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Re: [RC] [RC] Ticks - Juli JakubNot to make anyone feel bad, but I am just feeling sorry for all of you. The High Peaks area of the Adirondacks seems to be pretty tick and flea free. I have been up here for over three years now and have yet to see a tick on my dogs, ferret, horses, or myself. And no fleas either and I don't treat the dogs with anything. I have no idea why...they must not like the weather up here! I do have to deal with them when we visit home to Massachusetts which we are doing next week, so from what I have heard so far from you all I am going to buy some Frontline!! But just so you don't think I am gloating the deer and black flies up here can be brutal! Cheers, Juli Jakub The Air of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears. ~ arabian proverb >From: Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: Carol Suggs <limofunder@xxxxxxx> >CC: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: [RC] Ticks >Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:35:08 -0400 > >Believe it or not we don't have much of a tick problem (at least >were I live) in FL. My dog has the run of our woods (10 acres) and >the pasture (22 acres) and very seldom does he have a tick. He >probably picks up one a month at most and I'm not sure those are not >imported from our travels on endurance rides. But we do have lots of >birds and lots of woodpeckers. We have on outbreak of "seed ticks" >every few years but they don't last long - a few weeks. Actually I >think those things are actually mites rather than ticks. > >However, that was not the case when I was a kid in Western KY. The >ticks there were horrible. Walk to the lake to go fishing and pick >10 off your legs. We pulled them off the dogs - these were big dime >sized suckers - every few days in the summer. Ticks here aren't much >of a concern on a daily basis - so I don't sweat them. If I still >lived in Western KY, I probably would. We do have fleas buy I guess >I kept them at bay before the advent of all these posions so I >suspect I can still keep them at bay without using them. > >The best way I've found to keep ticks at bay is to keep them out of >your house. If you have carpet they will get in it and breed. Since >you don't have a hard freeze in your carpet they will not die in the >winter and they will keep breeding and reinfesting your dogs and the >dog's owner. Once in the carpet it is almost impossible to >completely get rid of short of a complete fumigation of the house. >Even after that it only takes a couple being transported back in the >carpets on a persons shoes to start the colony anew. > >Neither house we have lived in down her had any carpet whatsoever. >The floors are either wood or cermanic tile. That does two things, >tends to keep it cooler in the summer and keeps the ticks out of the >house - or at least from breeding in carpets. > >We seem to have a lot less problems with fleas than folks with >carpet in thier house. > >Truman > >Carol Suggs wrote: > >>I am getting on this post late...but for what its worth. When we >>lived in Texas 19+ years ago we really battled with the tick thing >>and the dogs. It was constant, every evening for about a 7 month >>period we did the pick and squish method. I don't think at that >>time we had stuff to use except the powder and normal flea/tick >>collars. I swear in Texas the ticks were horrible when we lived >>there. >>In California we really don't seem to have much of a problem where >>we live but for about a 6 month period they seem to be a little >>more active than the rest of the year. We use Front Line flea and >>tick top spot and it seems to work pretty well. I also buy the >>higher dosage and dispense accordingly as it is a little cheaper >>than buying the individual vials and also do every other month >>application. >>We have 515 acres and although our dogs techincally have the run of >>the place, they are always with us, but do go on rides with us and >>are in the pond, grasses and brush when we ride. When we aren't >>riding they are lazy butts that hang around sleeping at the barn or >>on the porch. >>I still check them for ticks and once in awhile I will find a few >>(back to the pick and squish). When I discussed with our vet as to >>why they still got a few ticks when I am using the Front line and >>the vet replied, " try not using it and see how many you get". >>I use repellant myself when I ride, hike or when we are cutting >>wood and brushing. We make sure that our horses are sprayed as >>well. To use chemicals has risks, but so does obtaining an illness >>from these critters. >>I know a trainer who contracted lyme disease years ago and it has >>really zapped him. He has to be very careful as he now seems to be >>overly sensative to getting run down and getting sick. >>To each his own, but I would prefer to use the chemicals when it >>comes to the tick thing. > > > >-- > >?The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second >class citizen to a second class immortal.? 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