons of Baking Soda kept my scalp quite of movement for a few hours but kind of burned my already burned out skin at the time. I do think it was working. I'll give that a shot again too soon.
Sulfur with Vaseline did nothing. Permethrin 5% cream worked for only a day even when adding lemon, tea tree oil AND 45% permethrin for dogs. I once soaked my head underwater for 2 hours and the next day, it was as if I'd done nothing at all. Though I have read hay can hold their breath for up to 2 hours, I had to investigate my environment as a source of recontaminate.
Neem oil does not kill these mites. Their numbers should have reduced by now if neem was doing what I keep reading it does - stop them from breeding or laying eggs. I'm still using it every day till the neem oil is gone. Its been a week now. I used it before months before reading that the active substance is measured by "PPM" and sought the highest I can get. I found a place in FL that grows their own enema tree. That means its fresher than what you'd get at an indian store where it has been shipped and most likely sat on a shelf for years. I'm keeping it in the fridge to keep it fresh as I don't know the shelf life or rate of oxidation.
I ordered Lice B gone as I read in another forum that worked for scabies. They also manufacture Lice B Gone for Fleas and Ticks. I'll try it and report back. Its enzyme based and suppose to work by causing the mite to malt before they have the chance to breed.
Also ordered Olive oil infused with Poke Weed root. In the scabies section, a few said it worked at getting the mites out of the skin.
I'm also trying Quassia Amara wood chips boiled in water. So far, unfortunately it is not a fast kill as I hoped. Like Neem, I has a chemical that stops mite eggs from hatching and larvea for developing. I added the boiled solution to lotion. Will keep that up till the wood chips are all used up.
For those whos hair is falling out I think staying away from oils would be good. I will eventually try the colloidal silver but will add it to a good lotion. Actually I am going to make my own colloidal silver as it will be cheaper and cost effective to bath in it. Tons of vids on youtube on how to make it with just regular 9 v batteries.
Found a carpet powder with pyrenthrins, the natural form of the scabicidal lotion permethrin but this also has Nylar in it, preventing eggs from hatching, also contains Piperonyl Butoxide. That prevents the mites from metabolizing the pyrethrins. It mixed very well with lotion. Gonna keep using that too. I have it on now with borax and Quassia Amara mixed in. Its not a fast kill as I'm still feeling movement but hope its preventing future generations
The lotion mixture I can put on the days I go to work. When I get home, I can put on the neem oil. Neem stinks and makes if obvious you have something on. I will add colloidal silver in the mix in the future when I have recovered financially from buying everything imaginable to treat this nightmare.
I think some of us are suffering from pet mites that have been doused in the standard topicals and internal medicines and have built a resistance. I'll keep looking to plants that have to keep up and defend themselves agains mites for answers.
I have tried may more things I'll post when I wake up. Must sleep now.
Replied By Sara (New York, NY) on 08/01/2014
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Theresa's interest in pet health started with a bird keeping hobby at age 14, where she learned from another hobbyist that the simple addition of Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) in a bird's drinking water kept fungal infections away; she was able to share this with her avian vet who in turn prescribed it to her own clients; Theresa was surprised to learn that she could teach her vet a thing or two. This important lesson - that each of us can be a teacher - was a turning point for Theresa, and fueled her quest for the knowledge held in lore, and remedies passed by word of mouth. That quest for knowledge continues to this day, as new and old remedies alike are explored. She may not have experience with a particular issue, but she will research it to the best of her ability and share what she finds freely, in the hopes that you can heal or improve your pet's health.
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Just google it = 'buy colloidal silver new york' and you will find many options to search.
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Theresa
The wonderful Theresa from Minneapolis, MN has been helping pet owners and their beloved pets around the world on Earth Clinic since 2013.
About Theresa
Theresa from Minneapolis was born and raised in the inner city, always wishing she had been raised on a farm.
Her love for creatures great and small began at an early age, starting with caterpillars - which continues to this day, along with an interest in all insects and 'creepy crawlies'.
Theresa's interest in pet health started with a bird keeping hobby at age 14, where she learned from another hobbyist that the simple addition of Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) in a bird's drinking water kept fungal infections away; she was able to share this with her avian vet who in turn prescribed it to her own clients; Theresa was surprised to learn that she could teach her vet a thing or two. This important lesson - that each of us can be a teacher - was a turning point for Theresa, and fueled her quest for the knowledge held in lore, and remedies passed by word of mouth. That quest for knowledge continues to this day, as new and old remedies alike are explored. She may not have experience with a particular issue, but she will research it to the best of her ability and share what she finds freely, in the hopes that you can heal or improve your pet's health.
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If you would like to thank Theresa for her helpful posts, she asks if you would please consider making a donation to one of her favorite local rescue organizations, or by making a donation to help the genius contributor, Ted from Bangkok, recover from his stroke.
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I would use Ted's mange remedy on ALL your dogs. It is safe for the puppies and will kill the walking dandruff mites. Make sure you clean and vacuum your home well, paying attention to where your pets bed down. You might also consider spreading borax down as an additional way to prevent reinfestation of the mites.
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I am almost POSITIVE that the white tips everyone is seeing a little while after applying it to their dogs' coats is only the coconut oil having cooled off and solidified a bit. You can easily just feed your pet a little coconut oil as well since it's naturally antibacterial (& I suppose possibly Miticidal?). And if research shows that the colloidal silver is safe for pets to ingest, then I would just give both internally, and use a light dusting of the DE powder- PLEASE be careful not to use a lot of this stuff, and never near their eyes or nose because it's made up of crushed diatoms which are like seashells, so the powder can really irritate eyes and other sensitive parts, plus it can really dry out their skin (so coconut oil ingested will help combat the severity of that side effect).
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After ringworm healed, they were eating on some good nutritious food, bathes every 5 days, nothing killed the mites and the dogs yelled in pain from the excessive itching. They were literally covered with these things.
Read this ladies post about coconut oil and Silver. Got some today, mixed it up put it on them and now 2 hours later, they are not by any means well but the mites that were on them, the huge flakes are dead. They are eating, playing with each other, you can just tell they feel well. I will continue to use the coconut oil and colloidal silver to kill hatching larvae. I am thankful they are outside. I made them a real nice home to live in up off the ground, protected from the weather, they love it, and now they are moving around.
I can't tell you how happy I am not to see or hear them. Especially scratching until bloody and gnawing at their flesh. Thanks to this lady, who ever she is.
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I think colloidal silver is safe for cats, too. We used it to cure a respiratory virus in a kitten and it worked very fast with no ill effects.
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They gave a dermatology appointment next month but I need to get rid of this on them now. it's been a battle. I also have been isolating in a spare room but we both have it and have so much ivermectin in our systems. the mites push themselves out as they die or come out dead from under dry skin. scary and not something I like to speak about. I notice everything. once you see the mitre and understand what you are seeing you'll never feel the same again and will be extra cautious. I do a number of things. I also use diatomaceous earth all over my body to exfoliate and to help get the dry skin off of me (the dead mites are under the dry skin). I used the prescribed permethrin cream twice as well as a month of ivermectin weekly. it takes time for the dead mites to come out of the body