Ticks

[Wayne0 1,143]

Anyone have tick issues?

I went out and moved a couple of splitters (with the WH)  I'm working on, then went back in the house.

Sat down on the couch and had an itch on my shoulder. Went to scratch it and it was a tick.

I think the wet spring brings them out.

Permethrin seems to be the best answer. As soon as the rain stops, I'll spray.

I'm sure I'm not alone here.

Edited June 17 by Wayne0

[ebinmaine 72,147]

They've been plentiful here too. 

 

Permethrin. Light colored clothing. 

 

Check and remove them OFTEN in areas where you have the lonestar or other more dangerous ticks. 

 

Up here - so far - no lonestar. 

 

As long as we remove them every 12 to 24 hours we're in very little danger of sickness. 

[TonyToro Jr. 1,909]

Here too. Pretty much at least twice a week me or my dad has one on us. Try to keep the grass low. But in the back field where we pretty much only cut it once a month with the 8n and brush cutter there crazy out there!  Like @ebinmaine said Permethrin is the best.

[Skwerl58 761]

they are heavy in my area. The tick borne diseases are hitting some of my friends. Alpha gal and Lyme's seem to be the prevalent ones here. I spray my clothes with permethrin and also spray again with Repel 40% when I am working in or walking in tall grass and wood lots. I also check myself daily for the little creatures.

[8ntruck 7,712]

We ran into them on our Ky. property last week when we were working there.  Mix of brown and lonestar ticks.  On the 2nd day, I started wearing a hat.  It seemed to help.  We were using Deepwoods Off and Off tick spray - seemed to slow them down.  We showered when we got back to our hotel room after working in the woods - we usually found 2 or 3 ticks then.  

[Horse Newbie 7,393]

Man, ticks have not even crossed my mind here in Monroe, in the southern piedmont region of NC.

Any reports of conditions or proliferation in this area guys ?

[Treepep 672]

9 hours ago, Skwerl58 said:

they are heavy in my area. The tick borne diseases are hitting some of my friends. Alpha gal and Lyme's seem to be the prevalent ones here. I spray my clothes with permethrin and also spray again with Repel 40% when I am working in or walking in tall grass and wood lots. I also check myself daily for the little creatures.

 

 

Folks moved to SC in 2001.  I visited regularly and had regular encounters with ticks.  I didn't find out till much later that they were Lone star.  I do not eat beef or pork often.  Now when I do specifically when in the Midwest I have a reaction.  Doctors here suspect Alpha.  However they cannot repeat the results clinically.  I just don't eat either and seemingly fine.  Both are probably the best source of creatine...and saturated fat/cholesterol.  

[ebinmaine 72,147]

42 minutes ago, Treepep said:

 

 

Folks moved to SC in 2001.  I visited regularly and had regular encounters with ticks.  I didn't find out till much later that they were Lone star.  I do not eat beef or pork often.  Now when I do specifically when in the Midwest I have a reaction.  Doctors here suspect Alpha.  However they cannot repeat the results clinically.  I just don't eat either and seemingly fine.  Both are probably the best source of creatine...and saturated fat/cholesterol.  

 

 

 

Just out of curiosity do you eat fish and or does it affect you?

[pfrederi 18,596]

Bad year for ticks here.  Always do a full body check and shower as soon as I come in.  Have had lyme twice...

[Treepep 672]

5 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

 

Just out of curiosity do you eat fish and or does it affect you?

 

 

I eat fish at least once a week.  Never had any reaction.  I eat small amounts of lean beef/pork here.  I big meal or fatty cuts I get blotchy and feel like I've been huffing paint.  IDK  All appeared after Lonestar in South Carolina.  Now if I get a tick of any kind on me I know because I get and instant blinding headache that goes away almost immediately upon removing said tick.  Inflammatory response???

[Beap52 1,358]

it was suggested to me that if I find a tick attached, to remove it and tape it to my calendar.  That way if I develop an issue that may be tick related, I'll have the date and the tick.  

