Ticks

[That1uncle1776]

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.

 

[NDPheasant]

Yes for North Dakota. The dogs picked up the first ones last weekend.

 

[Tomahawker]

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

 

[remy3424]

Yep, west of Sioux City, last weekend found one crawling on me. It's that season. Started Nex Gard that day....for the dog.

 

[dawgs14]

Beware the ticks with the white dot on their back. They are the lonestar tick and cause Alpha Gal, which I have.

 

[birddude]

Beware the ticks with the white dot on their back. They are the lonestar tick and cause Alpha Gal, which I have.

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.

 

[gim]

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.

 

[BRITTMAN]

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.

 

[gim]

Tick pill works extraordinarily well for the dogs.

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.

 

[Redmoose]

Interesting article about release pheasants and ticks

Study finds pheasant link to Lyme disease germ in ticks

Researchers say ticks are more likely to carry Lyme disease bacteria in areas with pheasants.

bbc.com

 

[Red Ryder]

My boy had 2 ticks that I discovered in the tri cities in eastern washington

 

[birddude]

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.

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.