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82kygal
True Blue Farmgirl
548 Posts
Laura
Somerset
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - May 30 2011 : 12:53:00 PM
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At the same time my husband got Rocky mountain spotted fever my two dogs had lymes. I found it by watching my lab start to drag his back hips when he walked. I got him right in and tested. Both dogs had it and have fully recovered although my husband did not
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
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Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
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Posted - May 30 2011 : 8:40:58 PM
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I've been wondering if I should have my little dog tested. He is acting much older than he is.
I'm glad your dogs recovered. I'm terribly sorry your husband is still suffering.
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
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wooliespinner
True Blue Farmgirl
1311 Posts
Linda
Manchester
Ohio
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Posted - Jun 06 2011 : 06:54:27 AM
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I have pulled 3 ticks off my head this year. I check morning and at night before I go to bed. I put spot on treatments for my cats and dogs. I don't like doing it but they would be covered otherwise. They are really thick this year. They still drop off the cats and manage to get on me. The ticks that I pulled off were not there when i went to bed but were there the next morning and were attached.
I wonder how long after they attach they can transmit the disease. I am worried now that maybe I could have already contracted it. I just pulled the last one off yesterday morning. I have to say its freaking me out.
I hope you get better Connie and everyone else battling this.This is so darn scary.
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2011 : 09:47:36 AM
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After my grandma had the rocky mountain spotted tick fever, she always made us keep every tick we pulled off, put in a zip lock baggie (I know I don't hardly keep them in my house any more either though) and dated on the baggie with marker. That way they can test the tick if we got sick.
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2011 : 09:49:19 AM
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BTW takes two weeks for the antibodies to show up in your blood stream enough to test, by that time it can be pretty bad you are supposed to go on antibiotics right away, I don't know what you would do with so many though! The kind of stuff I put on my cats/dogs actually kills the ticks and fleas. Doesn't just repell them. It kills any flea or tick that even comes around areas the cat/dog has laid in and such.
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 5:17:55 PM
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I have been told if you get the tick off within 24/48 hours you should be OK. I would still mark a calendar and if I had flu like symptoms aprox 10 days after I would go to the doctor and insist on Doxcycline. Run the test if you must ( It is expensive) but remember they frequently come back negative that early on. I never thought of testing the tick. I wonder how that would be done. I'll bet that would really be expensive!
I'm feeling pretty good now so I am grateful! Figured out the headaches are from a fall I took playing with my granddaughter. Got a little whiplash. ; ) Not a s young as I used to be. Thought I could out run a swing. I can't. At least not in flip flops on wet grass. Yes I was embarrassed and no I didn't make her fall. She was in one of those put their legs through swings thank God.
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
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Posted - Jun 16 2011 : 03:18:03 AM
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Has anyone been bitten and still had an itchy, hard lump YEARS after the fact? I've gone to the dermatologist and had the spot excised, and they said they found a piece of tick still left in me, but now that it was gone it should go away...I'm STILL battling this spot. Sometimes it itches so bad I could crawl out of my skin!
Farmgirl #2879 :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 09:36:58 AM
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That sounds terrible Megan. They do leave a red itchy bump on me but they go away in a few days. I'd have it checked again. Our bodies do not like foreign protein!
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2011 : 3:53:20 PM
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We have ticks bad here also. We have picked them off the dogs so often that I switched to a natural oil mixture vs. expensive pet meds. It's safe enough for us to put on our clothes or skin also. So far the dogs have not had any ticks, nor my son (who typically gets them walking the dogs outside (we have tall grass, weeds etc. near the woods, which will be mowed down very soon too).
We plan to get at least 2 guineas, but have not found any yet. We may order them as chicks from the farm store next spring, if we can't locate any for sale around here.
Farmgirl #800
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2011 : 04:24:58 AM
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Kristina, I'm pretty sure my husband's cousin has a BUNCH. If you'd be willing to drive down to KY I could get you some! :)
Farmgirl #2879 :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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grannyannie
Farmgirl at Heart
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Ann
Bellevue
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 27 2011 : 1:48:23 PM
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| We are just in the process of moving to "tick country" (Kentucky), and it is a new phenomenon for us, since we've been living in the Pacific Northwest. We've purchased a small place (13 acres) and I'm looking at keeping chickens, but am still researching which types would be best. Sounds like I'll definitely want Guineas, but does anyone have any idea how many, or have any pertinent information this city girl should have on how to get started? Also, do you recommend using deet products? I've always felt it was too dangerous, but maybe it's worth it compared to the tick threat? So much new stuff to learn!!!!! |
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2011 : 2:11:29 PM
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Ann- It is a balance of risk at best. I have been tick free since I started wearing long pants and tucking them into my socks. I use a deet product on my wrists and wear long sleeves. The most important thing is to do a body check every day. If you have an itchy spot don't just scratch, have some one look if you can't see the spot. ( Mine was on my back where I could not quite reach and could not see.) Wish I had thought to get someone to look at it right away. Thought I just had an itchy back.
Yes I get hot. But I'd rather be hot than so sick again. Some years are worse than others just like any other insect. Keep the grass mowed, have some poultry around and don't invite the deer into your yard area. They are pretty to look at but full of ticks! Use a product on your pets like frontline or something from the vet.
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
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Primginger
Farmgirl in Training
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Melissa
Wescosville
pa
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2011 : 07:31:58 AM
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Watching my 9year old now, she had one of the tiny ticks on her leg, caught it within 12 hours.....took it off and the spot seems to be going away, I have been told that those tiny ticks, the size of the pin head, are the ticks that usually carry the disease , there are two sizes according to our dr , my husband does have lyme disease and thats from getting bit by some fly on asseateague island in MD.quote:
Originally posted by CMac
I have been told if you get the tick off within 24/48 hours you should be OK. I would still mark a calendar and if I had flu like symptoms aprox 10 days after I would go to the doctor and insist on Doxcycline. Run the test if you must ( It is expensive) but remember they frequently come back negative that early on. I never thought of testing the tick. I wonder how that would be done. I'll bet that would really be expensive!
I'm feeling pretty good now so I am grateful! Figured out the headaches are from a fall I took playing with my granddaughter. Got a little whiplash. ; ) Not a s young as I used to be. Thought I could out run a swing. I can't. At least not in flip flops on wet grass. Yes I was embarrassed and no I didn't make her fall. She was in one of those put their legs through swings thank God.
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Enjoying my little Homestead
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2011 : 09:28:37 AM
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I'll bet she will be fine. You caught it so soon. Good momma for keeping an eye out for them or teaching her to tell you!
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
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