[Treepep 672]

8 hours ago, Beap52 said:

it was suggested to me that if I find a tick attached, to remove it and tape it to my calendar.  That way if I develop an issue that may be tick related, I'll have the date and the tick.  

 

I remove with doggy tick picks.  Like a tiny crowbar.  check under the microscope to make certain the mouth parts are not still in me.  then map gas.  Everything gets a fair shake.  You attack me there are consequences

[Horse Newbie 7,393]

I got a tick on me at the Quality Inn parking lot in Chambersburg while visiting for the Big Show.

I had backed the back of my trailer into the uncut tall weeds down on the low end of the parking lot. Walked to the edge of the tall grass just to check a ratchet strap, barely brushed my leg against the tall grass for a second.

Next thing I know I felt a tick crawling on my leg.

[HyperPete 851]

SPOON!!!  https://youtube.com/watch?v=4iGSAFjzBd8

 

 

(The Tick, for those of you unfortunate enough to be unfamiliar with this crime-fighting do-gooder of the 20th century!)

 

 

Edited June 25 by HyperPete

[davem1111 2,128]

The ticks were bad here in Indiana this spring and early summer, now they seem to have eased off a bit. The dog and cat that are in-and-out of the house were showing up with ticks on them almost every time they came in. Cat has been banished for now, dog gets checked and brushed. We have the regular dog ticks and the lonestars, and the worst were tiny ones about the size of the head of a straight pin, not sure if babies or another variety. Very hard to see. 

 

I often find one or two on me after working outside but make sure they either don't bite me or if they do they come off quickly.  Spraying the boots with a variety of products, usually wearing shorts so I feel them crawling if they get past those.

 

I've had confirmed Lyme Disease twice in the past and it's no fun at all, and I think it has long-term negative effects like joint pain and fatigue. But I'd rather have that than Alpha Gal. I love my meats. 

[ebinmaine 72,147]

12 minutes ago, davem1111 said:

 tiny ones about the size of the head of a straight pin, not sure if babies or another variety. Very hard to see. 

 

 

I've had confirmed Lyme Disease twice in the past and it's no fun at all, and I think it has long-term negative effects like joint pain and fatigue. But I'd rather have that than Alpha Gal. I love my meats. 

 

Those may be deer ticks. That's the source of Lyme disease.  

 

Some say you can be cured. 

Some say one has it forever. 

 

 

[davem1111 2,128]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Those may be deer ticks. That's the source of Lyme disease.  

 

Some say you can be cured. 

Some say one has it forever. 

 

 

 

I got Lyme when I lived in Eastern PA once, and Central NJ once. Don't know if it's common here. I've had a number of bites here but haven't gotten it again.
 

[c-series don 9,887]

Out here on eastern Long Island ticks are rampant. There are several different kinds of ticks now. As a kid there was the occasional dog tick but now it’s very bad. This time of year I will not go in the woods unless I’m in the cab of a bulldozer and I still get them on me. The other day I cleared a large area of brush/woods and got out of the machine just to take a leak while standing on bare dirt and found three ticks the size of poppy seeds on me. I know several people that have Lyme disease or Alpha Gal disease. 
 Off the coast of Long Island is the Plum Island US Government disease research laboratory. You literally cannot step foot on this island without being caught and asked to leave. Security there is at an unprecedented level. I firmly believe that this is where Lyme disease came from, as Lyme Connecticut is only a stone’s throw away as the crow or any other bird flies. It’s a shame to have a town named after a disease but this is where many people were first infected with it, hence the name. 
 Also new here are nymph ticks which are the size of a flake of pepper, many people call them chiggers. Although not disease carrying they will bite then itch for weeks. Years ago my daughter counted over a hundred bites on me after walking in the woods with my dog. A hard crusty liquid oozes out of each bite and itches beyond belief. It’s kind of a shame because there are many beautiful areas here to walk and explore but I won’t do it until winter when the threat of ticks is gone.