Ticks everywhere

[striperman36]

Took the dogs off road past the airport, pulled 2 ticks off me, 5 off the sheperd, the little one havent gotten to yet.
Bet careful, they're all over.

[striperman36]

2 more off eme

[JohnnyD]

I've noticed that it's been pretty ridiculous. Seems worse than past years.

[striperman36]

Don't know why it seems pretty bad, found 2 more on the corgi.
I won't walk over there any more, stay on the paved walk.

[spence]

I pulled three of of me the other day. Perhaps it's the time of year, a lot of rain and most people aren't keeping their grass mowed very well.

My wife's cat comes in and is loaded with ticks. She of course thinks it's fine for the thing to sleep on my bed.

-spence

[striperman36]

It's Bush's fault.

[PNG]

32 so far. I hate ticks

[striperman36]

Cape too?

[PNG]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Cape too?

infested

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Cape too?

Tick heaven

[MrHunters]

ive stopped counting. every year is worse than the last.

nasty lil creepy crawlies... and thats the worst too... after you pull a couple off... you "feel" them on you for the next few days!

[MarshCappa]

I got a cat that is always out but I haven't seen any on him yet. We use some thing we inject on him but haven't done yet this spring.

[fishbones]

It's starting already. My 5 y.o. son tells me to feel the back of his head tonight because he thinks he has a mosquito bite. Turns out it's a tick, which fortunately had not embedded itself into his skin yet. I pulled it out of his hair and gave him the once over twice and there were no more. Make sure you check your pets and yourselves.

[Mike P]

My dogs came home from a walk in the woods covered with them on Friday. All deer ticks. 2 of the 3 of them have already been treated once for Lyme. We went over them carefully and among the three, there had to be over 20 of the little bastards.

They're overdue for the next treatment of Frontline.

[RIJIMMY]

great! been rolling around in the lawn with the kids all weekend!

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

great! been rolling around in the lawn with the kids all weekend!

We were in Mansfield all day yesterday, so I'm pretty sure that's where it got on him. You should definitely check the kids good tonight. We were only about 1/4 mile from MCC at my wife's brothers house, so I'm checking the little guy every day since they spend so much time outside there.

[WESTPORTMAFIA]

I pulled 1 off of me and the dog last week. But haven't pulled any out of my skin YET!

[Karl F]

this warm weather has them blooming like mad..

had great results with this product.

[Mike P]

The deer ticks are so tiny that they're hard to find on a long-haired dog until they've become engorged--and by that time, if they're carrying Lyme, they've already infected the animal.

The whole idea of Frontline is that it kills them as soon as they start s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g blood---they remain attached. The good thing is that they don't drop off the dog and find their way onto you before they attach.

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by Mike P

The deer ticks are so tiny that they're hard to find on a long-haired dog until they've become engorged--and by that time, if they're carrying Lyme, they've already infected the animal.

The whole idea of Frontline is that it kills them as soon as they start s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g blood---they remain attached. The good thing is that they don't drop off the dog and find their way onto you before they attach.

did not know that, i though frontline was a repellent. found a dead engorged one on the corgi, was concerned.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by striperman36

did not know that, i though frontline was a repellent. found a dead engorged one on the corgi, was concerned.

It's absorbed through the dog's skin into the bloodstream, and it kills the tick when they start drawing blood. A deer tick has to be attached for 12-24 hours before it can pass on the Lyme virus. If it was a repellent you'd have to put it all over the dog's coat. You just put the little dab in the packet on the back of the dog's neck where it can't lick it off.

It's actually a pesticide, not a repellent.

[Raven]

Since my my dingo comes literally unglued
when ever the phone rings

we had to do something a bit different

we bought a sonic dog trainer gizmo @ petco
you push the button and it emits a shrill sound
that only a dog can hear....

better than a leash for saying
"stay the fok outta there.."

yesterday
the neighbors dog was eating grass outside my closed
cellar window ok
so i pushed the button and it sent him right on home

the thing works awesome

[Joe]

Wearing white leotards makes finding them easier.

[Raven]

just pulled one off of me -> bastards

I was pulling up irrigation hose recently

time to buy some grey sweats

instead of wearing blue jeans

[basswipe]

Gonna be a tough year.I started the boys on their frontline and heartgard on the 1st.

Squitos are already swarming too.

[Raven]

there's a plant that repels ticks that i am looking for
and i'll cultivate it on a commercial basis.

i read about it and thought... BINGO!
i'll plant thousands
since i'll have no chickens around here.

[striperman36]

hemp

[spence]

My wife's cat drives me nuts. He's an indoor/outdoor cat and she insists on letting him in where he promptly moves to sleep on our bed.

Of course cats are pretty clean, so the first thing he does is pull all the ticks of of him...and throws them on our bed.

This doesn't make me happy.

-spence

[reebok]

How long do they live in your clothes? Will they get you the next time you put your coat on if there's some on it, or will they be dead soon?

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by reebok

How long do they live in your clothes? Will they get you the next time you put your coat on if there's some on it, or will they be dead soon?

Throw your clothes in the dryer and run it for about 40 minutes on high heat---they claim it works like a charm.