Posted on 08/05/2025 1:04:09 PM PDT by Red Badger
Lone star ticks are huge, as big as bottle caps. And they have big teeth. Don’t mess with Texas ticks.
Rumor has it ostrich is safe for people with alpha-gal and I’ve had it and you would not know it was not beef.
We also use Sawyers permethrin spray.
I’ve heard that Lyme was genetically engineered.
I thought I’ve heard that alph-gal might also be.
I’ve heard Guinea Hens do too, but are very raucous.
Try ostrich.
Apparently the Lone Star ticks causing alpha-gal are not the same are the deer ticks causing Lyme.
Lyme takes a minimum of 24 hours of being embedded to be able to even begin to transmit it.
My understanding is that one bite from the LST is enough to sensitize someone.
We live in tick country (NH) and do a tick check every single evening if we’ve been outside that day.
If they’re not embedded the most sure way of removing them from the gene pool is a piece of scotch tape. Put it on their back and they stick to it, wiggling their little legs helplessly in the air (love it), and I fold the tape over, seal it together around the edges, and toss it in the trash. They cannot get out of the sealed up tape.
Even the ones we pull off get the tape treatment, but we put them there.
...swears I dindu nuffin’ ... I likes red meat too ...
>> Don’t mess with Texas ticks.
Y’all got THAT right, boy. 🤠
I think I’m just going to stay right here in Alaska. At least I can see moose and bears from a distance.
Yep, ger the concentrated stuff, mix it up, and save a lot of money. Spray outside clothing (clothing used for hiking, fishing, walking etc) and it lasts for several washings. Don’t need to slather on skin, just do pants, socks maybe, but t definitely shoes, overcoat or overshirt. A bittke,of,concentrate lasts a long g time. MIx it 1 to 10 ratio.
Well, I’m never eating again. Thanks for saving me. Oh wait...
[[Lyme takes a minimum of 24 hours of being embedded to be able to even begin to transmit it.]]
I think that has changed. Happens in less than 16 hours they say (if the ticks had recdntly fed on other animals before boting human- the bacteria need time to migrate to mouth parts of tick when they feed on blood, so if they have recently fed, the process has a,ready begun) . And now they say that even the young ticks transmit- the young being so small you can’t see them really.
Ticks are nasty vile creatures.
Did the same with fleas. Works great.
I always dress in two layers and treat the outside layer. Keeps the permethrin off our skin.
Mr mm had a treated shirt and I found a tick on his back that was dead, and I have found dead ticks on my cruddy sweatpants even a couple weeks after them having been treated. I also tuck in my underlayer into the tops of my socks and they tuck the sweatpants into the tops of my treated boots. I have noticed ticks have a very decided preference for climbing up.
And we still do tick checks after being outside.
Interesting because I just heard that they’re now saying it takes closer to 36 hours.
Also, the nymphs are only infected 25% of the time where adults are 50%, but the nymphs transmit more Lyme because they are far harder to see so aren’t removed as often.
Thank you! That’s North of where Beau hunts for Black Bear.
I have not found a SINGLE tick of ANY stripe on the house dog and the two indoor/outdoor cats this season. I think all the rain washed them out.
Of course, everyone around here is still DOUSED on a regular basis, no matter what. ;)
Beau thought he had a tick eating on him earlier this Summer...turned out it was only a VERY mild case of Shingles. ;)
That’s my first thought, frankly.
Vampires?............
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