Ticks

[RIJIMMY]

pulled a deer tick off my son Sunday night. thing was in so tight we could barely get it out and it was a mashed mess.
Called the docs and they said to monitior for rash or flu like symptoms.

[Raven]

i think i read that they inject your skin FIRST with a local anesthesia
type drug so you don't even feel them burrow in...

our new rule of thumb is: when coming in from tick land
is to remove your clothes quickly preferably in a non carpeted
area whether they are dirty or not....

almost every day we find a tick or two climbing the bath room tiles.
that's where the laundry basket is........ in the closet.

[WESTPORTMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Raven

i think i read that they inject your skin FIRST with a local anesthesia
type drug so you don't even feel them burrow in...

our new rule of thumb is: when coming in from tick land
is to remove your clothes quickly preferably in a non carpeted
area whether they are dirty or not....

almost every day we find a tick or two climbing the bath room tiles.
that's where the laundry basket is........ in the closet.

Yup. They numb you up before they eat you.

[toaster816]

Haven't found any deer ticks yet but had at least five large brown dog ticks all over me after walking through tall grass mid April.

Found Advantix to be way more effective than Frontline for my boys, made the switch a few years ago and haven't looked back. Rarely find ticks on my dogs and they are in wooded/tall grass/marsh areas year round. When I do find a ticks they are never embedded.