Apple cider vinegar

[monde]

Do you always bring a bottle of apple cider vinegar while camping? I heard that it has many uses even before I started using it to cure myself from insect bites. I even used it on my dogs to kill and prevent ticks and fleas.

 

[Pathfinder1]

Hi...


No, I won't carry any glass containers.

Yet, cider does have some remarkable qualities: a shot of cider held on an aching tooth will sometimes greatly reduce the pain prior to seeing your dentist; applied to a sunburn it can greatly reduce the pain until medical help is available.

 

[Purdey]

They do make plastic bottles you know.

 

[Pathfinder1]

Hi...


Obviously I misspoke...I don't carry liquids in my pack. :tinysmile_twink_t2:

 

[dinosaur]

I carry hard cider sometimes.

 

[campclose]

Seriously apple cider vinegar helps with fleas? What do I just pour it on the cat? I don't carry it but I will run to town and buy bottles of it to treat these pesky cats I have.

 

[ejdixon]

Interesting! Will bring a bit in the next trip and test it out.

 

[Lamebeaver]

If whiskey won't cure it, then nothing will.

 

[monde]

But sir, whiskey is no apple cider vinegar. Have you tried whiskey on insect bites before? Hey campclose, I don't necessarily pour the vinegar on the pet directly, I just put one part of ACV in a bottle spray and one part of water to mix with it. Then I would spray it to my dogs' fur.

 

[TroyS]

I've heard of it, but never really tried it. Do you put it directly on the skin, or do you dilute them with water?

 

[3ofusnow]

I had never heard of using apple cider vinegar for any of these things but we are currently fighting fleas on the dog so I am going to give it a go.

 

[TroyS]

If whiskey won't cure it, then nothing will.

I'd rather drink the whiskey:tinysmile_twink_t2:

 

[ChadTower]

Have you tried whiskey on insect bites before?

3 shots of whiskey and I could care less about insect bites.

5 shots and it works on dog bites.