Ticks

That1uncle1776

That1uncle1776

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Has anyone else been picking ticks yet? Ive been out and about along the river here with the dog and about an hour south of sioux city. Already tired of them.
 
Oddly haven’t seen any here in Ohio. Normally quite a nuisance by now. We had a good drought last summer. Maybe a silver lining
 
Yep, west of Sioux City, last weekend found one crawling on me. It's that season. Started Nex Gard that day....for the dog.
 
Beware the ticks with the white dot on their back. They are the lonestar tick and cause Alpha Gal, which I have.
 
dawgs14 said:
Beware the ticks with the white dot on their back. They are the lonestar tick and cause Alpha Gal, which I have.
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I think the larva of the Lonestar are what we call turkey tics here. Tiny little monsters. They can be found in large numbers that I assume are recent hatches. Lots of horror stories around here. I have a few myself! Sorry to hear about the Alfa gal. Lots of cases of Lymes here but haven't heard of any Alpha gal yet. It hits 60 degrees here and they come out. I pulled a tic off in Dec. and two in Feb. :confused:
 
I haven't seen any yet but its still been getting below freezing here at night on occasion.

I applied the chemicals to the dog's back last week just in case though.
 
My dogs had ticks on them in March. Deer ticks in MN get active on the first warm spell. Tick pill works extraordinarily well for the dogs.
 
BRITTMAN said:
Tick pill works extraordinarily well for the dogs.
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The problem with the pills is that the tick has to bite the dog for it to work. They don't do anything to actually repel ticks. The dog could be covered in them when they come in the house. That is a big no no for my wife. She would freak if she saw a bunch of ticks in the house.
 
gim said:
The problem with the pills is that the tick has to bite the dog for it to work. They don't do anything to actually repel ticks. The dog could be covered in them when they come in the house. That is a big no no for my wife. She would freak if she saw a bunch of ticks in the house.
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Yep, most of them will be dead when I find them. My wife freaked when she found one while. But she's used to them now.
 
My vet recently told me that NexGard has some repellent properties. Not sure if that is true or she is just trying to sell me NexGard as I currently use Credelio, but it is worth a try. This time of year I use bug spray around my boot, ankles and pant legs which helps "repel" them. It would be nice if they would drop off the dog before coming in the house as well. I find quite a few dead ticks in the house with two labs this time of year.
 
I tend to believe your vet on NexGard. I may see a tick or two on my dog on the way home and pick them off and toss them out the window, but I have never seen more than a few. Rarely if ever do I see a tick on them in the house and if there is a rogue tick in the house it more likely came of my pants if I did not treat them recently.

If I am hunting an area heavily infested with deer ticks, I may spray the dogs with a temporary topical spray.
 
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