Deer Ticks

[CalG]

I don't get the "paper tube traps" spread around a property.

There are 10 kazillion deer ticks per acre of fringe land. The tubes with "eradicate" doped cotton balls might neutralize 1000 individual ticks.

That still leaves 10 kazillion* deer ticks to cause problems. *(ticks breed faster than they can be caught and killed)

Seems a lot like pissing into the wind.

 

[crash325]

Saw video some place that said pepper mint would discurage or keep away ticks. moth balls & moth flakes may help also.

Just guessing. But I think the females come out laying eggs .

 

[DaveNJ]

Thanks about the info on permetherin guys. I've never heard of it and have to try it. Incidentally, my trail walking buddy ( a german shepard and the best dog there ever was) got up our bed yesterday unauthorized. When the woman got home she saw "someone" left the bedroom door opened and there were over a dozen dead ticks on the bed. The way frontline works is that the tick isn't killed until they bite the dog. The **** things make my skin crawl and I don't want to sleep with them whether dead or alive.

 

[Travelover]

I use those Harbor Freight moving blankets to protect my car seat from the dog. I sprayed the blanket with permethrin on both sides and my hope is that it will minimize any ticks the dog brings home.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

I heard the right way to use permethrin for deer ticks is soak cotton ball in it, stuff the them in empty toilet paper tubes, scatter the tubes/100 around your property, mice find them, make nest with the permethrin cotton balls and that kills the ticks because the mice carry the ticks, should be called mice ticks not deer ticks.

Use PVC pipe so the rain doesn't wash the permethrin out and destroy the tubes. The lightweight stuff is cheap, even at the 1 1/4" size.

I don't get the "paper tube traps" spread around a property.

There are 10 kazillion deer ticks per acre of fringe land. The tubes with "eradicate" doped cotton balls might neutralize 1000 individual ticks.

That still leaves 10 kazillion* deer ticks to cause problems. *(ticks breed faster than they can be caught and killed)

Seems a lot like pissing into the wind.

Well, that's a nice theory, but the facts are otherwise. It's been proven to reduce the populations. It's not an instant fix, and it's not 100%, but it does make a big difference. The more years you do it, the more ticks that don't reproduce, the lower the population gets.


For those who don't want to spray chemicals around the house, this stuff does help keep them at bay.

 

[groundcover]

Insect shield clothing is pretty handy s well, it's already treated.

Insect & Mosquito Repellent Clothing - Permethrin Treated Clothes | Insect Shield

 

[Soldier415]

Just spread season long grub killer on all the lawns. Says it kills ticks too. We shall see.

Just hoping that the grub control keeps us from being overrun by japanese beetles this year

 

[crazyal]

Thanks about the info on permetherin guys. I've never heard of it and have to try it. Incidentally, my trail walking buddy ( a german shepard and the best dog there ever was) got up our bed yesterday unauthorized. When the woman got home she saw "someone" left the bedroom door opened and there were over a dozen dead ticks on the bed. The way frontline works is that the tick isn't killed until they bite the dog. The **** things make my skin crawl and I don't want to sleep with them whether dead or alive.

My vet recommended using Advantix II over Frontline. Frontline mixes with your dog's blood so a tick has to get to the blood before it's poisoned. The Advantix II works in the sweat glands. When you put it on your dog it's absorbed by the skin over a day and then it both kills ticks that bite before they get to the blood and the sweat glands emit a repellent to help kept them off in the first place. I've never had a tick problem since switching to it. But I don't have much of a tick problem to begin with around my house.

I don't think attracting mice is a win so I'm not sure if putting down pieces of pipe around your property is something I would try. They do enough damage as it is. If anything I try to kill them whenever possible. One thing I do is keep the grass short and the weeds cut down. Ticks love tall weeds. They wait for an animal to walk by and jump and weeds get them that much higher.

 

[Travelover]

My vet recommended using Advantix II over Frontline. Frontline mixes with your dog's blood so a tick has to get to the blood before it's poisoned. The Advantix II works in the sweat glands. ................

I don't think this is true, according to the Frontline FAQ. The poison is on the fur, not in the blood. Killing Fleas & Ticks with FRONTLINE(R) Plus | FAQs

 

[Ford850]

I don't think this is true, according to the Frontline FAQ. The poison is on the fur, not in the blood. Killing Fleas & Ticks with FRONTLINE(R) Plus | FAQs

From that link:
"FRONTLINE Plus has 2 secret weapons: fipronil and (S)-methoprene. Once FRONTLINE Plus is applied, this combo stores itself in the oil glands in your pet's skin. It then self-distributes continuously for 1 month to your pet's hair and skin through the hair follicles. Fleas or ticks that come in contact with your pet are dead meat."

 

[DaveNJ]

Even more reason to get the big dog size and apply it to my back where I can't lick it.

 

[Ford850]

I noticed there is both Frontline, and Frontline Plus available. So I dug a little and found this very good description of each.
Difference Between Frontline and Frontline Plus | Difference Between

 

[Travelover]

Even more reason to get the big dog size and apply it to my back where I can't lick it.

I noticed that a 12 pack of this stuff is the same cost for big dogs and little dogs. I buy the big dog size and just use a partial tube per month on my smaller dog. Cuts the cost in half.

 

[Thomas]

Last evening restack some fire wood rake the open area,while setting in chair watch tv later on felt something on my shoulder..yup tick,wife remove it plus another that just start to dig into me...**** things.

 

[forgeblast]

For tick removal, get the tick tornado or tic twister, they look like mini crow bars. I have the tick key, and its great for dog ticks but would not remove a deer tick I had in me.
I use talstar around our property, its pet safe once washed in. Look at diypest control dot com and you can see the various tick killers.
Treatment 21days of doxicycline is what I have been given most times.
Experts Warn of Increases in Potentially Deadly Tick-Borne Powassan Virus | WNEP.com was a local article about powassan virus, no known cure......Hate ticks.

 

[CalG]

Is hydrogen Peroxide useful for getting ticks to back out?

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Is hydrogen Peroxide useful for getting ticks to back out?

Not even a tiny bit. Doesn't hurt to use it on the wound after they are removed.

Use a pair of very fine nosed tweezers, get as close to the skin as you can, and twist them out. A magnifying glass helps, as does a having a third hand.

 

[dmccarty]

Use a pair of very fine nosed tweezers, get as close to the skin as you can, and twist them out. A magnifying glass helps, as does a having a third hand.

Don't use tweezers to remove a tick unless it is the only way to access the tick.

We use this flat tick puller all of the time, Amazon.com : Pro-tick Remedy with 5x Magnifier, Key Chain, Tick Id Card and Tick Tutorial : Tick Removal Device : Pet Supplies. If we cannot access the tick with the flat tick puller we use a tick twister.

The problem with trying to remov a tick with a flame, lit cigarette, chemicals, or tweezers is that they can cause the tick to puke into the host which is when diseases can be spread.

The previously mentioned tick pullers easily remove ticks unless the tick has had time to deeply embed itself in the host at which point tweezers are about all you can use.

Later,
Dan

 

[forgeblast]

Amazon.com : Tick Twister Tick Remover Set with Small and Large (Pack of 2 Sets) : Pet Supplies is what we use, It gets the little ones no problem. I have a set in the barn, truck, house, and wifes car.