I hate ticks!

April 10, 2021, 08:38 PM

chbibc

I hate ticks!

Spent a beautiful morning on my hunting land today walking around and clearing some trees that have fallen. Brought home a nice truckload of firewood. Also brought home some ticks. I hate those things! Time to break out the permethrin spray for next time (which I forgot this morning).

April 10, 2021, 10:30 PM

flesheatingvirus

I grew up in Tennessee. Besides the weather, the lack of ticks (and chiggers) is one of the best things about moving to New Mexico.

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April 11, 2021, 07:20 AM

dynorat

No ticks in New Mexico??? Hmmmm...

Dogs been looking at me funny for using their shampoo and now think the tick spray is desirable since I use it on me first.

We need a war on ticks. Worse than covid.

April 11, 2021, 07:48 AM

nhracecraft

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No ticks in New Mexico???

Maybe not, but SCORPIANS!!!

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April 11, 2021, 07:56 AM

.38supersig

Uh, oh.

If I didn't know any better, chbibc just got ticked off.

April 11, 2021, 08:02 AM

chbibc

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Originally posted by .38supersig:
Uh, oh.

If I didn't know any better, chbibc just got ticked off.

Ugh

April 11, 2021, 08:13 AM

shovelhead

quote:
Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
I grew up in Tennessee. Besides the weather, the lack of ticks (and chiggers) is one of the best things about moving to New Mexico.

Maybe not in your area but in the southern part of the state they sure are. My first tick bite came while working a wildfire south of Socorro in the bosque, this was in the early 80’s.

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April 11, 2021, 08:22 AM

Micropterus

As someone who has had Lyme disease twice, I concur with your sentiments regarding ticks. I hate them more than fire ants.

April 11, 2021, 09:45 AM

Gustofer

You need a bunch of wild turkeys. They eat the heck out of ticks.

We get a fair amount in this area, but locally there are a couple flocks of turkeys that wander around and I've yet to find one (knock on wood) on my property.

April 11, 2021, 01:31 PM

flesheatingvirus

quote:
Originally posted by shovelhead:
quote:
Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
I grew up in Tennessee. Besides the weather, the lack of ticks (and chiggers) is one of the best things about moving to New Mexico.

Maybe not in your area but in the southern part of the state they sure are. My first tick bite came while working a wildfire south of Socorro in the bosque, this was in the early 80’s.

True, but I haven't seen a single one in my area. I live just east of ABQ on the other side of the mountains. No bosque around here. I also haven't seen any in the mountainous areas.

April 12, 2021, 12:24 AM

chongosuerte

I was in Florida a few weeks ago, out in the woods a ways north of Orlando.

I was wearing khaki pants and looked down, had two hundred + seed ticks on me. Tiny, but when you see that many at once you can. That’s no exaggeration. I spent quite a while knocking them off, bagged up my pants, checked and rechecked. Somehow I got them before they got me.

I usually know better and soak everything in permethrin before going there. Oopsie...never again.

I swear everything in Florida wants to kill me. Last time I was down there I was grilling steak on my mom’s porch when a bear showed up next door.

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April 12, 2021, 06:54 AM

Jimbo Jones

Dont forget about the chiggers and the mosquitoes!

quote:
Originally posted by chongosuerte:
I was in Florida a few weeks ago, out in the woods a ways north of Orlando.

I was wearing khaki pants and looked down, had two hundred + seed ticks on me. Tiny, but when you see that many at once you can. That’s no exaggeration. I spent quite a while knocking them off, bagged up my pants, checked and rechecked. Somehow I got them before they got me.

I usually know better and soak everything in permethrin before going there. Oopsie...never again.

I swear everything in Florida wants to kill me. Last time I was down there I was grilling steak on my mom’s porch when a bear showed up next door.

April 12, 2021, 07:12 AM

Batty67

I'm with you on hating ticks! As I've gotten older , I've developed a really (really) bad allergic reaction to ticks. Every time I get one all my lymph nodes on the side of the body that got a tick get swollen and painful for days or even a week. The tick bite itself will swell to like a 2" radius raised disc and itch and burn for up to a month. They will often look like they are healing and the attachment site will "blow up" again in terms of itching and burning, taking someimes 2 months to fully go away, often with a scar.

April 12, 2021, 08:32 AM

V-Tail

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Originally posted by chongosuerte:

Last time I was down there . . . a bear showed up next door.

Next door is OK, especially if the neighbors are the annoying type.

I have video of a large black bear at my front door. He (she?) has been roaming our neighborhood for many months. We are really city / suburban, not rural, although there are some small wooded areas where Mr. (Ms.?) Bear probably lives. No problems with people or pets reported to date, other than Bear investigating garbage cans that are left outside overnight (stoopid people!).

April 15, 2021, 09:12 AM

gjgalligan

quote:
Originally posted by chongosuerte:

I swear everything in Florida wants to kill me. door.

I have heard similar comments in the past from many people.
I took that advice seriously and never moved to Florida when I retired.

April 15, 2021, 04:44 PM

jimb888

I changed my thoughts about Possums when I learned that an average possum eats 5000 ticks a season. They noted that the Possums don't carry Lyme as well.

April 15, 2021, 05:24 PM

barryinpa

somehow I must be lucky regarding ticks, as I very rarely ever have one on me. a lot of my work involved cutting large tracts of land with a hydro-ax, like a big brush hog that can cut 8" trees and such, so on inspecting land, the others with me are crawling with ticks, and I always have none. last time there were 5 of us, the rest covered, me none. always assumed it was because I like a lot of garlic, and ticks don't.
Barry

April 16, 2021, 04:58 AM

henryaz

quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:
You need a bunch of wild turkeys. They eat the heck out of ticks.

Guineas likewise.

April 16, 2021, 05:42 AM

BB61

My dad nearly died of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from a tick bite when I was a kid. I hate the things.

April 16, 2021, 11:25 AM

GregY

One of the odd little creepy things that I wish I could forget....

A few years ago I found a dead tick on the blanket on my bed. It was flat, so I like to think it means it was just stuck on clothes or something and perished before it could attach anywhere. But it was on MY BED. (on my side, not my wife's)

It wasn't even on me. I really don't like ticks.