Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Other Local Resorts & Areas => Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum => Topic started by: pads on March 10, 2013, 06:39:51 AM
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Hi Again.
When we are looking for somewhere to live in Fethiye,everyone says to avoid Calis because of the mosquitoes.Could anyone tell me if it is a problem.Thank you.Paddy
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Calis is full of them as everything is built on what was previously swamp land lots of noisy frogs too! some people are not bothered with it I would be ;D
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We moved from Fethiye (near Otogar) to Calis (near Cafe Pazar) last May and noticed very little difference - two or three occasions when we got bitten and each time was when we had walked over the canal at the new bridge near The Mutlu at dusk - late on in October so we stopped doing that !
Maybe it was a good year but like you we expected the worst but it didn't happen :D
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Mosquitoes (and frogs) have been very much on the decline in the last few years, as most of the open drainage channels are being replaced by concrete pipe and covered over.
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The longer you live here the less you will be affected by mossies as your body will begin to develop its own natural immunity. Usually at the beginning of the season a bite or two kick starts your body's resistance and you'll barely even notice when you get a bite in the season.
But watch out for the extra large killer mossies at the end of the season!
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The first October we were out in Calis a number of years again my husband had the wisdom to leave the bathroom window open with the light on one night,the mosquitoes thought all there christmasses have come at once, I was eaten alive. Since then have been using Avon skin so soft before we go out every evening & obviously dont leave the windows open and found havent got so many bites.
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KOV/OFF in Tespos - 2.50 TL = 5-6 tl in the season - stock up now peeps
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Hello Paddy
I can only tell you of my personal experience...I am like a magnet to mosquitos! Last summer I travelled up and down the Turkish coast and adjacent Greek islands and was bitten consistentley, the worst being around Gocek. I spent a week at my house in Calis, and during that time (September), we had nightly BBQ's outside...and I was not bitten at all. Over the past few years we have noticed that there are less and less mosquitos and see the spraying van coming round frequently ( I think that they use diesel fumes to kill or drive mosquitos away - no doubt the good people of CBF will probably correct me). There is more and more development around the calis area and hence the sections of 'swamp' waste land is decreasing.
Best Wishes
Lorraine
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Even where we are in Koca Calis there has been a huge decline in mozzies over the last 10 years.
Less stagnant water, more spraying and jungle formula have helped no end.
We also have screens on all doors and windows. At night we spray the bedrooms and turn the air on to cold half an hour before we go to bed. Result has been very few bites.
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I suffer terribly with bites, but my other half barely at all. I have often wondered how you manage living there full time, and being outdoors in the evenings etc. I hate the smell of Sinkov and mossie room spray, so all suggestions gratefully received
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Is 'Avon skin so soft' available in Fethiye ?
We don't check in baggage so are limited to 100ml liquids in hand baggage and Avon is 150ml !!!
5 bottles for £9.99 on-line :D
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-Avon-Skin-So-Soft-DRY-OIL-SPRAY-Insect-Repellent-NEW-/350637980814?lgeo=1&clk_rvr_id=457824086687&vectorid=229508
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Well there is an Avon Turkey website !!!!!
http://www.avon.com.tr/PRSuite/home_page.page
Question is do they sell retail or will Angela have to suss out the nearest Avon party when we arrive ? ;D
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Does it really work effectively? I get bitten something rotten so always use 50% Deet but it's very expensive if you need enough for 3 months. It also leaves filthy marks on your feet if you're wearing leather shoes. I hate the little critters but they love me! :(
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Sara who used to work in the Card Shop in Fethiye is an agent for Avon. Her name is Sara Hart and you can find her on facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/sarahart.fethiye?fref=ts
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Thanks Marggie - Good old CBF :)
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It's not only the mozzies that bite, there are lots of things that bite incluiding some flies and also spiders. It's best not to have a lot of greenery around where you sit or to sit near still water. Having said that ,we don't think Calis is worse than anywhere else in the Area for mosquitos. In fact, when we were looking for a property we where told that Calis was fine but Koca Calis was built on a swamp, so not to buy there. I think now with all the spraying by the council there is not a problem anymore in the area.
We use Avon Skin So Soft but another thing is to take is Vitamin B tablets take one per day a month before you visit.
We find the Avon is fine and works for us, but it must be replenished a couple of times per day. I am hardly ever bitten now, last visit I was bitten by an earwig in Hisaronu, where they were having a big problem with earwigs, but I was free of mossie bites.
Get some 1% Hydrocortisone cream and put some on a bite immediately you get it. This cream works wonders. I would not be without it in Turkey or in the U.K.
