Ticks everywhere

[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.

[reebok]

Originally Posted by Mike P

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

Good idea, thanks.

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by 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

put the cat in the dryer for about 40 min on high

[Raven]

Barn cat chased a mouse down to the new cellar last night

and i said cool.... he's doing his JOB!

but as far as Sleeping i kicked him off the bed
four times last night with-out Mercy....
Because....
i set up a second KING SIZED Bed of his own
in the second floor area
and thats where he will be sleeping

FOREVER

[Raven]

i will re-establish the no pets in the bed room RULE
and after reading this latest article on tick born diseases
even worse than LIME disease

i'll be looking at many OTHER tick prevention strategies

when you have time read about this horror show.....
IF nothing else "SAVE IT" for your spouse to read
if they question your decision or OBJECT to it entirely.

strictly due to tick bites
and i've already been bitten this week.
3-8-11

Under-the-radar tick diseases spreading across U.S. - Health - Infectious diseases - msnbc.com