Ticks!

Tick season has set in good here in Georgia. I'm lucky in that not many tend to bite me, but I still catch them crawling on me all the time. I eat a lot of garlic and take a few thousand mg of garlic every day, I wonder if that has anything to do with them not biting me? I know it helps with the mosquitoes.
 
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Three of us did an overnight on the Buffalo River in northern Arkansas last July. I got more ticks than I've ever seen in my life... little ones about the size of a red pepper flake or a small bb... I stopped counting at 50. Anyway, duct tape takes em off like nobody's business (along with a few hairs)!
 
chopchop said:
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Three of us did an overnight on the Buffalo River in northern Arkansas last July. I got more ticks than I've ever seen in my life... little ones about the size of a red pepper flake or a small bb... I stopped counting at 50. Anyway, duct tape takes em off like nobody's business (along with a few hairs)!
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HAHAHAHAHAHA, you stopped counting at FIFTY??!!! ROFLMAO

Sorry dude, thats just funny. Like diving into a lake to have some fun and coming up covered in leeches funny.
 
I always try to use some tweezers and grab them as close to the skin as possible and pull them straight out.

Last summer at work there was this stray dog that just roamed around the town and came to the base, we'd always feed it Klik (i know, thats probably animal abuse), and take some ticks off. One day we took over 40 ticks off his ears alone, poor guy.
 
absolutindian said:
HAHAHAHAHAHA, you stopped counting at FIFTY??!!! ROFLMAO

Sorry dude, thats just funny. Like diving into a lake to have some fun and coming up covered in leeches funny.
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Yeah. It was pretty funny. I took off my socks and it looked like I was still wearing them... little crawly polka dot socks... :eek: What else can you do but laugh?!

I spent the next couple days finding the little suckers... they were literally no bigger than 1/16". Just my luck I won the seed tick lottery!
 
KuRUpTD said:
Wear light-colored long pants and long sleeves so you can see the little bastids.
Tuck shirt into pants and tuck pants into socks to create a tick barrier.
Repellant:use DEET on skin and treat clothing with sprays containing permethrin.
Do a thorough tick check upon returning inside and for several days if exposed.
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I use a 30% Deet on where my pants and socks meet, on my cuffs and any other opening to my shirt.
Last time out I found 5 or 6 on my pants and shirt after just 15 min.:eek:
 
I drench myself with OFF, I have never had a problem with them, Maybe I just have a particular odor they dont like. Might explain why I dont have any friends also.
 
Ticks are something I have learned to deal with since moving to CT.

I usually end up pulling 1 or 2 off everytime I head out. My dog is a magnet as well.

Here's a deer tick I pulled out of my daughter in December. Its a year round PIA over here.

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I use 90% deet om my clothes and exposed skin. I have never had one dig into me. They just crawl around looking for a way off.
 
In my area of Brazil we don't have Lyme disease but we do have tick and chigger infestations of biblical proportions. I use Sawyer Military Clothing treatment with permethrine on my pants, sock tops, long sleeve T-shirt, and BDU jacket. I also put DEET on my ankles/calves, wrists/forearms, and neck. I get zero ticks or chiggers with this method. I have never had an adverse reaction to permethrine but some people claim to. Mac
 
All local Health Dept's in Ct will test any tick removed from a HUMAN for Lyme's free of charge. The testing is much more accurate than blood testing on humans. Dont know about other states. A lot of doctors in this area will give a one day prophylaxis dose of Doxycycline if you've had a tick bite and contact them.--KV
 
I just found one on me after a hike on thursday, right on the inside of my navel.

I use 100% deet aon pants shirt and boonie, I didn't tuck my pants into my socks though perhaps I should have.
 
NASTY little creatures. I can't think of another bug I like less. Thankfully they're pretty uncommon around me.

I tried the nail polish thing a while ago before I knew it was a myth. It killed the tick almost instantly, and then I got to dig the dead tick out of my arm pit. FUN! :thumbdown:

Now I use that little flat metal thingy with the slot cut in it. Just scoop under and start slowly lifting up. They feel the tug, and let go (usually).
 
I HATE friggin ticks! We have 3 types in the hills around here and all carry Lyme Disease.

I have found a combination of spray-on Deet (generally the lower-dose brands like Cutters will work). That combined with a ticked-off type of tick removal tool works best to pop them out of yours and pets' skins.
 
ticks suck! I have gotten two in the neck in nearly a month.. thanks to stingray I got them out.... we put deet on this one and then used the tick plyers and he came right out..
 
The only decent thing about living in ND is that we have a damn short insect season. We have ticks but only for a couple months out of the year the rest of the time it is either to cold or to dry or both. We have the last frost in late April and the first fall frost in early Sept.
 
My wife and I spend a lot of time in the woods with our dogs, and also operate a dog training business in rural Nova Scotia so ticks are a regular issue. We use, and recommend to our clients, the Otom "Tick Twister" ( http://www.otom.com/ ). It works great for people who are afraid of detaching the head, and most of our local vets sell it. We have a Lyme problem locally as well so that only compounds the worry about ticks.

I posted an article on our blog last October that contains some information you might find useful: http://goldenmountaindogsolutions.blogspot.com/2008/10/ticks-threat-or-menace.html
 
I never had a problem with them living in MI, but they are EVERYWHERE here in CT. I've found them on my shoes or pants more than once just going out to the mailbox.:mad:

One avantage is that they usually take their time crawling around on you before they dig in; that gives us a chance to get rid of them. I try to take a shower right away when I've been out in the woods or weeds, and I use DEET, especially on my shoes and ankles.

Another advantage is that a Lyme-infected tick has to have been feeding on you for about 24 hours to transmit the disease, so you have some time there.

I got Lyme disease last summer for the first time in ten years of CT living (the eponymous town of Lyme is 30 minutes South of my home). I never had the bullseye rash, but when I suddenly felt like I had the flu in the middle of the summer, I knew what it was. The docs around here tend to take your word for it, and I felt better after the second day of antibiotics.
 
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