We stopped using Deet years ago. The Americans did a lot of test on Deet and it has now been reduced in their products as it was thought it carries health risks. Deet will take the stain off a wooden table and the polish from your nails and it is absorbed into the skin, it's also not suitable for children.
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I'm going to try all those tips, thank you Jacqui. If the Vit B doesn't do the trick, it will be healthy regardless.
I had no idea that flies could bite and certainly not that earwigs could! The problem for me is that I've never once felt the bite until the morning and I feel and see the evidence. I ended up having to go to hospital one year on one of the Greek Islands. My arms and legs were twice their normal size.
I wasn't aware of the facts about the Deet either but it doesn't surprise me since, as I said, it strips the leather from my footwear. I do remember someone once mentioning eating Marmite and now I guess that's the whole Vit B thing.
I will take all these snippets of advice onboard and thank you!!
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Also Festinel gel (I think that's how you spell it) an antihistimine, sold in every pharmacy works well. I use the plug in liquid things - they appear to work in bedrooms. I was lead to believe basil was a deterrent, so I nurtured a basil plant on our boat...only to witness that mosquitos happily land and settle on the plant! I have also got a battery operated small thing (they sell them in Migros etc), that you put cartridges in (refil packs come with the cartridges and batteries) - these can be used in cars / caravans / boats etc.
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Have a stand fan blasting on you during the nite - mossies cant fly near it.
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I rarely get bitten, I use the most effective method known to man - I sleep next to someone who gets bitten all the time :D
If I do get bitten, its normally right at the top of my bum crack. Disgusting creatures. Wondering now if I should have shared that info.
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that is actually more than anyone would want to know, sets the mind wandering in a very unpleasant direction!! :P
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See!!! I'm nearly falling off my chair but hardly dare say I'm laughing my head off because I'll be bonkers!! :D
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Should you get bitten when your out at night ask one of the waitors from any restaurant and they will give you a slice of fresh lemon to dab on the affected area.
Keith please take note this info was not meant for you!!
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dont forget there is also the Listerene method, we have decanted some into a spray bottle and always spray the balcony with it if we are sitting out of an evening (our balcony for some reason is really bad for getting bitten on)we defo dont get as many bites if we have done this and also used some form of mossie repellant as well, for some reason it has to be Listerene though and not another brand of mouthwash :)
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I'd be requiring more of a wedge Dave!
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If you kept your bum crack in your trousers you wouldn't get bitten - or are you a plumber? If so, you are excused.
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i use skin so soft green bottle that works. hairdressers by the meeting point do avon
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Something else that helps me is to eat a teaspoon full of marmite every day - two weeks prior to going on hol.
No scientific proof but it seems to work for me.
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I rarely get bitten I spray all the rooms before we go to bed and use simkov when we go out
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We just put the Air Con on, and we have plug-in's that emit a high pitched noise that the mozzies don't like.
Simkov contains Deet as do the room sprays. Personally, I don't want it absorbed into my skin and I don't want to inhale it either. Have to say, touch wood, we have never been bothered with mozzies in the house, but we do have screens on all the windows.
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Drink G & T's !
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Drink G & T's !
You will still get bitten but won't give a monkeys ;)
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I heard the tonic contains quinine which in turn is activated by copious amounts of gin. This repels mozzies.......and don't anyone tell me otherwise!!!!! ;)
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I usually get bitten and react badly. It is true that there are a lot of different creatures that bite. I think the bigger ants bite also along with lots of types of flies. We always have the blue tablet plug-ins for the bedrooms and that seems to work a treat. Going out in the evening I use Jungle formula. I don't suppose it is that good for you as it does contain DEET but hell it does the job. Make sure you do your feet if going out in sandals. (a painful mistake I made once)
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Another vote for Avon green original is the one to go for, smells great as well
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I've never tried the Avon so don't know what it smells like but I'd much rather smell of my perfume in the evenings! It seems like that's a no no! :(
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The Avon skin products are really nice, but like you, I love my nice perfume, but it just makes the problem worse, and there is no point in spraying yourself in something gorgeous if you have to follow it up with Sinkov
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Angela, what is Sinkov and is it only available in Turkey and from a Pharmacy?
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Citronella Oil is also a very good repellent. A couple of drops on wrists and ankles seem to do the tick for me.
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Avon is a skin softener and will not affect your perfume. It has a gentle smell, so just use your perfume as usual.
