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Tue, May 22, 12 at 11:36
| Does anyone have any advice about dealing with ticks? I have all five dogs on Advantix during the tick season, but ticks worry me, and it seems as if I find at least one on myself almost every day after coming in from the yard/garden.
Ticks kinda gross me out, but I might be over reacting??? |
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| Ticks are def. gross and they do carry diseases, I just found one on my daughter Thurs. or Friday last week on her head. What we always did when I was going up was just do a head/body search on us then look at the dogs. |
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| We are SO fortunate to not have ticks on our property. I freak whenever we go to wooded areas, and the dogs return with any ticks. They should worry you, they carry lime disease, amongst other diseases. As soon as you see, remove IMMEDIATELY. If in the dogs, addage has always been to turn counterclockwise with gently squeezed tweezers until unhooked from animal (or human, don't know if they go that deep that quickly in a human). Then wash with something like hydrogen peroxide. Keep them off! There are anti-tick sprays that can be put on dogs and humans (outside of the advantix). |
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| I just wish I knew why I have sooooooo many ticks all of a sudden. I have never had an issue with them before in all the 33 years I've been on this property. It's very annoying; being in the yard/garden is being compromised by being always on the alert to the little beasts. Every time I brush up against anything I'm scouring myself for ticks....very unpleasant. Sorry for whinging.... |
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| Ticks are worse this year because we didn't have prolonged hard freeze over the winter to kill most of the little boogers. My dogs have the advantage of flea/tick protection (I use Frontline Plus), but we humans have to be vigilant. A tick check is mandatory policy around here after being outside in the garden or walking the dogs through anything other than shortly cropped lawn-type grass. It's been bad already, and I expect it to get pretty awful before we are finished for the year. |
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| I addition to Lyme's disease and others, there is also a "tick allergy," carried in the saliva of ticks and causing an the alpha-gal response to mammal meat, including beef. Unlike most allergies, which are attached to proteins, the tick allergy is attached to sugars and may not manifest until hours after one has eaten, but nevertheless can cause one to go into anaphylaxis. Many ERs are still not up on this. If you get abnormally swollen bites that last ad last ad itch forever, you should get tested. Google tick allergy for more info. |
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| Q: What do you call a really big tick? A: Moby Tick. |
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| Moby Tick? I love it. A question about ticks and tick bites. How do you know that a tick which you have found on your body has or hasn't bitten you? Seems to me when I pull them off there is some aggravation that may only be because all 8 legs have grabbed on. I've never had any symptoms that might be related to tick bites. I'm guessing they hang on for a while before they decide to feed? Such nasty creatures....I shed enough blood just dealing with all the roses; I'd rather not be sharing any with the ticks (and getting whatever they decide to leave in trade....) |
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- Posted by bouquet_kansas z6Ks (My Page) on Wed, May 23, 12 at 19:43
| landlady... I think that ticks are gross too,worse than spiders to me... They seem to be thicker here this season. Years back, when my brother lived in Colorado, he got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from a tick. he got very sick. ive read recently to put a glob of hand soap on the tick and it will back out...but i have never tried it....... carol
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| Ticks are terrible here also, we didn't get any of our usual -10 temperatures. Not sure how you feel about it, but what about using some deep woods off while you're out and about? Beats picking those nasty critters off! |
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- Posted by annececilia z4a/N.Michigan (My Page) on Thu, May 24, 12 at 18:15
| My son found two ticks on himself within a one week period and has instituted a tick check on his kids every evening after playtime. He also bought a spray by Coleman that is 25% DEET for when we are in the tall grass or brush. We've never, ever had them be a problem before in the 22 years we've lived here! I always knew there was a possibility and usually wear my pants tucked into my socks when walking the fields or woods, but I never saw any tick on me - ever. The dogs and cats are on Frontline, but that doesn't cure the situation. I, too, believe it was the extremely mild winter just past that has increased their population. We're seriously talking about getting a half dozen or so guinea hens. They're reportedly really good at keeping ticks under control, along with other pests, and they don't mess up the gardens like chickens do. |
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| Guinea hens sound like a good idea, I agree, except for two things. They tend not to stick around, your neighbors will wish that they wouldn't, and (okay, okay, third thing) I think there are issues with raising them with chickens... Other than that, and maybe in spite of that, I often look longingly at them when I'm at the feed store. |
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