Q: I wrote you recently about ticks. The vets I go to identified the gazillions of mites on my six dogs as chiggers. They said that they don't exist in this area, so they were puzzled as to where we ...

Answer: It is certainly possible for dogs or cats to get chigger bites. Summer and fall are the prime reasons for chiggers in our region of the country. However, chiggers do not seem to be attracted ...

Chiggers may not seem like a dangerous pest, but these almost invisible garden bugs feed on skin cells, encouraging them to bite on us and our pets, leading to small, incredibly itchy bites. So how do ...