Dead ticks

[stuckmotor]

Be afraid, be VERY afraid! :shocked: Don't know why they are dying but do know they are very dangerous, spread multiple diseases. Last bite I had took 18 months to heal but, far as I know, didn't get any diseases. Watch out for a bullseye ring around a bite, that's a symptom of Lyme disease.

I sometimes go to the doctor if a bite looks suspicious. Sometimes the doc or PA gives me a course of meds just to be on the safe side. I get the feeling they're doing it more to humor me than anything else.
Do you know why your bite took so long to heal?

 

[rekees4300]

Do you know why your bite took so long to heal?

I don't know. The bite was under my upper right arm and itched like he|| but I didn't scratch it. It would seem to be healing then for no obvious reason flair up again. The cycle repeated several times during the 18 months before it actually did heal. Perhaps the tick's head was embedded? :confused3:

 

[JPRambo]

Has anyone here heard of/used tick tubes? I have saved a bunch of cardboard TP rolls to make some. Just wondering if they are worth making and putting around the GA. property

 

[Thomas]

We have least 3 or different type ticks in our area and each type tries to make home in he body...get tested you maybe on to something.

 

[atsah]

Permethrin works great, you can buy it about anywhere in a spray can, I spray from my knees down and I find dead ticks on my pants and socks, not for skin at all, it's nasty stuff.. My brother didn't know he had lyme's disease until he went for his annual checkup, he had to go to a doctor that treats it with liquid lyme's, just the diet alone is a pain, he can't eat anything with any kind of bacteria, no dairy or anything with sugar for 8 months. The doctor says his immune system is now destroying the disease, two more months at $700 for the medications each month. He feels great and has lost 50lbs which he needed to do anyway, his joints were killing him in the AM, not anymore..

There are not many doctors around that treat it, he has to drive 100 miles each month to see him..

If any of you guys get the red circle go get it checked, it's SO much easier to cure if you do it quickly.

 

[Stimw]

I read that if an area itches take a wet washcloth as hot as you can stand and apply to area. Itch will stop!
It works for me.
I tried Frontline Plus on my cats for fleas this spring and it worked for 2 days!
Vet recommended a new product "Catego" (got at Petco) it worked great.
I had bug bombed my house over a month with 18 bombs to finally knock them down also.

 

[QRTRHRS]

20mg of Simvastatin for cholesterol gave me leg cramps so my doctor switched me to 10mg of Atorvastatin. While I have picked up my share of ticks in the woods over time, bugs in general never bothered me that much. Well, perhaps the no-see=ums and black flies in Canada. Anyway, I am finding more and more bug bites as I get older.

I tell my wife that I am getting sweeter with age but she just rolls her eyes?

 

[stuckmotor]

I don't know. The bite was under my upper right arm and itched like he|| but I didn't scratch it. It would seem to be healing then for no obvious reason flair up again. The cycle repeated several times during the 18 months before it actually did heal. Perhaps the tick's head was embedded? :confused3:

I'm glad it finally stopped.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I guess there is one thing to be thankful for about fireants.

We used to have ticks down here bad. I had been bitten a number of times back in the late '60's and '70's, but not much since. I remember having to pick ticks off dogs regularly. What a PITA.

I do remember one guy at work possibly getting Lyme back in the late '80's.

 

[atsah]

Guinea hens eat them all day long.

 

[goeduck]

My doctor put me on a statin for cholesterol, mosquitoes lost all interest in me.

That has not worked in my case .... I wish it did.

 

[NorTracNY]

Has anyone here heard of/used tick tubes? I have saved a bunch of cardboard TP rolls to make some. Just wondering if they are worth making and putting around the GA. property

I started with tick tubes last year. I also tried Guinea fowl. The Guinea fowl all flew away, but the tubes didn't, so I stay with the tubes. I'm also trying Muscovy ducks with a wing pinioned. We also switched to cat and dogs to Bravecto. Ticks are better, but I can't say what's doing it. They just got REALLY bad 2 years ago. So it may have just been a bad year, or our fight against them might be working. I'm told keeping the mice population down is important.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Currently saving the cardboard tubes with cotton balls and pyrethrums to try on the ticks come spring. Any others tried it out ?

 

[kenmac]

I get the ticks on me all the time. Last one I had rode all the way from Al. to Texas embedded in me.
It had gotten pretty big by the time I found it in Texas.
So far, I have had no side effects from all the ticks I have gotten off myself

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I get the ticks on me all the time. Last one I had rode all the way from Al. to Texas embedded in me.
It had gotten pretty big by the time I found it in Texas.
So far, I have had no side effects from all the ticks I have gotten off myself

They itch like crazy when I'm bitten. Not only that, but a tiny pinhead sized tick will cause an itchy sore that takes a couple of weeks to heal.

 

[kenmac]

yes, After pulling them off they leave a small place that will itch for a couple weeks.
I only get them when out in my wooded area. I think they are hiding in the trees and jump me when I walk by

 

[JamesHW]

Ticks don’t drop or jump on you, rather they position themselves on leaves or blades of grass, sensing co2 with an organ in their front legs. Once they sense co2 they hurry towards the source. Staying in the center of pathways away from vegetation is one way to minimize exposure. We lost a friend of a friend locally to Powassan virus a couple of years ago, so we take preventing ticks from attaching seriously and checking for them frequently. Lyme Disease is transferred after the tick is engorged with blood when the tick throws up a little, so prompt, correct, removal can prevent getting Lyme. Unfortunately Powassan transfers quickly, so the only way to be sure is making sure the tick doesn’t attach. Basic measures like anti-tick clothes treated to repel ticks helps. Even just tucking pants legs into socks is effective. Ticks are attracted to moist areas like around the ears, armpits or groin. I’ve read Navy Seals wear pantyhose to prevent tick or leeches attaching, so there’s that.