Diggin It
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They're eating me alive!!! Probably have snatched 6 or 7 of the little devils off me so far this year.
Musta' bin that thar warm Winter, eh?
Musta' bin that thar warm Winter, eh?
Really Ticked!!!!
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I'm used to them. "Back in the day" it wasn't unusual to take 30 or more off from me, and as many off my dog at the end of every day. I would be driving down the highway pulling ticks off her, crushing them between my fingernails and tossing them out the window at 60 mph. These were dog ticks though, not the ones which spread Lyme's.
My dog now gets a pill every three months and I haven't pulled a tick off him in years. I've already killed several off me this year, including one deer tick which was attached to my neck. They hold on a considerably tighter than their larger cousins.
My dog now gets a pill every three months and I haven't pulled a tick off him in years. I've already killed several off me this year, including one deer tick which was attached to my neck. They hold on a considerably tighter than their larger cousins.
oosik
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Been out here 38+ years now. NEVER seen ticks so bad. I keep small medicine bottle half full of rubbing alcohol. Pick them off me - dump them in this bottle. Two weeks ago I quit counting - there were 34 "pickled" ticks in the bottle at that time.
My Lord - middle of the bloody night. I'm sound asleep. I awake and can feel one crawling on me. The only good thing - soon it will be too hot for them and they will disappear. Another good thing - all we have here are wood ticks - no deer ticks.
My Lord - middle of the bloody night. I'm sound asleep. I awake and can feel one crawling on me. The only good thing - soon it will be too hot for them and they will disappear. Another good thing - all we have here are wood ticks - no deer ticks.
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Diggin It
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Ours just get meaner. And hungrier. Then along come the Chiggers to help.
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They are attracted by CO2...and sweat...I'll leave it up to you to decide how to keep them from being attracted...!! 
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Google Seed Ticks:
Seed ticks are ticks in the larval stage of life, right after they hatch. But just like adult ticks, they like to feed on blood. “Seed ticks resemble poppy seeds with six legs,” Mark Beavers, Ph. ... And they have six legs rather than the eight that adult ticks have.
Very hard to see them on you until they get engorged with blood.
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Seed ticks are ticks in the larval stage of life, right after they hatch. But just like adult ticks, they like to feed on blood. “Seed ticks resemble poppy seeds with six legs,” Mark Beavers, Ph. ... And they have six legs rather than the eight that adult ticks have.
Very hard to see them on you until they get engorged with blood.
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I remember an episode of one of those forensics shows where a detective was hunting a fugitive out of state. Cops says he knew he found his guy when he could see the Chigger bites on his ankle from ten feet away. I'm thinking, if he could see the guy's ankles all Chiggered up, the guy was clearly nuts, insane from the itching and not responsible for his actions.
I use Hartz Flea & Tick Shampoo on the dogs and myself. Dogs also get Frontline liquid 1-ce a month. Lately, I've been spraying myself (ankles and arms) with a Deep Woods mosquito repellant just to be sure. I've noticed that the ticks seem to like the grapevines growing on my fences. When I fix a post, I usually wind up with one on my neck.
Since getting a hot tub, we've noticed ZERO ticks on us. We just joked about it in the tub a few minutes ago. Maybe its the slight chlorine oder.
Decided unanimously that the tub will be a farm deduction as a watering trough.
Since getting a hot tub, we've noticed ZERO ticks on us. We just joked about it in the tub a few minutes ago. Maybe its the slight chlorine oder.
Decided unanimously that the tub will be a farm deduction as a watering trough.
I stopped buying the Frontline because it only lasted for a couple of weeks, and you can only put it on once per month. I had gotten accustomed to doing tick checks when in certain parts of the state but for the last several years have been using Bravecto BRAVECTO(R) (FLURALANER) | 12-Week Flea & Tick Protection For Dogs & Cats and haven't found a tick since. That's especially important to me, because one of the many maladies my current dog had when I got him was Lyme's disease. I just wish that they would write a prescription for me...
