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Tick Season

cheriere — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:10:08 GMT

Tick season is upon us once again.

I stumbled upon this picture I found useful. Hopefully, none of us will need it, but in the event this might be helpful.

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Pezzie — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:20:33 GMT

Ewwwwww, but thank you for the post.

Something to be aware of for sure.

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occasionalrain — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:23:37 GMT

I got a dog tick once, at least it was big enough to see. Those other ones are so tiny and easy to miss.

I'm thankful for my opossum who eats them. I'm hoping for baby opossums this spring.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:26:45 GMT

We don't have many bugs in my area which is high desert and very dry, no humidity. Occasionally we have a wet winter and I briefly find a few on my dogs but this hasn't happened for several years.

I found if I gave the dogs an application of Advantix II, it seemed to repel ticks and I didn't find any on them.

We also have no mosquitos or fleas in my neighborhood.

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cindyNC — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:27:15 GMT

One of my friends in Northern NY has already had a tick bite this year. Yuck. Thanks for posting this!

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cheriere — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:30:34 GMT

@Kachina624

You're so lucky not to be plagued by ticks & mosquitos. In the summer, ticks are the bane of my existence lol. I wish there was a medicine humans could take to get rid them lol.😃

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Kachina624 — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:36:13 GMT

@cheriere. We have rattlesnakes, although I've never seen one.

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cheriere — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:40:51 GMT

@Kachina624

We have those too unfortunately. The last time I saw one, I was on the lake and it was sunbathing on a big rock several feet from me. It even did the "rattle" thing with its tail! First time I'd ever seen one. Thank goodness I haven't seen one since.

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Witchy Woman — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:14:37 GMT

@cheriere

I agree. I am a mosquito magnet and have had to pull off my share of ticks.

So much so that I finally decided to have monthly mosquito spray around my house so I could at least go outside.

We are in the woods, so ticks are a given. I hate them.

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LdyBugz — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:32:45 GMT

Those ticks give me the heebie heebies! Yuck!

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spent2much — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 01:08:28 GMT

@cheriere THANK YOU for that picture. I'm going to save it.

I've NEVER had a problem with ticks personally, but I'm SO worried about our precious Golden Retriever. She loves to be outside and I hate to load her up with all those *poison* flea and tick repellants. I'm searching products that won't harm her but will repel those nasty bugs!!!

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Mz iMac — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 01:28:26 GMT

@cheriere wrote:
I wish there was a medicine humans could take to get rid them lol.😃

@cheriere I live in the boonies where Lyme Disease rules. When walking the dog in my area, I wear long pants, bobby socks & hightops. I spray DEET from the knees on down. Never found a tick (or fleas) on my clothes.

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Natureluvr — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:36:20 GMT

@Mz iMac - I’m in Delaware where Lyme disease also runs rampant. Lots of deer here, hence deer ticks. I’ve already had one dog contract Lyme and he was on a flea/tick preventative. The vet told me it’s very common in our area. I also worked with a girl who got it. She had some horrible symptoms from it (hair loss, achy joints, etc)

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SilleeMee — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:38:43 GMT

Where I used to work, in a hospital lab, we would sometimes get bug specimens from doctors' patients who brought them in for id. Mostly ticks and spiders from bites. Helps with diagnosis and treatments.

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cheriere — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:09:27 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@cheriere wrote:
I wish there was a medicine humans could take to get rid them lol.😃
@cheriere I live in the boonies where Lyme Disease rules. When walking the dog in my area, I wear long pants, bobby socks & hightops. I spray DEET from the knees on down. Never found a tick (or fleas) on my clothes.

I try to do that too. We live pretty far out. Sometimes though, when it's really hot and I'm outside working I still manage to find a few trying to crawl up my leg.

Once when I was a kid, a tick got stuck in my head and I'll never forget how hard it was for my parents to get it to finally turn loose so they could get it out. I still have a fear of that happening again.

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cheriere — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:11:44 GMT

@spent2much wrote:
@cheriere THANK YOU for that picture. I'm going to save it.

I've NEVER had a problem with ticks personally, but I'm SO worried about our precious Golden Retriever. She loves to be outside and I hate to load her up with all those *poison* flea and tick repellants. I'm searching products that won't harm her but will repel those nasty bugs!!!

Your quite welcome.💝🌸. I needed it as a reference for my little dog Ruby too...and of course myself, but she always comes first lol.

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goldensrbest — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:15:42 GMT

Ticks in maine are just so bad, they are killing the moose,and deer also.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:10:05 GMT

@spent2much wrote:
@cheriere THANK YOU for that picture. I'm going to save it.

I've NEVER had a problem with ticks personally, but I'm SO worried about our precious Golden Retriever. She loves to be outside and I hate to load her up with all those *poison* flea and tick repellants. I'm searching products that won't harm her but will repel those nasty bugs!!!

We have a Golden Retriever and treat him year round with heartworm prevention and flea & tick prevention. The flea and tick is a topical - K9 Advantix II or Pet Armour are both good. He's an old boy now and has never had a problem.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:58:08 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch "The flea and tick is a topical - K9 Advantix II"

It's what I use for my chi-mix. I love it because you purchase by the dogs weight. Never found anything sucking or crawling on her. She is short-haired, so easily found when checking.

I also use Wondercide (for me & my dog) right before the blooming of trees & bushes which was recommended by someone on this message board whose name escapes me.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:15:00 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@JeanLouiseFinch "The flea and tick is a topical - K9 Advantix II"

It's what I use for my chi-mix. I love it because you purchase by the dogs weight. Never found anything sucking or crawling on her. She is short-haired, so easily found when checking.

I also use Wondercide (for me & my dog) right before the blooming of trees & bushes which was recommended by someone on this message board whose name escapes me.

Thanks for the recommendation. It might be something DH and I could use.