Ticks...

Dogs have just changed their meds as this years collar isn’t working
 
ymfb said:
All you need is a lit cigar....
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Assuming you are joking, but that is the very last thing you need to do! It's important to remove the tick without stressing it in order to prevent the tick regurgitating its last blood meal back into you, together with the microbes that cause Lyme Disease...as well as other nasty diseases.

The old tales of butter, meths fag-ends etc are no use....just rip it out asap with one of the tools available...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/OTom-02-37...42&hvtargid=pla-400577032211&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

is one such...
 
gerarddwatts said:
Assuming you are joking, but that is the very last thing you need to do! It's important to remove the tick without stressing it in order to prevent the tick regurgitating its last blood meal back into you, together with the microbes that cause Lyme Disease...as well as other nasty diseases.

The old tales of butter, meths fag-ends etc are no use....just rip it out asap with one of the tools available...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/OTom-02-37...42&hvtargid=pla-400577032211&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

is one such...
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Neighbour had a tick a few years ago, couldn't get in at the GPs so booked in at vets who sorted it :aidan
 
Can humans take something for them? The cocker does. They fall off him and attack me. I found one heading in my direction across the dining room table. I tried crushing him with a finger but had to resort to something heavier.
 
Took 26 of the wee beasties off of my two young dogs the other week after a training session on a patch of ground I've not used before . . . or will again :mad:. Subsequently got one of the little feckers helping itself to my red stuff :mad:. The dogs are now on 4 weekly treatment to kill the little blood suckers when they attach for lunch - normally 4-6 weeks but given the current infestation, 4 weeks should help keep them clear.

I use a tick lasso on the daogs (and myself when required :rolleyes:). Wok like the forked thingy (got them as well) but employ a very thin plastic lasso which you get around the head of the fecker and rotate till it lets go.

SteveT

:cool:
 
The dog gets tick and flee ointment I’ve no idea if it’s any good really. Haven’t been able to go very far because of lockdown so only found the one making its way towards me, I’m presuming he brought it in with him. I thought there was something humans could take that they didn’t like like the stuff dogs get.
 
Rick 1600 said:
Can humans take something for them? The cocker does. They fall off him and attack me. I found one heading in my direction across the dining room table. I tried crushing him with a finger but had to resort to something heavier.
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Put them on the AGA hot plate.....

I don't think there is a human equivalent of dog stuff.
 
gerarddwatts said:
Assuming you are joking, but that is the very last thing you need to do! It's important to remove the tick without stressing it in order to prevent the tick regurgitating its last blood meal back into you, together with the microbes that cause Lyme Disease...as well as other nasty diseases.

The old tales of butter, meths fag-ends etc are no use....just rip it out asap with one of the tools available...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/OTom-02-37...42&hvtargid=pla-400577032211&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

is one such...
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A comb does the same thing.
Pulled over 45 off my late Father In Laws sheepdog. He, a farmer, was too repulsed by htem to do it himself.
 
We are issued Rovince clothing , socks,trousers,shirts, normally only the trousers get worn ,which look pretty much like green/brown combats. Absolutely a game changer as there are only one or two ticks per year on a person,sometimes none at all.

As for dogs, a few of us have stopped with the dosing of chemicals and use Billy no mates natural remedies treatment with very good results . There was some suspicion that constant chemical treatments were affecting dogs from a few folk I know.
 
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gerarddwatts said:
Assuming you are joking, but that is the very last thing you need to do! It's important to remove the tick without stressing it in order to prevent the tick regurgitating its last blood meal back into you, together with the microbes that cause Lyme Disease...as well as other nasty diseases.

The old tales of butter, meths fag-ends etc are no use....just rip it out asap with one of the tools available...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/OTom-02-37...42&hvtargid=pla-400577032211&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

is one such...
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Your correct in what you say it is a life changing disease. My buddy has it bad due to not being diagnosed in time, he is 43 and now looks a really weary old man, if you dont have the tool to extract the tick, dose it in Alcohol and it will come out no problem, if red mark appears later go straight to doctor.
 
gerry b said:
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Your correct in what you say it is a life changing disease. My buddy has it bad due to not being diagnosed in time, he is 43 and now looks a really weary old man, if you dont have the tool to extract the tick, dose it in Alcohol and it will come out no problem, if red mark appears later go straight to doctor.
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......and potentially fatal! In 2015 I got a tick bite on my left leg. Didn’t recognise it quickly enough and got cellulitis and pseudomonas (similar to MRSA) - 4 weeks on intravenous anti-biotics; 5 recurrences over 18 months; no fun whatsoever! It also buggered up the veins in my leg some of which I had to have lasered out.
I’d thoroughly recommend avoiding ticks altogether.
 
Again, do not stress the tick with heat, alcohol or anything else.

Interesting words re Rovince...certainly looked at it but haven't bought any. Not so good for the guys who wear estate tweeds. Used to get quite a few guys wearing the kilt at the grouse, but not so now with the prevalence of ticks, which seem to have had a good year..they are also spreading higher up the hill nowadays.

I don't even know when I had a tick, but I certainly had Lymes! Eventually, 3 weeks of daily intravenous antibiotics!

https://www.monarchcountryproducts.co.uk/rovince-anti-tick-clothing
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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