https://www.karikells.com/Petsitter Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:34:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 https://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/2021/catnip-repels-mosquitoes-yup-new-study-provides-additional-evidence/ https://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/2021/catnip-repels-mosquitoes-yup-new-study-provides-additional-evidence/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2021 22:09:10 +0000 http://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/?p=3385 Yet another study has found further evidence that catnip and silvervine (and similar plants) may protect against mosquitoes. As icky as some repellants smell, I’d rather rub catnip on myself. Ha! Of course, I’m sure processing catnip would result in a much more effective & useful application. But still, fingers crossed that one of the . . . → Read More: Catnip Repels Mosquitoes? Yup. New Study Provides Additional Evidence!]]> https://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/2021/catnip-repels-mosquitoes-yup-new-study-provides-additional-evidence/feed/ 0 https://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/2018/ant-misbehavin-pet-safe-ant-deterrents-and-poisons/ https://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/2018/ant-misbehavin-pet-safe-ant-deterrents-and-poisons/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:31:15 +0000 http://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/?p=2565 As long as I’ve been a professional pet sitter, I’ve been helping people keep their dog and cat food dishes free of ants. So for years I’ve been implementing non-toxic, safe deterrent methods. Only recently did I have my own ant problem at my own home which led me to research how to kill off . . . → Read More: Ant Misbehavin’ (Pet-Safe Ant Deterrents and Poisons)]]> https://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/2018/ant-misbehavin-pet-safe-ant-deterrents-and-poisons/feed/ 1