Ticks

[highland145]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3059459/

 

[zinfamous]

And this is why I treat my yard for bugs.

I don't get bitten by anything when I spend time in my yard.

your yard sounds sterile, boring, and a threat to humanity.

 

[WelshBloke]

Now it's the migrating dillos, too.

I totally misread that and now I've got a mental image that I cant get rid of!

 

[zinfamous]

I totally misread that and now I've got a mental image that I cant get rid of!

shit, me too...but only in your reply there. And it's not like anyone would put it past highland...

 

[keird]

I treat my hiking\camping clothes with Permethin. No issues with ticks.
I'm sure it would be a pain in the ass if had them in my yard.

Use permithin treated clothes if you are out in the woods, wear light colored clothes so you can spot them and blouse your trousers and tuck in your shirt so that they have to get to your arms or head to find skin. The CDC has good guidelines for protecting your yard. Rodent habitats are how they get close to your house.

So I learned a cool trick with permethrin. Tick tubes. I spray my clothes, as directed but to protect my yard and outlying property I make tick tubes. Essentially, you just treat the mice to kill the ticks. Stuffing treated cotton bedding (cotton balls) into cardboard toilet paper rolls and hiding them in between rocks, cord wood or obvious rodent raceways. The mice collect it as bedding for their nests and treat themselves and their young, killing the ticks. The best part of this is that it doesn't harm the frogs and dragonfly larvae/nymphs in my pond (because I don't spray the yard and there's no rainwater runoff). It doesn't appear to hurt the hawks or other predators, either.

You can buy them ,too. http://www.ticktubes.com/works.html

 

[Red Squirrel]

your yard sounds sterile, boring, and a threat to humanity.

As much as I hate to use chemicals, if I see one tick in my yard I'm going ballistic on my yard too.

 

[Red Squirrel]

So I learned a cool trick with permethrin. Tick tubes. I spray my clothes, as directed but to protect my yard and outlying property I make tick tubes. Essentially, you just treat the mice to kill the ticks. Stuffing treated cotton bedding (cotton balls) into cardboard toilet paper rolls and hiding them in between rocks, cord wood or obvious rodent raceways. The mice collect it as bedding for their nests and treat themselves and their young, killing the ticks. The best part of this is that it doesn't harm the frogs and dragonfly larvae/nymphs in my pond (because I don't spray the yard and there's no rainwater runoff). It doesn't appear to hurt the hawks or other predators, either.

You can buy them ,too. http://www.ticktubes.com/works.html

That is really neat actually!

 

[zinfamous]

So I learned a cool trick with permethrin. Tick tubes. I spray my clothes, as directed but to protect my yard and outlying property I make tick tubes. Essentially, you just treat the mice to kill the ticks. Stuffing treated cotton bedding (cotton balls) into cardboard toilet paper rolls and hiding them in between rocks, cord wood or obvious rodent raceways. The mice collect it as bedding for their nests and treat themselves and their young, killing the ticks. The best part of this is that it doesn't harm the frogs and dragonfly larvae/nymphs in my pond (because I don't spray the yard and there's no rainwater runoff). It doesn't appear to hurt the hawks or other predators, either.

You can buy them ,too. http://www.ticktubes.com/works.html

That is very clever and very cool. I still prefer the dude that wants to release some transgenic, sterile leucopus onto Martha's Vineyard in order to eradicate the deer tick population.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452264/

I like this project. It's not going to be a final end to a species--those bastards are everywhere. We have plenty in the lab. It's contained. You've got a sterile crispered critter that isn't going to be transferring any kind of genetic anything to anywhere else. I'm curious how this kind of measure would actually impact a ~contained island ecosystem--one where we can actually push the do-over button if shit hits the fan, you know?

 

[Muse]

I hear about them a lot. Not aware of ever having been bitten by one. I play golf a lot and figure they are out there. Worry about it some. Only wear shorts if it's pretty hot. For sure wear socks that go up my ankle a ways, I buy no other.

Lyme disease can be a serious thing. Worst is probably that it's often misdiagnosed if diagnosed at all. Of course, you can get it from a tick bite.

I've heard of the problem or removing a tick in such a way that it doesn't leave parts of the tick embedded in your skin which would cause infection. One way is to apply heat, i.e. a match close to it so it removes it's head from you. Or a cigarette.

 

[Red Squirrel]

There was another case in my city today. This is really getting bad and it's not even peak summer yet. I absolutely hate the idea of not being able to wear shorts if going in the bush, I hate being all sweaty and crap, but looks like this might be the new norm now that these are in town. Though they are literally in town, that one person in the ER got it right from their own yard. That's the really scary part.

Hopefully they can find a way to eradicate them, ideally a natural way by introducing a predator or something. I wonder if possums can survive here, could introduce those.

Wonder what this will mean for going to the beach. Who the hell wears pants and shoes/socks at a beach? Can those things swim? Maybe it's safe in the water? Still have to watch the sand though I imagine they can burrow and then get on your feet and stuff.

This is just a scary reality of global warming I guess. Things are only going to get worse as other dangerous pests start to show up here.