I always have a shower, put on avon, get dressed and then do my hair and make up and then put on perfume. However, they do say that perfume may attract mozzies, but I would not go out without wearing perfume and I always use Avon and Perfume and very rarely get bitten. Last bite I had was a jumping spider bite. Spiders will not be deterred by anything.
Sinkov is a Turkish made product similar to Jungle Formula and it does contact high quantities of Deet. A bottle of it is handy if you want to strip any furniture when you are over in Turkey.
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Hyacinth, it's a spray, available in all the shops, and most bars will have a bottle around, its very cheap, a couple of lira, it's very effective but I don't like the smell.
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Right Angela, thank you. I hope it doesn't also have the effect of stripping shoe leather and leaving filthy marks on you feet for people to admire!! I'd rather smell of Angel, Alien or Gucci Rush but if needs must, I'll smell horrible to avoid the bites!
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Last bite I had was a jumping spider bite.
I have had a couple of these Jacqui and they are really nasty. I have a much worse reaction to them than I do to mossies.
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I must admit I've never had the foot problems with discolouration, but mossie bites on your toes are a bitch!
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Apologies Jacqui, I missed your reply but just read it now. Im going to take any steps necessary. Absolutely determined not to be bitten anymore!
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Thank you everyone for taking the time to answer,it was very helpful.
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Jumping spiders.....are they the little blighters that leap toward you when you try to whack them? One of those frightened the life out of me as I didn't expect it to leap!
We have had some pretty horrendous bites that we thought were nasty mozzie jobbies but maybe it's one of these little sods. Mozzie bites usually just itch a bit then go but some we have had recently have swollen up like small eggs - uuugghh :'(
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Yes, they're the little blighters. When bitten by one of them, I get a lot of swelling and tightness around the bite and I can see marks all round the centre of the bite where it has impregnated my skin.
Copious amount of Xpel Bite and String Relief applied regularly seems to help. You can buy it in Home Bargains and sometimes Lidl for 99p.
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Thanks Marggie - will try that.
My first purchase on arrival every year is a can of bug spray for the apartment but they always get me when I am sat on the terrace at night on t'internet!!
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My greatest piece of mosquito advice after 5 years of living there is - if you buy spray to kill them directly (on the wall or flying - not spray that you would spray on yourself) - don't buy the mozzie spray - buy the cockroach spray. Far more effective for killing mozzies.
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Spot on. It is the Detan in the green tin isn't it? Good for killing ants too.
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That's the one Marggie :)
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You can also buy a little "clicker" thing from some outdoor walking company here in the UK, I forget their name but they are on the internet, when you discover a bite you click this thing a few times on the bite and it takes the urge to scratch the bite away, it kind of administers a type of electric shock to the bite but does not feel like a shock. they are round £7 to buy, I keep one in my bedside drawer in Turkey and I really think it helps but you have to be quick once a bite has happened ;)
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I am not or have not read 6 pages re Mosquitoes, so apologies if this has been mentioned before.
Manual bottle of body spray, something like the Avon Skin so Soft, open and add 5 drops of citrus oil, (I always over do it and add 10).
This year I am going to add Tea Tree Oil. or be adventurous and add both ;)
The citrus oil in the Skin so Soft worked for me when living there for 6 summers.
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Tea Tree Cream is also good for taking the itch away and healing mossie bites.
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Karennina we use the clickers and they work great, we bought them in Aldi last year, we take them out at night with us and a few clicks on the bite seems to stop them developing. I also use the turkish spray Sin Kov because the little blighters seem to love me, it doesn't smell great but its better than having the bites for the rest of the holiday.
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I have tried every remedy on the planet to stop being bitten and nothing works, what does work is rubbing the bite with a piece of lemon until it stops itching- freely available in the bars and using the cheap lemon cologne available everywhere in Turkey on the bite but dont scratch . If you scratch it will be worse. we have a house in Calis and find it is no worse than anywhere else. Also some people think they are not about in the cool months- wrong, they are more vicious then and decline in the hot months helped by the spray wagon that comes around weekly in the season.
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I can vouch for that, I got badly bitten in Tunisia once in November. They were biting me through my top the little b*****ds.
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I believe that only female mozzies bite...............so, to enjoy a trouble free, quiet night, lads - keep away from the girly ones. Simple!! ;) ;D
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We used those battery operated automatic sprays last year (think made by Raid?) and they seem to work really well. Chris has just started getting a few bites as Spring seems to have well and truly established itself. We went up to Gunlubasi yesterday to buy some refills for the sprays but couldn't find any of the shops selling them yet.
