Ep. 20 Tick Safety with 3 Moms Organics

On today’s episode, we sit down with Jennifer and LJ, the founders and owners of 3 Moms Organics, which carries a product we love, TickWise. TickWise is an organic, DEET-free, family safe, insect repellent, that also repels ticks, among many other bugs! Their product is EPA compliant, and is registered in all 50 states in the US. It is sold in over 300 stores and that number is increasing every day. It is also sold on Amazon.com, Walmart.com, and Lowes.com. Furthermore, 3 Moms Organics was recently certified as a prestigious Women-Owned Small Business. Both Jennifer and LJ have lived in the Hamptons of New York for all their adult life. They have both raised families in East Hampton and learned early on the dangers of ticks, and the diseases they carry. LJ’s children have each been infected with tick-borne diseases multiple times, as have Jennifer’s. The tick problem has gotten so bad in East Hampton that you cannot even step onto your lawn without finding at least one crawling up your leg.  

 

LJ shares her story of having Neurological Lyme Disease [Neurological Lyme Disease requires a Deet-Free product]. We learn how LJ’s tick knowledge, paired with Jennifer’s essential oil knowledge, sent them down the path to protect their children from ticks (and now, thankfully, many other people)!  

 

 

All the Tick Safety Tips: 

Spray Permethrin on your shoes (spray it outside, and let it dry before wearing; repeat every 2 weeks) 
Spray yourself (with TickWise) 
Spray your belongings, including your backpack 
For babies, do not spray hands or face, but you can spray their clothes, their carrier, their stroller, etc.  
Wear light-coloured clothing, so you can easily spot ticks 
Tuck your pants into your tall socks 
Wear clothes that cover your skin 
Avoid walking in long grass; although, ticks can also be found in short grass, depending location, and closer to trail where they are looking to feed 
Use a lint roller (or duct tape) right after adventuring, to take off any ticks that are hanging on clothing 
At home, strip down, and put your clothing in the dryer on high heat for 1 hour (ticks do not like high heat) 
Shower and do a thorough tick check, especially warm areas of your body, and your hair 
Be cognisant of anything that is itchy once inside – look before you scratch! 

 

 

If You Find a Tick: 

If you find a tick around your house, get rid of it 
If a tick is found on you, remove it immediately with needle-nose tweezers, or a tick twister (remove it slowly, and make sure all of the tick is removed) 
If the tick has bitten you, put it in a bottle or a plastic bag to send in for testing (do not put it in tape) – check www.tickreport.com 
If a tick has bitten you, do the full 28-days of antibiotics (as that brackets the life cycle of the bacteria) – testing for Lyme disease in people is very flawed. The CDC says that just because you test negative, does not mean you don’t have Lyme disease. Testing is only 30% positive 
**Don’t do the “soap on a cotton ball trick” to remove a tick, because it could leave some of the tick behind, or the tick could regurgitate their stomach contents 

 

 

Facts about Ticks that will Scare You (Sorry!) 

They can sense when someone has walked in the last 5 hours 
There is a type of tick that can reproduce without a male 
Mice, rabbits, deer, squirrels carry them around 
Possums eat ticks  

 

 

TickWise Spray Info: 

It’s been field tested for its efficacy  
It’s registered in all 50 states in the US 
It lasts for 2 hours for ticks, and 1.75 hours for mosquitos; then it must be re-applied 
It is also good for dogs, but not cats. 

 

**If you’re trying to keep ticks away from the yard, it’s best to set up tick boxes, because if you spray the yard, it negatively impacts other animals** 

 

 

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Website: https://www.3momsorganics.com 

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Walmart: www.walmart.com/ 

Lowes: www.lowes.com/ 

 

Thank you to Rumpl for supporting today’s episode! Use EXPLORE15 for 15% your first order at www.rumpl.com 

 

Production: @kpmediaproductions. Music: @michaelferraro_music.