I've never seen a tick in my life up until last summer. Last week I went into an old grown up junkyard and came out COVERED in teeny tiny little ticks. Luckily none of them bit me, I swiped them all off, but I was itching like a crack head for the rest of the day worried that I missed one. I just went to another grown up junkyard on my lunch break, about 25 miles away from the one I went to last week. I got covered in them again, and again I'm scratching myself... You've been warned!
Those are seed ticks.... they look like dust crawling.... I usually just rub them off and it rolls them up. I spray though with Off!!
These ones were the size of sesame seeds. Some were brown, some were red-ish orange. One good thing about cold weather, not as many critters.
I used to tie a kerosene soaked rag around my ankle (I always wore boots) when I was younger and going into the woods. They say that a good flea collar helps as well. Ticks don't bother me when they do bury they always die for some reason, guess my blood is toxic. I hate chiggers though, those little bastards get under your skin and the only way to lose them is a bath with clorax or lots of camphophenique ( sp?). Bwooooha
You found junkyards to go into? When we were in the one yard a few years ago, I found a tick when I got home that had hooked on under the edge of my short sleeve. What a pain in the ass to get rid of him, was just where I could barely reach.
This thread will get deleted, but be aware of Lyme Disease from ticks. Most people around here have gotten it. It's bad stuff, and spreading to nearby states. I have it , and my son too, and....
And Rocky Mountain fever, which can severely damage your brain, is now available WAY east of the Rockies. I know a guy who caught it in Maryland, and since that is supposed to be impossible, it was not properly diagnosed before he was pretty well totalled mentally and physically. Most satisfying moment I can remember: I once peeled a tick off of my back at a military vehicle show, and had the pure joy of hurling him under the track of an armored personnel carrier that was going by!
i always sprinkle some sulfur in my pant cuffs [available at any drug store] before i go into any wooded area.ticks don`t like the stuff.
Since we all wander into fields and yards looking for great old "junk" to build our rides, this is a great thread to remind us all of the dangers lying in wait and to take precautions. Thanks for possibly saving a life!!
Same thing happened to a fella down in thre Ozarks when I live down there. Rocky Mountain Spotted fever comes from wood ticks where as limes desease comes from deer ticks. My daugheter got limes desease this summer when we went for a walk in the woods and got a couple of tics. Go figure. I told her, "I want to check you for tics" and she slapped me. Good kid, she's just like her dad.
A lyme tcick has to bite for 12 hours or more in order to infect you with Lyme Disease. just an FYI If you get them out soon enough; you wont be infected
Makes me wonder why where i live is not overpopulated. Sure we have some unbearable summer weather, but right now the front door is wide open, i am wearing shorts and a t shirt with the sun shinning nice and bright. Actually we have been having near record breaking highs.
Watch for red spots on your body. I had it 3 yrs ago. Never saw any red spots but felt extremely tired, headaches and neck aches. Went to doctor and he suggested a blood test for LD. Sure enough it came back positive. Put me on antibiotics and been fine since. Nothing to ignore. Have your wife or whomever check your body out .
i dont worry about them little buggers. we live in the woods. im more worried about copperheads and rattlesnakes.which i actually love to catch but its when i dont see them that scares the hell out of me.as far as ticks i cant go out in the yard without gettin a few on my britches.or fleas...
If you take your wife or girl friend with you it could lead to something more fun during a close inspection.
I kind of think that is what that country singer was trrying to imply. I was just trying to agrivate the kid.
they are right on about these ticks can make you sick and cause memory loss as i witnessed it happen to my uncle and it was heartbreaking seeing someone you looked up to crumble before your eyes because of a small bug bite!
55 dude, you are so right . it is sad to see someone you care about go to hell because of a small little bug.funny how something so small can be deadly.
Best you can do is try to avoid it but if you don't just roll with the punches. Life is going to happen no matter what we do, good or bad it is just life.
That's complete bullshit. You'd be better off telling people the tooth fairy is real. As someone who has been wiped out for a few years now from chronic lyme disease, I hope none of you, nor your loved ones ever have to go through it. It can mess you up severely both mentally, and physically. Get educated: http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/ Also, to stay on topic. This is perfection:
The girl had all of her tics off within a couple of hours, the wife checked her over, it was one of the first that I removed that got the hard spot and the ring. She got diagnosed quick like within a couple of weeks and got on the meds. Hopefully she will do alright, but if she doesn't she comes from tough stock so she'll be OK anyway. Oh by the way that Spencer fella could sure build a car couldn't he.
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