 

[lxskllr]

Shorts aren't appropriate bush wear. Aside from ticks, there's skeeters, stickers, sunburn behind your knees, and poison ivy. You can't operate at peak efficiency if you're trying to baby your legs.

 

[Sgt. York]

There was another case in my city today. This is really getting bad and it's not even peak summer yet. I absolutely hate the idea of not being able to wear shorts if going in the bush, I hate being all sweaty and crap, but looks like this might be the new norm now that these are in town. Though they are literally in town, that one person in the ER got it right from their own yard. That's the really scary part.

Hopefully they can find a way to eradicate them, ideally a natural way by introducing a predator or something. I wonder if possums can survive here, could introduce those.

Wonder what this will mean for going to the beach. Who the hell wears pants and shoes/socks at a beach? Can those things swim? Maybe it's safe in the water? Still have to watch the sand though I imagine they can burrow and then get on your feet and stuff.

This is just a scary reality of global warming I guess. Things are only going to get worse as other dangerous pests start to show up here.

Run, Red Squirrel, run!

 

[Red Squirrel]

I find I can't operate at peak efficiency if I'm too hot and sweaty. Shorts and no shirt is my typical wear if working. Though can't really do that anymore.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Run, Red Squirrel, run!

Need to look at properties in Hudson's Bay area lol.

 

[highland145]

Shorts aren't appropriate bush wear. Aside from ticks, there's skeeters, stickers, sunburn behind your knees, and poison ivy. You can't operate at peak efficiency if you're trying to baby your legs.

Who you calling a ginny?

 

[Sgt. York]

Move further north where the snow never melts and it snows year around.

 

[highland145]

Move further north where the snow never melts and it snows year around.

Ain't you hears of global warming? Doomed, you are.

 

[CZroe]

I've heard of the problem or removing a tick in such a way that it doesn't leave parts of the tick embedded in your skin which would cause infection. One way is to apply heat, i.e. a match close to it so it removes it's head from you. Or a cigarette.

I’ve heard that advice often but I’ve also heard warnings against doing that just as often. They say that heat causes the tick to reflexively regurgitate before backing out, thereby injecting pathogens it otherwise might not.

Same goes for smothering it. People say to put petroleum jelly or whatever on it and others warn against it, often suggesting on of the other methods that yet others warn about. It’s a big forehead-slapping mess except that most experts agree that tweezers on the mouthparts to get the whole head is a good way to remove a tick.

 

[Red Squirrel]

What I've read is to avoid heat, water or anything like that, but to use tweezers to pull it straight out. I thought you had to twist but looks like you need to pull it straight. You need to keep the tick in a container either in fridge or freezer, then bring it in to the health unit as soon as you can but first check yourself to the ER. Don't bring it to the ER. The health unit just needs it for statistical/risk assessment study while ER will give you antibiotics and treat you. Though I've also read some horror stories of people who said their doctor didn't really do anything and they ended up getting all sorts of health complications like arthritis, mental health issues, constant fatigue etc. You have a short window to treat it before you start getting permanent health issues.

 

[bigboxes]

Male athletic shorts and swimming trunks were SUPER short back in the ‘80s. I remember riding my bike and having one fly right into my shorts and getting me in my crotch. She got me a few times on the leg side. Good thing I was wearing my tightey whiteys!

Worst I had in the mouth was at Six Flags. They were closing and I had just finished riding one of their coasters when they invited the people who just rode to ride again so that it wouldn’t be too light for the few people remaining in line. I should’ve said “no” but I took the opportunity to ride right in the very front. We crested the starting hill and were reaching maximum speed when I opened my mouth to say something to my friend.

Just as I opened my mouth I felt a *smack* on the edge of my front teeth and I suddenly had a bunch of still-squirming insect legs and wings and other parts sprayed right in the back of my throat. Instead of speaking as intended it only came out as coughing and hacking. I hope the spitting that followed didn’t become a problem for anyone behind me. I still don’t know if it was a stinging insect or not but there were a lot of June Bugs around and the feel of it cracking open against my tooth seemed like it was most likely a hard-shelled insect.

At least you stayed in the ride.

 

[Sgt. York]

I grew up in the boonies and when I got a tick on me I gently pulled it off and went on my way. What is this going to the ER all about?

 

[Red Squirrel]

I grew up in the boonies and when I got a tick on me I gently pulled it off and went on my way. What is this going to the ER all about?

Not getting lyme disease. If you don't get it treated fast enough it will be very bad news. You need to go on antibiotics.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/lyme-disease

 

[highland145]

Not getting lyme disease. If you don't get it treated fast enough it will be very bad news. You need to go on antibiotics.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/lyme-disease

Yeah, so does @Zanovar on his corner runs.

 

[Zanovar]

Yeah, so does @Zanovar on his corner runs.

Corner runs?,i was the best player they ever had.chicken and chips.i also fucked his wife

 

[highland145]

Corner runs?,i was the best player they ever had.chicken and chips.i also fucked his wife

So not the dillo's mates. More rabbits?