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Can you still get the green spirals that you light at one end and they slow burn throughout the evening? They were total rubbish :D
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We have plug in's that emit a high pitched noise that we can't hear but the mozzies can. Don't really get bothered with mozzies in the house, probably because of the screens Engin had fitted for us a couple of years ago. We have one of those ultra violet plug in lights that we use on the veranda, have to say it's very satisfying to listen the ping and know another little monsters has been fried We bought this in Lidl's but note they now sell them locally.
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I believe that only female mozzies bite...............so, to enjoy a trouble free, quiet night, lads - keep away from the girly ones. Simple!! ;) ;D
don't be so stupid, have you never been abroad before,
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Erm...
I think he may have been joking Des...
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I was also under the impression only the femails bite. apparently they rely on blood for egg production and as only femails produce eggs only femails bite.
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100% definitely it is only the females who bite.
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Boots mozzie wipes -tropical strength and no perfume has worked for me.
One night I forgot to use one and the little blighters had a feeding frenzy. I had to get antihistamine which made me ill and ended up off work on return home. I will NOT forget again : :)
Mozzie wipes also take your nail polish off which is the down side.
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I have earlier explained that I rarely get bitten and when I do, where it tends to be on the body.
My advice is: do not be the next person a mosquito bites after biting me.
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I can't add to the comprehensive prevention advice in this thread, but I have found Fenistil gel to work wonders on stopping the itching and taking down the swelling if you are unfortunately 'got'. It is an antihistamine though, so beware any allergies.
Available locally, but not seen it at home. Having said that, why would I look? No self-respecting mozzie would come near Wakefield ;D
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I think one of the waiters in Iskele on Fethiye bay told us to buy something called ammoniac in the chemist? Does that ring any bells?
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I can't add to the comprehensive prevention advice in this thread, but I have found Fenistil gel to work wonders on stopping the itching and taking down the swelling if you are unfortunately 'got'. It is an antihistamine though, so beware any allergies.
Available locally, but not seen it at home. Having said that, why would I look? No self-respecting mozzie would come near Wakefield ;D
Clearly Doncaster is OK though - I can't believe that after reading this thread I have been 'bitten' overnight. I never get bites at home!!!!!!
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That must be one TOUGH mozzie with the temperatures we've been having of late!
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Indeed ;D
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When the mozzie bites it injects an alkali in to the wound, what neutralises alkali- acid. Simple lemon/lime juice or vinegar will do. Trust me people i have been biten all over the world [ and the body]!! and you cant argue with the science. I have woken up smelling of the chippy when using vinegar in the absence of lemon though. :-[
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if I sleep next to my other half smelling like a chippy I am likely to wake up with a limb missing!!
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When I got my first bite in Letoonia in 2005. I was "treated" by a very kind Turkish man who rubbed the bite with lemon juice. Unfortunately, it did no good, the wound swelled up and became infected. I ended up seeing the Doctor at the resort, who gave me penicillin tablets, which cleared the infection.
Now we always have a bottle of penicillin tablets in the house (no prescription needed in Turkey) but the best thing I have found to immediately stop the itching and the swelling is 1% hydrocortisone cream, which is not expensive and can be bought in the U.K. and Turkey. I keep it in both bathroom cabinets i.e. in Turkey and Scotland and have always used it immediately for any bites. I spoke to my Doctor about it and he told me that is what he would advise too ;) :D
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Mosquitoes when rife as in Calis can completely ruin your holiday. Find a good repellant.
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another handy thing to use is an Aspinvenim tool which is a extractor which looks a bit like an icing nozzle with a cup attachment. It uses vacuum to suck out the bite thus eliminating the irritating itch that follows on from bites. This can be bought online or at Boots at a cost of about £14 - £16, it also works on snake and scorpion bites. Poundland also used to stock them but have not seen them there for ages. It is so useful we always have one at the house and one in the car. May sound expensive for what it is, but once you have one you will really appreciate it.
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Rosy, I bought one of those thingy's in Lidl's last year, I think it was around £2.99. Knowing Lidl's they will get them in again for the Summer. ;)
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if I sleep next to my other half smelling like a chippy I am likely to wake up with a limb missing!!
Sausage and chips :) - YUM !!!!!
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I found a spray over there that worked for us.It is called " OFF " so whether it s sod off,bugger off or * off i don t know,but it was ok :)
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Off, is another product that contains Deet, it is also very flamable. So not only will it take off your nail varnish, it will remove any hair on your body if you add a match. ;D :o
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That would solve Highlanders problem with the hair removal then :)