deer ticks?

[Ely Lake Expert]

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between 150-200 deer ticks on the dog tonight, and one embedded in me. I going to get him vacinated tmorrow.

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Chris,

Where is the world were you? I had my dogs out all day saturday and didn't have any ticks on them.

[DRH1175]

I did a search on them today the redish ones are the females and the smaller black ones are the males. They are scary all you can do is keep checking yourselves. IMHO every dog should be vaccinated. As well everyone should use Frontline, or simualar product. I found it much cheaper online.

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[R. Miller]

I see it's going to be in the 20's at night up north this weekend. With these temps, when do you have to start worrying less about deer ticks? Looks like 40's during the day.

[Kallista]

Today when down fernburg rd, went up lookout rd and walked all over up there about 2 miles, went down to snow bank rd and got out and walked all over on the trails and across the woods there as well, stopped at wood lake and walked the trail and off the trail down there as well.. Not one tick on Hunter or myself.. But i been thinking, i make my own soaps, shampoos, lotions and so on, i make fisherman soaps to get rid of the fishy smell, i make doggie soaps to help with fleas and ticks, and i use some of the same oils in my own soap i use for the dog soap.. I honestly haven't had one single tick on me or hunter at all..Maybe i should patent my soaps?

[spoonbill]

LAST WEEKEND ON OCT 20TH WENT GROUSE HUNTING BY CUMBERLAND WI. PULLED ATLEAST 80 TICKS OFF THE DOG. NOT ALOT ON ME MAYBE A COUPLE. BUT FOR 48HRS I KEPT PULLING THEM OFF ESPECIALLY BY THE NECK. WED OCT 24TH THEIR ARE ATLEAST A DOZEN OR TWO THAT OUR BIG ENOUGH NOW WITH BLOOD THAT I CAN FEEL THEM. I TRIED TO GET THEM OFF WITH A TWEEZER AND KEPT POPPIN THE NASTY CRITTERS AND MISSING THE HEADS. SO I BROUGHT HER IN THE VET THIS MORNING AND TOLD THEM TO HAVE AT IT. PROBABLY COST ME AROUND $120 WITH EAR CLEANING ALSO. THE VET TOLD ME IT COULD GET COSTLY IF THE TICKS OUR EMBEDDED INTO HER SKIN, THEY WILL HAVE TO PUT HER TO SLEEP AND CUT AWAY THE AREA AND FLUSH THE WOUND. THEN IT COULD COST LIKE $250. WHATS UP WITH THAT? I THOUGHT ITS A MYTH IF YOU DON'T REMOVE THE HEAD IT WILL STILL CONTINUE TO LIVE OFF YOU. BUT MAYBE THATS JUST ON HUMANS. NEVER HAD I HAD A PROBLEM WITH TICKS THIS LATE IN THE YEAR.

[walleyemkr]

The ticks are bad down here in the west-central part of the state as well, hunting Pope and Kandiyohi counties this week and last the dog has been crawling with them at the end of each night. Probably taking 4 embedded ones off him a day in the last 10 days or so. Yummy.

[setterguy]

I was out last week with my setter and I only found one on her, uplander told me about a trick and boy did it work. First off I can't use the bio spot or frontline as it makes her break out in a rash all over her back...so I go with a tick collar and a tick spray. I hesitantly bought the all natural stuff but boy am I happy with the results. I sprayed her before we went out and once when we were done and only found one on her on the only spot I didn't spray around her nose/eyes. It was about 12 bucks at Petco. I'll never go out with out it.