Ticks

[georgepds]

Lots of ticks on my island. When I walk around it I tuck my long pants into my socks. Geeky in the extreme, but so far effective.

Did not know a dryer could kill them. Good tip.

 

[peakbagger]

I also have sprayed my outdoor hiking gear with permethrin. The ticks wont crawl on it, if you put one on treated gear they will run off it or die in few minutes one application lasts 4 or 5 washings. Sawyer sells various versions of the product. Its what the military uses. There is company that you can send your clothes to have them treated. The only warning is that when its being applied its toxic to cats, once its dried its not but if you have cat keep them away while applying and drying.

I know a lot of folks who have gotten lymes disease in the past and switched to treated gear they all say its the way to go.

 

[woodgeek]

On the tick theme....we treat the dog with topical product A, and the ticks jump onto him, ride him into the house, and them jump off onto the furniture, us, etc. We were finding 2-3 ticks per day inside the house crawling on us.

Can't put the dog in the dryer, even a HP one.

New topical product B seems to get the ticks to jump off outside or die if they don't.

Better then permethrin treating the sofa and bedclothes.

 

[Highbeam]

we treat the dog with topical product A, and the ticks jump onto him, ride him into the house, and them jump off onto the furniture, us, etc. We were finding 2-3 ticks per day inside the house crawling on us.

I would cancel that dog's outside (or inside) trips. We don't really get ticks in this part of the country so it just grosses me out.

 

[peakbagger]

I have been in northern NH since 1987, wood ticks weren't an issue until the last couple of years. The habitat and winter climate is poor for deer so we really don't get deer ticks but southern NH has both and a very high rate of Lyme's DIsease to go with it. They are definitely one of the less pleasant to deal with pests. The local moose are getting wiped out due to another variety of tick that came down from Canada called the winter tick, they latch onto moose including calves and bleed them dry. Luckily they don't go after people

 

[Seasoned Oak]

Yes we have deer ticks around here. It really dampens my desire to spend time outdoors. A shame ,just another reason to love the winter season.

 

[sportbikerider78]

On the tick theme....we treat the dog with topical product A, and the ticks jump onto him, ride him into the house, and them jump off onto the furniture, us, etc. We were finding 2-3 ticks per day inside the house crawling on us.

Can't put the dog in the dryer, even a HP one.

New topical product B seems to get the ticks to jump off outside or die if they don't.

Better then permethrin treating the sofa and bedclothes.

Shave the dog!

 

[woodgeek]

Shave the dog!

We were close to that....but it seems product B has solved the problem....no more ticks carried into the house. Night and Day

 

[Ashful]

My neighbors all complain about ticks, the one behind me claiming they get almost one per day on a kid or one of their two dogs. Meanwhile, I spend more time outdoors than possibly every one of my neighbors combined, and have never gotten a single tick in 6 years. My dogs also spend a lot of time out in the lawn, and have never had a tick. I don't even use a flea or tick treatment on them.

While I don't expect this exceptionally good fortune to consider forever, I think it's mostly due to the grub control I apply to my lawn each year, which is also labeled for controlling ticks. It's a fertilizer product with Allectus, and it seems to be doing a good job.