Ticks aren't the best neighbors in an apartment, house, or garden. They're not only a nuisance but also carry a variety of dangerous diseases. Getting rid of them can be quite difficult, but there are now a wide range of products available to combat these pests. One of the most popular is Taran.
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Features of Taran
Taran is a highly concentrated product that will help get rid of ticks, as well as insects such as flies, bedbugs, mosquitoes, fleas, cockroaches, etc. This drug can be used both indoors and outdoors.
Taran is a tick repellent that is a modern, effective product that destroys many parasitic insect species.
The product is a milky liquid, which contains:
- the main active ingredient is zetacypermethrin 10%;
- emulsifiers;
- water;
- antifoaming agents;
- antifreeze.
Zetacipermethrin is an improved version of cypermethrin, which has long been widely used to control ticks and insects.
Taran combats ticks by blocking their nerve endings, which subsequently kills the parasites at any stage of their development. The product penetrates the tick's body through its chiton and mouth. Adult ticks are killed almost immediately, and the eggs are prevented from developing further. They die because they are unable to hatch during the product's full duration of action. And it works for quite a long time - up to two months.
One canister of the product will be enough for a fairly large area.
The drug is available in two versions:
- 50 ml bottles;
- one-liter canisters.
A bottle of the product costs about 150 rubles, and a canister costs 1,900 rubles. Taran-Antikleshch spray for clothing is also available, available in 100-milliliter bottles. The spray itself costs about 100 rubles.
The spray will protect you from tick attacks in nature.
Video: Ram for insects and ticks
How to carry out processing
To treat a room or area, you need to mix Taran concentrate with water. This must be done immediately before use; in extreme cases, the drug must be used within eight hours after preparing the solution. Wear rubber gloves before mixing the solution.
Gloves will protect your skin from accidental contact with the product.
There's no need to dilute Taran-Antikleshch spray in water. It's sold ready-to-use.
Method of preparation:
- Mix Taran with water. You'll need five milliliters of product per liter of water.
- Stir the solution for five minutes.
- Pour the resulting solution into a spray device.
To treat a large area, you will need a backpack sprayer.
To treat a room, you can use a regular sprayer; to get rid of ticks in open areas, you will need a multi-liter or backpack sprayer. To treat one hectare of open land, you will need one hundred liters of the prepared solution. To treat one square meter of a room, you will need 50 milliliters of solution for hard surfaces and 100 for soft surfaces.
You can treat a small room with a spray bottle.
Open area treatment
Taran is effective at killing ticks in areas where they live, including forests, summer cottages, campsites, and other areas. To carry out tick removal work, you will need a respirator, gloves and a protective suit.
You can't start work without protection.
Disinfestation should be carried out three to five days before the arrival of people. The weather forecast should exclude precipitation for the next three days after treatment.
Before processing, you need to prepare the area:
- mow the grass;
- get rid of a layer of fallen leaves;
- In areas located in the forest, it is necessary to create barriers 50–100 meters wide.
Cleaning the area is necessary to make the area easier to process.
All that remains is to spray the preparation over the entire area; it must be applied to all surfaces found in the area.
When processing, it is necessary to thoroughly apply the product to all plants and trees.
It is only possible to pick mushrooms and berries or let livestock out to pasture in areas that have been treated after forty days.
Video: Forest treatment with Taran
Room treatment
The rooms are treated with open windows; there should be no people, animals, birds, etc. in them. Aquariums should be covered with film, dishes, personal belongings, and clothing should be hidden. Public, children's and food institutions are treated during sanitary periods or on weekends.
When treating a room, you need to thoroughly spray the product into all hard-to-reach places.
How to spray:
- Prepare the solution. Pour it into a spray bottle.
- Wear the necessary protective equipment.
- Apply the solution to walls, floors, cracks in floors, baseboards, door frames, backs of carpets, paintings, etc. Also spray the underside of upholstered furniture.
- Open the windows and leave the room for half an hour.
