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Post by Ragtop on Mar 31, 2022 12:37:57 GMT -5
... than TICKS!
I just came in from trimming some trees when I saw an ad on FB that featured one of those blood-sucking bastiges crawling up somebody's arm. Now I feel them crawling all over me.
Seriously, I'd rather deal with a rattlesnake than an effing tick. I wonder what the good Lord was thinking when he invented those things?
But I guess it's that time- time to buy some Frontline for the dog. Don't want him dragging one into the house.
Come to think of it, the FB ad was for Frontline. Brilliant advertising on their part! Worked on me, anyway.
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Post by rickyguitar on Mar 31, 2022 12:42:19 GMT -5
Nasty little buggers, no doubt.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Mar 31, 2022 13:17:00 GMT -5
I found a tick on my mutt this morning so I slipped a new Seresto collar on her. They've been working well for us for a couple years.
Not so much for me -- I've been bitten at least once for the past five years.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 31, 2022 14:06:10 GMT -5
Found ticks on my dog and also on my wife (twice!). Lol, when my wife discovered a tick embedded in her upper/inner thigh, I was alerted by a sound coming from the shower not unlike the Nazgul on the LOTR.
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 31, 2022 15:01:52 GMT -5
Pulled one off the upper back of my right arm last month. It was a black-legged (deer) tick, which is the type that carries lyme disease (usually I only pick up dog ticks, which do not). Got the tick and my blood tested and the tests were both negative. They said that actually, only about 2% of the ticks in my area test positive.
My understanding is that if you do get infected with lyme disease, it's very important to start treatment earlier rather than later, so I figure it's best to err on the side of caution when it comes to the testing.
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Post by LTB on Mar 31, 2022 17:00:23 GMT -5
I hate them, You have to heat their butts so they back out rather than pulling them out and causing their heads to break off in you.
Another are mosquitos and large waterbug Chickenroaches that can come from the sewer through the water in the traps and out your sink, bathtub or toilet.
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Post by rickyguitar on Mar 31, 2022 17:27:41 GMT -5
Pulled one off the upper back of my right arm last month. It was a black-legged (deer) tick, which is the type that carries lyme disease (usually I only pick up dog ticks, which do not). Got the tick and my blood tested and the tests were both negative. They said that actually, only about 2% of the ticks in my area test positive. My understanding is that if you do get infected with lyme disease, it's very important to start treatment earlier rather than later, so I figure it's best to err on the side of caution when it comes to the testing. One of my brothers had Lyme disease. Got bit on his back where he could not see it. He is single and lives alone so it went unnoticed for awhile. He said it was really miserable. Dr installed a Pic line and he had to self administer an antibiotic daily. Said he had never been so sick. Be careful and be alert. |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 31, 2022 17:35:11 GMT -5
Our son's girlfriend got lyme disease and was misdiagnosed and treated for over a year for Rheumatoid arthritis. She now has to get some kind of monthly infusions and will likely live with this the rest of her life.
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Post by Leftee on Mar 31, 2022 18:01:56 GMT -5
Our son's girlfriend got lyme disease and was misdiagnosed and treated for over a year for Rheumatoid arthritis. She now has to get some kind of monthly infusions and will likely live with this the rest of her life. I asked my Dr. to test me for Lyme when we were thinking I was dealing with RA. No Lyme. Otoh - de coconut… |
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Post by Ragtop on Mar 31, 2022 18:03:21 GMT -5
Mosquitos- I was down by the river a couple days ago and spotted one on my car and smashed it. Caused me to wonder how many thousands of those pesky things I prevented in August by smashing one in mid-March.
Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Hard to know.
My place is at el. 8500, too high for mosquitos. I've seen two up here in 4.5 years. Nice to be able to sit outside at night without slapping those things.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 31, 2022 18:10:20 GMT -5
Our son's girlfriend got lyme disease and was misdiagnosed and treated for over a year for Rheumatoid arthritis. She now has to get some kind of monthly infusions and will likely live with this the rest of her life. I asked my Dr. to test me for Lyme when we were thinking I was dealing with RA. No Lyme. Otoh - de coconut… Yeah, she really got jacked up from it. Supposedly the treatment she received for RA exacerbated her illness, now can't do gluten or dairy. No issues with those prior. |
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Post by Leftee on Mar 31, 2022 18:17:36 GMT -5
I asked my Dr. to test me for Lyme when we were thinking I was dealing with RA. No Lyme. Otoh - de coconut… Yeah, she really got jacked up from it. Supposedly the treatment she received for RA exacerbated her illness, now can't do gluten or dairy. No issues with those prior. RA treatments are nothing to fool with. I'm glad my rheumatologist is very conservative when it comes to that. There is no definitive testing for RA. Tread lightly is a prudent strategy. |
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Post by Opie on Apr 1, 2022 6:55:05 GMT -5
Timely posting . So last week I had my yearly appointment with my dermatologist for a skin check. I hear her say what's this as she's examining my back. It was a tick ! I was embarrassed to say the least, but she assured me it wasn't the first one she ever found.
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 1, 2022 10:02:12 GMT -5
I couldn't see the one on my arm. I just felt kind of an itch and then felt something when I reached around. Went and looked in the mirror and saw what looked like a little black skin tag. I've spent way too much of my lifetime in the sun at the beach, so melanoma is always in the back of my mind. Asked the wife to have a look and she was able to get an eyeball close and see that it was a tick. The surrounding skin was a little swollen, so the tick was half hidden, with its hind end and two rear legs only visible. It wasn't very engorged, so it much have latched on the previous day.
I always use a tick fork (pull and twist simultaneously) to remove them because I read somewhere that if you douse them with a solvent or squeeze them with tweezers, they may puke into the wound, increasing the chances of infecting you if they do have lyme disease.
They are truly vile little bass-tidges.
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