Woodticks

[keggdrink]

I Know its early April but I've already pulled Woodticks off of my Dogs Still got 3 foot snowdrifts in spots but the Ticks are out (Dont't like that) Live 4 miles north f=od Detroit Lakes

[lookincalifornia]

i used to cover em in watkins petro-carbo salve. that would suffocate them and they would fall off dead. little buggers

[Tinkhamtown]

April 4, gave both dogs first frontline and heart worm preventive treatment of the year. It is $ but dogs health is worth it.

Got Adams flea + tick mist as added deer tick protection for the dogs when hunting and the vet said I could spray on my pants legs to keep deer ticks off me too.

[MNmikew]

Was over in Wisc. last weekend taking down some trees. I had three deer ticks stuck but good to me. The spots they were pulled off still hurt today, and it was a few days ago.

[sticknstring]

Yeah we were up looking for sheds near Crosslake last week and I took 3 deer ticks off the dog... ticks in March - seems really early to me especially with snow on the ground. Time to order some K-9 Advantix I guess.

[anyfishwilldo]

I haven't saw any ticks yet but was forced to use the first dose of frontline early due to my Britt picking up some fleas from messing around with some filthy rabbits.

[goblueM]

our crews have had wood ticks on them near the metro, and a guy in my crew pulled a deer tick off his head last week in Elk River. They're out...

i despise ticks too

[fishn4kids]

Did some research on google and this is what i found. It is very important that you remove ticks properly, do not scratch or pull, as the syliva carries the lyme disease. when you scratch or pull the tick, its syliva secretes through the bite.

This is why you have been seeing them with the snow cover.

Deer ticks have a two-year life cycle. That is, it takes two years for one egg-adult-egg generation to evolve. Therefore, deer ticks can be found all year long, including wintertime.

Just thought i'd share this.

Duane

[hugonian1]

What is the proper way to remove a tick?

[fishn4kids]

suffocation or a match is how i've always done it. good old glob of crisco oil will do the trick. Also a match depending on where it is located. What i've done in the past is light a match let it burn a few seconds blow it out and touch the tick with the glowing ember of the match. sure there are other way to.

Duane

[fishn4kids]

INTRADERMAL BLISTER TECHNIQUE (for physicians in the office or emergency room setting.)

An injection of xylocaine with adrenaline is administered intradermally underneath the tick. It will generate a large blister at the site. Ticks will release their grip due to the lack of blood to feed on, and because of "positive pressure" from the temporary swelling. The tick will back out on its own in a short time.

STRAW AND KNOT METHOD

Use an ordinary drinking straw and place it at a 45 degree angle with one open end over the tick (the straw is simply being used as a guide to direct the knot). Next, take a length of thread and tie a loose knot at the top or midsection of the straw. Now, slide your knot down the straw to the site. Position the knot underneath the tick's belly, so that the knot will encircle the embedded part only. Slowly tighten the knot to close snugly around the jaws. Now, remove the straw and pull the thread in a steady upward motion. This will cause the tick to detach, without regurgitation.

Images courtesy of CDC, Division of

Viral and Rickettsial Diseases.

TWEEZERS

Embedded ticks can also be removed using fine-tipped tweezers by place the ends of the tweezers as close to the skin as possible, squeezing them onto the mouthparts of the tick and pulling firmly and steadily backwards until the tick is removed. Any mouth parts that remain can be removed at the doctors office.

DO NOT use petroleum jelly, a hot match, nail polish, or other products. Oops I see my methods are incorrect. Always worked for me.

Duane

[tealitup]

Where I get ticks a match would never come close to

[Scott K]

I would like to see any of them methods work with a deer tick! Those things are so tiny!

[JustLOVEit]

Yeah, last year i got my first wood tick and deer tick ever down in the White Water area... Man, its getting really infested down there... Any new NEWS on that anyone??

[MNmikew]

Was up at the property again last weekend, more tree cutting. Grand total of ticks I picked off me from Friday to Sunday, 39.

Picked up some Permitherin(sp?) to soak down my clothes for next weekend.

[EatSleepFish]

yeah was shed hunting with the dogs last weekend and I believe that will be their last time in the woods until the pop. of them little buggers go down. The dogs have frontline but it's still no good when the deer ticks jump off them only to jump onto us!

[CB34]

Does anyone know why the ticks have gotten so bad? Last fall grouse hunting around the longville area they were everywhere. It seems like they are picking up right where they left off. Does a wet weather pattern help control their reproduction?