Did our standard walk round Loughrigg with the dogs last weekend and found one of the horrible little shits imbedded into one of the pooches this morning 🤬 Surprised it was there tbh, thought it was a bit early in the year. (Although it has been quite mild this winter in the NW)
Took one off our dog in February. Mentioned it to the vet and she said they are year round now, but obviously not as many as summer.
Yeah taken three off doggos in the past few weeks. Pretty much all year in borders.
They are active all year.
Amazing critters.
Whilst there are plenty of reasons not to live in the Thames Valley, a general lack of tricks and midgies provides a glimmer of a silver lining.
Ticks have been around all winter, Midges will be here too soon. Thames valley is bound to have its advantages, probably many advantages. I'll stick with the ticks and midges though 😊
Seem much more common and widespread these days, 15 years riding everywhere in the peaks and up until the last couple of years never had one. Had 3 or 4 now from local rides and ride less than i used to.
The cat stayed miraculously still despite a low, warning growl, while I pulled a monster tick off his neck this morning, satisfyingly.intact and alive till I crushed it and binned it (not supposed to flush them apparently).
Russell Kane needs to do an Evil:Genius episode on ticks. I know where my vote'd go.
satisfyingly.intact and alive till I crushed it and binned it (not supposed to flush them apparently).
Why is that? So badass they'll crawl up out of someone else's toilet?
Daughter number 2 (13) does conservation volunteering and took three off her legs the other weekend despite not having been doing anything particularly deep in the undergrowth. Guess where there are sheep, deer or dogs you'll get ticks these days.
Just got this from Gemini about their disposal, I'll post as I thought it was handy to know.
In regard to flushing them, yes, they can crawl back up to become a nasty tag but I suppose. As opposed to nice tagnuts.
Safe Disposal: Place the tick in a sealed bag, wrap it in tape, or put it in a container with rubbing alcohol to ensure it is fully disposed of.
Flushing: You can flush the tick down the toilet, but ensure it goes down.
Never Crush: Never crush a tick with your bare hands, as this can release infectious fluids.
Why is that? So badass they'll crawl up out of someone else's toilet?
Something to do with the spread of lymes I think, although reading that back it seems unlikely... I weap in tissue and crush with the tweezers.
I weap in tissue
Cheer up fella, here if your need us.
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I'm in Northumbria this weekend - one of our friends just discovered a tick on her leg... Wee shites.
The flea treatment tablets our dogs have kill/disable ticks before they get embedded so the first you know that ticks are about they drop off waving legs in the air!
Regular pet killer here is the paralysis tick… but apparently our region has just been identified as the hot spot for tick borne mammalian meat allergy.
Not pleasant anaphylactic shock type thing.
https://allergyfacts.org.au/allergy/mammalian-meat/
The flea treatment tablets our dogs have kill/disable ticks before they get embedded so the first you know that ticks are about they drop off waving legs in the air!
It's shame there's no flea treatment tablet for humans.
I haven't seen any here yet this year, but the midges were out in force on Saturday.
It's shame there's no flea treatment tablet for humans.
Not really, we're already causing enough bother regularly dosing dogs with insecticide, let alone humans who shower regularly (hopefully).
As others have mentioned, get some of the flea and tick treatment for your dogs, i regularly keep on top of it for my pooch as she seems to be a magnet for them.
I learned seemingly a great trick though early last year, I bought some new knee pads 7idp sam hill ones and they're really long, combined with long socks, bib shorts and TLD Sprint pants I've touch wood been tick free since, I assume its because all my soft white meat is like a badly packed sausage behind socks pads shorts and pants lol
Have never been nibbled anywhere else mind, arms or under t shirt etc always legs
For just over a couple of years I've been treating my trousers with Lifesystems EX4, havent had a tick since.