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| SheilaC |
Posted - Oct 14 2010 : 7:46:21 PM
what's the deal with ticks in the fall? My husband took the dog out bird hunting yesterday and he came back COVERED in ticks! We pulled over 40 of them off the dog! I was surprised to have them at this time of the year, in the northeast! Any ideas why they're out in such force?
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| medievalcat |
Posted - Oct 19 2010 : 6:09:29 PM
We run something of a dog/feral cat rescue out of our home. For the past three years we haven't had any fleas or ticks because I use Diatomaceous Earth on over an acre of land. I also use it in my hen house and barn. It's completely organic and it doesn't harm earthworms. I just put it in a fertilizer spreader and march up and down.
You can read more about at: http://www.ghorganics.com/DiatomaceousEarth.html
Cynthia |
| CountryBorn |
Posted - Oct 17 2010 : 09:38:55 AM
40 ticks!! wow! That is a whole lot of ticks. That poor dog must of been covered head to toe. We get ticks here too. This year has not been as bad. But last year I was picking them off every week. Not many go on my Molly she is very short haired. But Timmy the long haired Doxie had quite a few. They are not easy to get off and they leave behind a nasty crater like hole. Even my son in law got one. My daughter is a nurse but thought I should come and get it off, I had more experience she said. I had to laugh. He had took it to the Dr. and showed him and he put him on antibiotics just to be sure.
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Oct 17 2010 : 04:58:55 AM
We have them here in the Spring and Fall always. We have a small dog you has a certain perimeter on her chain. She is not an outdoor dog but even in the yard she gets them. Not to a large extent but it only takes one to get Lymes and she has already had it once. Anyway, we just make sure we check well during these seasons. I think Jennifer is right about the temperature thing.It is hunting season here now and my dh is always checking for them after a trip out.
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| Woodswoman |
Posted - Oct 15 2010 : 5:15:49 PM
I always get more ticks in the fall, usually when we get close to "frost temperature". Here is my theory:
Ticks find hosts by sensing body heat. In the fall when it starts to get cooler, there is more of a difference between a mammals body heat and the background air temperature, making it easier for the tick to sense a host.
Jennifer
Farmgirl Sister #104
"Nature brings to every time and season some beauties of its own".
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| melody |
Posted - Oct 14 2010 : 11:15:12 PM
I am curious too Sheila. DH brings our "Truman" on up to camp and for the past two weekends he has had ticks that I ended up finding and removing-YUCK! I thought ticks were only out in the spring.
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
