Tick bite leads to four amputations, Oklahoma mom gets Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Nasty creatures. Thanks for the reminder to always check. I have not had a single tick on me this year, and I cut 8 acres of high grass monthly. Not sure why I haven't seen any. I did spend a few days in Oklahoma earlier this year (twice), but nothing found. I do check anytime I have been in high grass or weeds.
Also spend some time in CT in June, in and around Lyme, CT.
John Hamilton, post: 331885, member: 640 wrote: Nasty creatures. Thanks for the reminder to always check. I have not had a single tick on me this year, and I cut 8 acres of high grass monthly. Not sure why I haven't seen any. I did spend a few days in Oklahoma earlier this year (twice), but nothing found. I do check anytime I have been in high grass or weeds. I spray with Off if I can before going out in tick prone areas.
Also spend some time in CT in June, in and around Lyme, CT.
In the middle of surveying a very nice home, kennels and glass enclosed all year pool with a 10 acre lake.
First time I've had a dog tick on me in longer than I can remember.
No fever or any other problems as a result, I consider myself lucky as I would normally have a fever from seed ticks.
Don't think that I have ever been bitten. But some things seem to be unexplained, and with the random symptoms, The ext time I have blood work done (hell that could be years) I am going to have them run a Lyme check just to rule it out. And also to give a baseline for the future.
In my years of surveying in Va, I have been bitten by hundreds of ticks. On one particular job we set a stake at the baseline point. The next day upon our return there were at least 20 ticka on that stake with their little legs stretched out as we walked by trying to get on us. I had never seen anything like it and haven't since.
I don't go out in the field anymore without wearing permithrin treated clothing.
I treat my boots, socks and pants each spring.
It seems to works - no ticks on me!
Permithrin is the best! I finally started using it this summer in a tick infested swamp: it kills the little bas**rds on contact. Just be careful putting it on your clothes and make sure they dry for 2-4 hours before wearing them.
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And if you have a cat, be very careful to keep them away from the stuff because it is highly toxic to them. It used to be popular for dog flea collars, but there were a lot of poisoned cats as a result of mistakes or close contact between pets.
Ron Lang, post: 331937, member: 6445 wrote: In my years of surveying in Va, I have been bitten by hundreds of ticks. On one particular job we set a stake at the baseline point. The next day upon our return there were at least 20 ticka on that stake with their little legs stretched out as we walked by trying to get on us. I had never seen anything like it and haven't since.
Yuk
toivo1037, post: 331912, member: 973 wrote: Don't think that I have ever been bitten. But some things seem to be unexplained, and with the random symptoms, The ext time I have blood work done (hell that could be years) I am going to have them run a Lyme check just to rule it out. And also to give a baseline for the future.
Wow, does your part of the country not have ticks? I thought they were everywhere in the US. For most surveyors I know, it's not unusual to come home and remove a dozen or more (sometimes a lot more) in the summer. We are lucky enough that lyme disease is not nearly as prevalent here as it is in areas like the Northeast.
Ticks are an every day thing here. Just part of the job. Not uncommon to pull off 10 a day.
I have had seed ticks on my pants so thick, it looked like spilled water on my pants.
I have pulled over 200 ticks off, that were dug in, before.
The chemicals seem to work for about 1/2 a day, before they wear off.
I still do chemicals. OFF, DEET etc.
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Had a bunch of seed ticks on my pants one time so bad that it looked like my pants were moving. Got back to the truck and grabbed the trusty duct tape and started sticking it on my pants removing the ticks from my pants. Worked quite well, there were too many and too small to pick off by hand just another reason to keep a roll with you.
