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Peppermint Oil Works Wonders for Infestations

2 min readJul 10, 2022

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Recently I had two roommates who each had a dog. These were dogs that usually stayed inside unless they needed to go, so we would open the back door, and in a flash, they were in the backyard doing their business.

Sometimes, they would stay outside just long enough to drain their bladders, then they would head in right afterward. More often, they would play and run around outside for hours.

That’s when the six-legged and sometime eight-legged creatures would attach to their fur and venture inside. Now they found a new home. In my laundry and on my bed.

I woke up many nights with mosquito and mite bites. Imagine the thoughts running through my mind, thinking I was dirty. I took numerous showers. I thought I had lice, possibly scabies. I felt dirty.

I went to my doctor and he stated that scabies and bed bugs were more common than people thought. He talked about infestations stemming from pets, going unnoticed, then out of the blue, your entire house or a room is overwhelmed with critters running around.

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