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I've had great luck with Tick Defense by Repel. It uses Picaridin not DEET, the unknown bonus to me was it also works on no-see-ums. And the smell is less overbearing. I buy multipacks from Amazon.
(You can add ticks to the list of things that would survive a nuclear holocaust next to roaches, tux shoes, and Keith Richards) Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
sawyers is great, pre treat clothes outside and let them dry for 3 hours. Good for 6 washes
There is a tick removal tool out there called the tick ease. It is a tweezers type tool with one side for pets the other for humans. Cheap money good investment You can buy jugs of permethrin at tractor farm supply but then you have to water it down. A couple of guys on one of the hunting sites go this way as sawyers can get expensive |
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Finally saw a deer tick after they pulled it off of a young boy this afternoon....NEVER IMAGINED how small that type could be????
I've only seen the larger ones......what a difference!!! Almost naked to the eye!!!.......gave me the heebie-jeebies.........poor kid. |
had an errand to the bank
came back -ducks are gone over to neighbors yard totally tick infested marshyness had them big ones walkin out from my shirt cuff afterwards :doh: |
A thought that ran across my mind was that since Permethrin is used world wide to combat all type of ticks and bugs, I can only imagine that over time somewhere at some point a tick will genetically become immune to it and then we have a serious problem. Isn't that the new way things are going ????
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and to make matters even worse
saw a pic of what's called "tick seeds" they are this big ---> [ . ] |
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Have the wife look up Hanta virus (sic) spread by mice in the desert. Stick with ticks. |
A month ago I got some cedar oil based tick/ bug repellant / killer for both wifey and me and the doggie..
so far so good. Cedar oil is safe for animals/ people / but kills most bugs on contact, and you get to smell like a pine tree. the stuff is got is called cedarcide. I take my dog trout fishing with me all the time, last month I was pulling 4-10 ticks off her every time. I now spray myself and her down before we go out, and only 1 tick on her in the last 2 weeks, trout fishing probably 3x a week.... DEET and permethrin scare me as much as lymes, i have way too much cancer in my family and my wifes family, we try to live as clean and natural as possible... |
Fish Raptor, they already are becoming immune to tick meds. Our boxer faithfully gets his monthly dose yet at a recent checkup the vet said he had a tick borne disease which was treatable. I said we give him his monthly preventatives, how could this be. She said no matter what's used to prevent or deter them, human or animal, ticks have shown they will eventually build up a resistance.
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i bought it directly off their website..
https://www.cedarcide.com I'm pretty sure you can get pure cedar oil and dilute it with another carrier oil, but the above seemed easier and a hunter I know recommended it to me... between the cedarcide, and the homemade tick tubes I made, that's about as good as it's going to get for me. I took the pooch trout fishing yesterday again for 2 hrs. she was running like a lunatic chasing deer through the ferns and pine forest the entire time. came home and checked her, found 1 tick crawling near her face, the one place I didn't spray her... I don't poison my dog with fipronil (frontline), i don't even want that poison sh!t within 5 miles of my backyard beehives... #^&#^&#^&#^& that crap and everyone overuse of insecticide... |
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If the tick is engorged, you're probably infected get to the Dr ASAP. They all carry diseases. I've had Lyme 2x, once 16 years ago and another 14 years ago. Both along the shore. I pulled a tick from me a month ago, luckily a negative model. Be adamant about this we live in prime territory for exposure. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
ordered some cedarcide
thanks for the tips after 7 weeks rain here theres lots of em |
Wow, this thread has got pretty disturbing, so I will add fuel to the fire and another reason to protect yourself. Has anyone on heard of the Powassan virus. I going to hand this off to boot man.
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Powassan is currently the most dangerous of the tick borne vectors. Kills people yet some have no effect from it. 2 cases reported on the Cape this week.
The virus can be transmitted quickly upon attachment. (I believe they all can, but the CDC SAYS LYME IS 24-48 hours. But none of the cowards are willing to have a disease laden tick attached for 1 hour. Shouldn't be an issue, if it's so safe, right?) http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/201...led-2-cape-men Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
got my Cedarcide spray today
wicked fast delivery time-....wow! mini bottle comes with for use on SKIN gonna test it now as a pesky fly repellant |
Havent seen a deer tick in years...
I found 2 just yesterday in RI, one was attached to my 8 year old son (came off easy... im thinking 1-3 hours max) I am super paranoid now. I am looking at buy PERMETHRIN to treat clothing, and something for the lawn and yard... any experiences? suggestions? I had lyme disease 2 summers ago |
prevention is as important as a repellent imho
your kids have to learn the routine of getting out of possibly tick infested clothes and getting inspected. |
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