A possum eats thousands of ticks. We saw none until someone hit the possum we had on our land. Then ticks everywhere.
I did not know that- I know guinea foul eat a ton- as do chickens- not sure if you have the land for it- but chickens can i guess really keep down on them- I’m noticing more folks are getting guinea fouls in our area- (usually on farmlands)
But like you noticed- ticks are spreading very very quickly- even up into States like Maine, where it’s traditionally very cold in winter months- The dang things are unstopable without some kind of method to slow them down- if DDT can do it then let’s use it- this is turnign into a major health crisis-