endless Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 Seems like like every year they keep getting worst. Almost every adventure out now for me requires picking of more than two ticks at a time. Today while out fishing I had to pick off two. One was red with a bright dot. Do anyone know if their is a certain one, color, or can all ticks carry the lyme disease? I am just wondering and would like some precautions if there is any? My father n law had a scare last year. Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted May 2, 2012 Super User Posted May 2, 2012 Make sure you check good everywhere we had a guy on this mob down in Mississippi get one on his you know.......... it rhymes with tick........... glad im not the medic to help him with that one lol. Knock on wood iv never had one that I know of and im always rolling around in the woods Quote
craww Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 They've said this is gonna be one of the worst years on record because of the mild winter in Va endless. I've never gotten them in my yard, now we're getting them constantly. I usually keep a bottle of deepwoods off in my truck for pond/river hopping. Works like its supposed to. Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted May 2, 2012 Super User Posted May 2, 2012 Pretty sure it is just the deer tick that carries Lyme. I could be wrong though, just what I have always thought! Jeff Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted May 2, 2012 Super User Posted May 2, 2012 Ok, just checked with WIKI, and the deer tick (Ixodes scrapularis) is the main culprit, but all "hard ticks" can carry the disease! Jeff 1 Quote
endless Posted May 2, 2012 Author Posted May 2, 2012 They've said this is gonna be one of the worst years on record because of the mild winter in Va endless. I've never gotten them in my yard, now we're getting them constantly. I usually keep a bottle of deepwoods off in my truck for pond/river hopping. Works like its supposed to. That's what I was afraid of. My wife picked me up some OFF Smooth and Dry so I'll see how that works for any bug. Quote
WookieeJedi Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 You can dust with powdered sulphur to keep them off. Put it around your waist and ankles to keep them out in addition to using insect repellant. I got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever two years ago. I'm really careful now, that stuff is no joke. Any tick can carry RMSF or Lyme, it is just more common in deer ticks. If you have dogs, make sure you keep them freshly treated, too. They bring them into your yard like crazy. I got some diatomaceous earth to dust him with too, it is supposed to keep them off. 1 Quote
endless Posted May 2, 2012 Author Posted May 2, 2012 You can dust with powdered sulphur to keep them off. Put it around your waist and ankles to keep them out in addition to using insect repellant. I got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever two years ago. I'm really careful now, that stuff is no joke. Any tick can carry RMSF or Lyme, it is just more common in deer ticks. If you have dogs, make sure you keep them freshly treated, too. They bring them into your yard like crazy. I got some diatomaceous earth to dust him with too, it is supposed to keep them off. Really works? Can you buy powder sulphur anywhere? Just waist and ankles? Might have to try this and I do have dogs that I'm going to have to keep check on. 1 Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted May 2, 2012 Super User Posted May 2, 2012 lavender and geranium oils mixed together make just as an effective repellant as off, and is not poison like off is either. Ticks, as well as mosquitos and black flies, hate the smell and taste of both of those oils, and together they make a potent repellant. Your skin is your biggest organ, so if your spraying poison on it, you might as well be drinking it. 1 Quote
endless Posted May 2, 2012 Author Posted May 2, 2012 lavender and geranium oils mixed together make just as an effective repellant as off, and is not poison like off is either. Ticks, as well as mosquitos and black flies, hate the smell and taste of both of those oils, and together they make a potent repellant. Your skin is your biggest organ, so if your spraying poison on it, you might as well be drinking it. Thanks Deak!! Quote
endless Posted May 2, 2012 Author Posted May 2, 2012 Wear long pants. BAM Problem solved Yea ok If you believe that works. Quote
WookieeJedi Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 Really works? Can you buy powder sulphur anywhere? Just waist and ankles? Might have to try this and I do have dogs that I'm going to have to keep check on. The sulphur works. You can get it from a pharmacist, I ordered mine from Amazon. This will be my first year trying the diatomaceous earth, so I can't yet say if it works or not. Quote
Aluma-Bass Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 wait till you get into a patch of chiggers! To me they are worse then ticks! Quote
preach4bass Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 Wear long pants. BAM Problem solved They craw up your pants leg, under your shirt, and hide in the hair on your head. Pants don't solve the problem, they simply give the ticks a longer route to travel before they get to your flesh. Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted May 2, 2012 Super User Posted May 2, 2012 Wear long pants. BAM Problem solved yeah that doesn't work cuz if it did how would you explain all the ticks us army guys get when we wear long pants tucked into our boots and long sleeve tops synched down at the wrists. so BAM problem not solved were talking bout a tiny little resilient bug that will get its way to your skin at all costs long pants tucked in don't matter there a coming. Yea ok If you believe that works. ^^^^^^^^^^^ lavender and geranium oils mixed together make just as an effective repellant as off, and is not poison like off is either. Ticks, as well as mosquitos and black flies, hate the smell and taste of both of those oils, and together they make a potent repellant. Your skin is your biggest organ, so if your spraying poison on it, you might as well be drinking it. Iv always been a fan of 100% deet both the spray and the paste kind thats hard to get only thing that keeps me from becoming a blood buffet to the skeeters and I don't mean the boats. Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted May 2, 2012 Super User Posted May 2, 2012 wait till you get into a patch of chiggers! To me they are worse then ticks! CHIGAWAY!!!! they gave us tons of that stuff when I was at Ft. Benning Quote
B-Dozer Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 You can buy permethrin at Dick's, comes in a 24 oz pump bottle. Not a big fan of DEET, careful with that stuff around your lines. Not only Lyme, and Rocky Mt. spotted fever as someone said, but anaplasmosis (sp?) comes from ticks also. Make sure you use preventives on your dogs, can be very painful for them. Tucking your pants in your socks will help, but they WILL get on you other ways. 1 Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted May 2, 2012 Super User Posted May 2, 2012 Permethrin is ok but I still don't like it as its just on your clothes not really deterring them from your hands and face area or leg in some cases. Plus I got a nasty rash from it on my hands. It would be good if you had a set outfit you wore rather then treating all your clothes with it. Quote
B-Dozer Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 You are right clayton, got tired of typing ;-). I keep a set of pants,sneakers,a shirt and hat, sprayed and in a plastic bag. Doesn't seem to bother my skin, but DEET def. does. I view ticks as terrorists, a little paranoia helps! Quote
aceman387 Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 I never had any luck spraying my clothes with deet as a deterrent ,i would spray it on and watch the ticks crawl up my pants like i used water.The only thing i found effective against ticks was applying a band of double face tape on each pant leg about knee cap high,the ticks would crawl up my pants and get stuck on the tape. 1 Quote
B-Dozer Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 I'll try the tape trick aceman. What do you do for the ones coming from the top down? Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted May 3, 2012 Super User Posted May 3, 2012 I haven't had any dog ticks on me this year, but I have found a couple of those little seed ticks every time that I have walked the bank this year. Luckily I got them off before they got anchored on. Quote
Sfritr Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Fish from a boat...... Powder sulfur works tremedously but makes your socks green. 100%deet is great but putting poison directly on me is not something I REALLLY like to do. Quote
endless Posted May 3, 2012 Author Posted May 3, 2012 Fish from a boat...... Powder sulfur works tremedously but makes your socks green. 100%deet is great but putting poison directly on me is not something I REALLLY like to do. I do lol Quote
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