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I would think that cats' fur would already protect them from mosquitos pretty well. They should also test on fleas - maybe repelling fleas is a bigger reason wh

I would think that cats' fur would already protect them from mosquitos pretty well. They should also test on fleas - maybe repelling fleas is a bigger reason why cats do this?

dylan604 4y ago
How much catnip would be needed for me to receive the same benefit from rolling in it? I currently have 5 separate plants growing for my fur baby's use, but now I'm thinking I'll need more for myself
- shagie 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catnip#As_an_insect_repellent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catnip#As_an_insect_repellent > Nepetalactone is a mosquito and fly repellent. Oil isolated from catnip by steam distillation is a repellent against insects, in particular mosquitoes, cockroaches, and termites. Research suggests that, while a more effective spatial repellant than DEET, when compared with SS220 or DEET, it is not so effective as a repellent as it is when used on the skin of humans. The research for the spatial repellant aspect is: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/08/010828075659.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/08/010828075659.h... And for the skin based one: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16119554/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16119554/
  - dylan604 4y ago
    See, there you go ruining a perfectly bad joke with science. However, I'm now inclined to get that copper/brass distiller I've always wanted. I was going to make my own essential oils, but now I'll just use it as mosquito defense for my back patio
- bregma 4y ago
  You know it has a really strong smell, right? You're going to repel more than just mosquitoes but then again if you publicly share your life with a fur baby it may not make any difference that you might notice. Also, it might be in the mint family but it makes terrible juleps. Do not recommend.
  - msoucy 4y ago
    It sounds like there's a story to that last line and now I'm curious.
  - dylan604 4y ago
    Weed has a really strong smell too, and it is a good litmus test in that it repels uptight peeps away and attracts like minded people.
    - jspash 4y ago
      I'm not uptight - live and let live - but I absolutely cannot stand the stench. It's revolting to me. Oddly, I smoked it a bit in high school. But back then it had a much fainter, sweeter smell. Nowadays it smells like a skunk died on top of a bed of rotting cabbage sitting in the sun for 3 days. It makes me retch. But have at it if that's your thing! I'll be waaaay over there. Upwind -----------> :)
      - dwighttk 4y ago
        Smells so much like burning hair I wonder if dealers cut weed with hair sometimes :D
      - jrockway 4y ago
        I live across the street from a college dorm. People go outside to smoke, and sometimes the pressure in my building pulls in air from outside. It's absolutely miserable to have your house smell like weed. I'm all for legalization and everything, just ... do that somewhere that doesn't affect me. It's funny because they're obviously forced to smoke outside to increase the indoor air quality for their dorm-mates, but then it ruins mine in exchange. Oh externalities.
      - 0des 4y ago
        The stuff they have at stores now, when it is being burned, reminds me of antiquity like an old book with some remnants of potpourri in there. It resembles a very faint incense aroma.
  - 4y ago
- amelius 4y ago
  That would only change your mosquito problem into a cat problem ...
  - klyrs 4y ago
    Not a problem.
pengaru 4y ago
> I would think that cats' fur would already protect them from mosquitos pretty well. While camping in Big Basin during a really bad year for mosquitoes, my neighbor campsite had a pet Husky. Whenever they let the dog out of the tent dozens of mosquitoes would quickly converge on its face and nose. It looked like something out of a horror movie. I'd assume cats have similarly vulnerable areas on their head where the fur is thin to nonexistent. And that's an especially irritating region to have covered in itchy bites.

I would think that cats' fur would already protect them from mosquitos pretty well. They should also test on fleas - maybe repelling fleas is a bigger reason why cats do this?

dylan604 4y ago

How much catnip would be needed for me to receive the same benefit from rolling in it? I currently have 5 separate plants growing for my fur baby's use, but now I'm thinking I'll need more for myself

shagie 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catnip#As_an_insect_repellent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catnip#As_an_insect_repellent > Nepetalactone is a mosquito and fly repellent. Oil isolated from catnip by steam distillation is a repellent against insects, in particular mosquitoes, cockroaches, and termites. Research suggests that, while a more effective spatial repellant than DEET, when compared with SS220 or DEET, it is not so effective as a repellent as it is when used on the skin of humans. The research for the spatial repellant aspect is: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/08/010828075659.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/08/010828075659.h... And for the skin based one: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16119554/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16119554/
- dylan604 4y ago
  See, there you go ruining a perfectly bad joke with science. However, I'm now inclined to get that copper/brass distiller I've always wanted. I was going to make my own essential oils, but now I'll just use it as mosquito defense for my back patio
bregma 4y ago
You know it has a really strong smell, right? You're going to repel more than just mosquitoes but then again if you publicly share your life with a fur baby it may not make any difference that you might notice. Also, it might be in the mint family but it makes terrible juleps. Do not recommend.
- msoucy 4y ago
  It sounds like there's a story to that last line and now I'm curious.
- dylan604 4y ago
  Weed has a really strong smell too, and it is a good litmus test in that it repels uptight peeps away and attracts like minded people.
  - jspash 4y ago
    I'm not uptight - live and let live - but I absolutely cannot stand the stench. It's revolting to me. Oddly, I smoked it a bit in high school. But back then it had a much fainter, sweeter smell. Nowadays it smells like a skunk died on top of a bed of rotting cabbage sitting in the sun for 3 days. It makes me retch. But have at it if that's your thing! I'll be waaaay over there. Upwind -----------> :)
    - dwighttk 4y ago
      Smells so much like burning hair I wonder if dealers cut weed with hair sometimes :D
    - jrockway 4y ago
      I live across the street from a college dorm. People go outside to smoke, and sometimes the pressure in my building pulls in air from outside. It's absolutely miserable to have your house smell like weed. I'm all for legalization and everything, just ... do that somewhere that doesn't affect me. It's funny because they're obviously forced to smoke outside to increase the indoor air quality for their dorm-mates, but then it ruins mine in exchange. Oh externalities.
    - 0des 4y ago
      The stuff they have at stores now, when it is being burned, reminds me of antiquity like an old book with some remnants of potpourri in there. It resembles a very faint incense aroma.
- 4y ago
amelius 4y ago
That would only change your mosquito problem into a cat problem ...
- klyrs 4y ago
  Not a problem.

pengaru 4y ago

> I would think that cats' fur would already protect them from mosquitos pretty well. While camping in Big Basin during a really bad year for mosquitoes, my neighbor campsite had a pet Husky. Whenever they let the dog out of the tent dozens of mosquitoes would quickly converge on its face and nose. It looked like something out of a horror movie. I'd assume cats have similarly vulnerable areas on their head where the fur is thin to nonexistent. And that's an especially irritating region to have covered in itchy bites.