Ticks everywhere

[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.

[Karl F]

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.

Frontline and my dog..do not get along...
know of a few other dogs that can't tolerate it either.. especially those prone to seizures.

I do use the topical Revolution, for Heartworm as well, also have a Prevent-tic collar on her, similar, the ticks that do "bite in" die and fall off, if I don't find them first.... covers her needs most of the time.. when the ticks bloom like they have with the warmer days.. a misting of the Adam's works like magic.. they do not even get on her at all..
Adam's has a bit of an aromoa to it, not unpleasant, but def. chemical..
and works like a charm

Originally Posted by 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.

keep guinea hens..they eat ticks....
friend of mine had some, and his property was tick free...
but them is some nasty hens!

[Raven]

Pennyroyal a member of the mint family repels them bigtime
and you can buy the oil and put it on say a bandana
to protect the Dogs upper neck area where they cannot scratch
as a natural alternative not to mention adding brewers yeast
to there food to thwart mosquitos too =same as for humans=
because the taste of the B-1 vitamin turms them right off.

but this was a totally different plant ....
i will get back to this thread once i rediscover it

unpacking is fun in that sense.

[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