Deer Ticks

[CalG]

I don't get the "paper tube traps" spread around a property.

There are 10 kazillion deer ticks per acre of fringe land. The tubes with "eradicate" doped cotton balls might neutralize 1000 individual ticks.

That still leaves 10 kazillion* deer ticks to cause problems. *(ticks breed faster than they can be caught and killed)

Seems a lot like pissing into the wind.

 

[crash325]

Saw video some place that said pepper mint would discurage or keep away ticks. moth balls & moth flakes may help also.

Just guessing. But I think the females come out laying eggs .

 

[DaveNJ]

Thanks about the info on permetherin guys. I've never heard of it and have to try it. Incidentally, my trail walking buddy ( a german shepard and the best dog there ever was) got up our bed yesterday unauthorized. When the woman got home she saw "someone" left the bedroom door opened and there were over a dozen dead ticks on the bed. The way frontline works is that the tick isn't killed until they bite the dog. The **** things make my skin crawl and I don't want to sleep with them whether dead or alive.

 

[Travelover]

I use those Harbor Freight moving blankets to protect my car seat from the dog. I sprayed the blanket with permethrin on both sides and my hope is that it will minimize any ticks the dog brings home.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

I heard the right way to use permethrin for deer ticks is soak cotton ball in it, stuff the them in empty toilet paper tubes, scatter the tubes/100 around your property, mice find them, make nest with the permethrin cotton balls and that kills the ticks because the mice carry the ticks, should be called mice ticks not deer ticks.

Use PVC pipe so the rain doesn't wash the permethrin out and destroy the tubes. The lightweight stuff is cheap, even at the 1 1/4" size.

I don't get the "paper tube traps" spread around a property.

There are 10 kazillion deer ticks per acre of fringe land. The tubes with "eradicate" doped cotton balls might neutralize 1000 individual ticks.

That still leaves 10 kazillion* deer ticks to cause problems. *(ticks breed faster than they can be caught and killed)

Seems a lot like pissing into the wind.

Well, that's a nice theory, but the facts are otherwise. It's been proven to reduce the populations. It's not an instant fix, and it's not 100%, but it does make a big difference. The more years you do it, the more ticks that don't reproduce, the lower the population gets.


For those who don't want to spray chemicals around the house, this stuff does help keep them at bay.

 

[groundcover]

Insect shield clothing is pretty handy s well, it's already treated.

Insect & Mosquito Repellent Clothing - Permethrin Treated Clothes | Insect Shield

 

[Soldier415]

Just spread season long grub killer on all the lawns. Says it kills ticks too. We shall see.

Just hoping that the grub control keeps us from being overrun by japanese beetles this year

 

[crazyal]

Thanks about the info on permetherin guys. I've never heard of it and have to try it. Incidentally, my trail walking buddy ( a german shepard and the best dog there ever was) got up our bed yesterday unauthorized. When the woman got home she saw "someone" left the bedroom door opened and there were over a dozen dead ticks on the bed. The way frontline works is that the tick isn't killed until they bite the dog. The **** things make my skin crawl and I don't want to sleep with them whether dead or alive.

My vet recommended using Advantix II over Frontline. Frontline mixes with your dog's blood so a tick has to get to the blood before it's poisoned. The Advantix II works in the sweat glands. When you put it on your dog it's absorbed by the skin over a day and then it both kills ticks that bite before they get to the blood and the sweat glands emit a repellent to help kept them off in the first place. I've never had a tick problem since switching to it. But I don't have much of a tick problem to begin with around my house.

I don't think attracting mice is a win so I'm not sure if putting down pieces of pipe around your property is something I would try. They do enough damage as it is. If anything I try to kill them whenever possible. One thing I do is keep the grass short and the weeds cut down. Ticks love tall weeds. They wait for an animal to walk by and jump and weeds get them that much higher.

 

[Travelover]

My vet recommended using Advantix II over Frontline. Frontline mixes with your dog's blood so a tick has to get to the blood before it's poisoned. The Advantix II works in the sweat glands. ................

I don't think this is true, according to the Frontline FAQ. The poison is on the fur, not in the blood. Killing Fleas & Ticks with FRONTLINE(R) Plus | FAQs

 

[Ford850]

I don't think this is true, according to the Frontline FAQ. The poison is on the fur, not in the blood. Killing Fleas & Ticks with FRONTLINE(R) Plus | FAQs

From that link:
"FRONTLINE Plus has 2 secret weapons: fipronil and (S)-methoprene. Once FRONTLINE Plus is applied, this combo stores itself in the oil glands in your pet's skin. It then self-distributes continuously for 1 month to your pet's hair and skin through the hair follicles. Fleas or ticks that come in contact with your pet are dead meat."