- After 24 hours, clean the area. Rinse the product with a baking soda solution from surfaces that may come into contact with the product. Do not remove the product from hard-to-reach areas. Wear gloves when cleaning.
A soda solution will help get rid of the remains of the Taran product
To prepare a soda solution, you need to dilute 30-50 grams of soda in one liter of water.
The premises can be used three hours after wet cleaning.
Video: Application of Taran-Antikleshch spray
The danger of Taran
Taran is safe for humans if precautions and instructions for use are followed. The drug belongs to hazard class 3 for the human food system (the same as regular table salt), and to hazard class 4 for the skin.
The ram will not cause any damage to health if all precautions are taken.
The drug can only be used with protective equipment. No smoking, drinking or eating while work is being carried out.The drug should only be purchased from reputable stores that have product quality certificates.
If precautions are violated and poisoning occurs, the following symptoms may occur:
- unpleasant taste in the mouth;
- weakness;
- vomit;
- headache;
- nausea (worsened by smoking and eating);
- abdominal pain;
- irritation of the respiratory system;
- profuse salivation.
If any of the signs of poisoning appear, you should consult a doctor.
In this case, the victim must be removed from the treatment area, the protective suit must be removed, and medical assistance must be provided as soon as possible or a doctor must be consulted.
First aid methods:
- If the product has entered the nose or mouth, prepare a solution of half a teaspoon of baking soda and a glass of water. Let the victim rinse their mouth with this solution. You can also rinse with plain boiled water and then take 10-15 tablets of activated charcoal.
- If the product comes into contact with your skin, remove the solution with a cotton pad, wash the affected area with soap and water, and apply a protective emollient cream.
- If the product gets into your eyes, rinse immediately with plenty of running water. If irritation or redness occurs, apply sodium sulfacyl drops. A 2% novocaine solution will relieve eye pain.
- If the product is ingested, drink several glasses of water and induce vomiting. Take 10–20 charcoal tablets.
Activated carbon will help remove harmful substances from the body.
Contraindications
Although Taran is harmless to humans, there are certain categories of people who cannot use it. These include:
- people under 18 years of age;
- patients with epilepsy (including those in remission);
- having mental disorders;
- pregnant and lactating women;
- people in a neurotic state;
- those with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, endocrine system, respiratory organs (chronic);
- patients with tuberculosis;
- asthmatics;
- allergy sufferers;
- those with diseases of the liver, central nervous system, kidneys, and cardiovascular system;
- people with eye diseases (conjunctivitis, etc.);
- having skin diseases (eczema, erosion, dermatitis);
- having serious blood problems (leukemia, iron deficiency anemia).
If you fit into at least one of the points from this list, then you are strictly prohibited from using Taran. Even if you are in the recovery stage.
Reviews
Taran is a decent product. It has a ton of advantages: First, it's odorless. At least I can smell the concentrate, and it has a neutral odor. (When spraying without PPE, I still sneeze.) Second, it's a very good and AFFORDABLE acaricide. Guys, it's a dream come true in the spring. I used a canister a day (I spray a lot, from morning until night). Customers are happy; within an hour or two, all the ticks are dead, and there's no stench. Third, the price/consumption ratio for this quality of insect repellent is absolutely superb.
The drug is the best.
I've been using Taran for a long time. It's a good product, I've tried it. Before spring hunting, I hang up my clothes and spray them religiously. More than once, I've seen a tick crawl onto my clothes, and within 15-20 seconds, it would become ill. Its movements would slow down, and it would fall off. I always treat my blinds with this chemical. There's also a concentrated chemical for treating areas, sold in gardening stores under various names. You need to check the instructions. Two years ago, I brought one with zetacypermethrin for the spring hunt. We sprayed the campsite and the blinds. We didn't see any ticks in the camp during the entire hunt.
Taran is popular among both ordinary residents and pest control services. It has proven itself to be highly effective, making it a reliable choice for protecting many apartments and properties from dangerous ticks.
