How to avoid ticks
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- Ticks carry dangerous diseases like Lyme disease. Let me tell you how you can avoid getting bitten by ticks.
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I simply eat raw garlic and cashews. The garlic sweating out of my pores stops the ticks clinging to me.
I have been in the wilds for decades without problems. Right now I'm living and sleeping in a deep forest. It's hot weather, so I'm wearing just shorts and bare feet in sandals.
There is no way I would wear hot rubber Wellingtons! 🙄😂
I bet people don’t cling to you either. LOL Garlic also helps the animals with parasites too.
@@BelindaTN I pick women who love sharing the taste of garlic 🧄 on my tongue 😛 😂
@@Globetrotter-1 And woman ticks me off too. 😜
In Germany we now have a the tropical Hyalomma tick that is pretty big and moves very fast. It was first discovered in 2016... they say it was "brought over by birds" and now can survive over here because of "climate change". I wonder what else came over to germany 2015/16...
I wonder!
Highly qualified doctors and engineers? ;p
Ticks and leeches.
New Year's Eve, Köln...
Lots of ticks, cockroaches...
Holy crap. Is it like, those doctors can bring dangerous diseases to our continent??
Mild winters lead to more ticks. I hate to say it, but we need bitter cold months to reduce the tick population.
unfortunately, cold temps do not kill ticks. Anything under 45 just causes them to go dormant. What really effects the tick population is the deer population, birds, and wildfires.
@@benchase7537 from what I understand, if cold snaps are sudden and severe enough, they can kill ticks before they get the chance to go dormant. The best, and least destructive, solution would probably be to increase the opossum population, those little dudes are amazing at clearing out ticks. Unfortunately though, they're also really prone to becoming road waffles.
They are scattered again each year.
Also
-tuck your pants into your boots (even if you have lace up boots)
-tuck in your shirt
-wear long sleeves with a snug cuff on the wrist
-wear lighter colors that allow you to see a tick crawling on you
These things eliminate the ease of access to your skin! (And of course bug spray the hell out of your boots and pants)
i've heard that wrapping carpet tape close to the top of boots is a good way of stopping them from making their way up your leg but i've never tried it myself.
My Dog actually Died because of a tick !
I was Devestated . And I always washed him and had a tick collar and used ,
Tick spray ! It wasn't lime Deases it was another virus ticks carry the tick got Deep into
His ear before I noticed it . So always when checking your Dog's try to look down,
Into there ears as far as you can! RIP my precious Gizmo
We had 14 great years together 💔
Poor Gizmo.
Why do you think it was the tick that killed your dog? Did you run some tests?
Im so sorry, thats just awfull. Now I realy hate ticks. RIP Gizmo🙁🐾
My dog had a hepatitis in May we think, it enlarged and twisted her spleen, and attacked all other connecting organs.
She lived, after 4 days of 24hr medical care....And of course her own strength, her age and weakness at the time prohibited her from an operation.
She is 12, her name is Sonja, and she is happy.
I send you my sincere heartfelt condolences,
A dog's life is precious.
My cat died from tick paralysis, there is no serum for cats. When I found the tick, I had no idea of the danger. Either way, there was nothing they could do, though we tried fluids and other treatments. We've had an explosion of ticks in Canada since the late 90s. I live in the city, and have found ticks on my laundry when I brought it in off the line. UGH
Dogs are also prime targets for ticks. So they need to be checked as well as they can be carriers.
In my case, my husband is the prime target and carrier. 🤦🏻♀️ He loves the forest and is forever walking in one of the forests near by.
As I type this, he has a very nasty infection in his leg due to me missing one when I checked him over.
That's one reason sleeping with dogs in your bed is a horrible habit.
That's why sleeping with dogs in your bed horrifies me.
I stopped "avoiding" ticks because that's pretty much impossible. Maybe in wide open areas with little to no undergrowth but in a real dense forest... yeah, no. When I get home I throw all my clothes in the washer, hang my gear outside and take a looooong scruby shower.
I agree. I'm in dense forests or wild mountains etc almost every day and night. I take zero precautions (except consumption of garlic) and simply enjoy living without stress.
Yep. This is actually the only thing that works. Also, dress in white. Or wear the short shorts, because you can see them immediatelly when they crawl on your legs.
@@Globetrotter-1 It's not that I don't care, it's just the fact that whatever I try I'll still get them so I simply do what works - get rid of the clothes and check myself. I had lyme when I was a kid.
Thing about ticks is that they feed only three times and if you are their first meal than they are not dangerous at all. So the tiniest ones, larva stage, don't really bother me and I easy find larger ones. The nymphs are tricky, still small but nasty.
@@TeeGee782 I never where white or bright colours. Although I do agree with your point about wearing shorts. In fact I'm sitting right now in a forest at dusk wearing only shorts and bare feet.
hello my friends
use cold pressed organic extra virgin coconut oil and rub it onto your skin
cold pressed coconut oil is high in lauric acid which attacks the chitin shell of the insects so it will burn them if they try to bite into skin with the oil on it
they even avoid getting onto surfaces in the first place that have the oil on it
but be sure it is organic and cold pressed coconut oil
otherwise it will have a much lower content of lauric acid and it will not work as well or not at all
Let me tell you from personal experience: You do NOT want Lyme's disease. I got it when I was 9 or 10. Symptoms: Barely able to sleep, angry attitude, severe pain in knee, knee swole up like a soft ball. The treatment was to take antiobiotics which gave me a stomach ulcer, and have the fluid from my knee drained by a doctor with the biggest needle I've ever seen. The doctor said it's never really cured, and could flare up again and spread to my heart and kill me one day. Avoiding ticks is important. I thought I'd never get lyme's disease or a serious illness from ticks. I was wrong.
They made that in a lab as well as SARS-Cov2... just look up plum island. These people need to be held accountable. People will say it’s not true but that’s what they always say.
@@HaydenHKD these labs are not for our benefit, evil stuff
Me too. Both knees. So painful I couldnt walk. Got bartonella too messed up my feet permanently.
@@thewondersatyourfeet884so sorry for your problems! How are you doing now? Did you get better eventually?
I met a woman who has it and she was really struggling. She and her husband have to regularly go to the States for treatment. Costs her a lot of money. I am in Canada, and ticks are abundant.
I think they spray them on us, part of the agenda.
My oldest daughter has Lyme disease and has been on antibiotics a lot. On and off.
She does not like taking them because they really mess with you. She asked her doctor if she could try Ivermectin for the Lymes and he was all for her trying it. It is antiparasitic. She just finished the prescription, she thinks it is helping.
Time will tell!
Never saw ticks as a kid and I played in tall grass and woods daily. But back then (in the 90s) they would spray. They stopped spraying and now ticks are so bad. Canada won't recognize Lyme and doctors aren't trained to recognize or properly treat it. People here in Ontario Canada have to spend their life savings to go to Lyme clinics in Germany.
Why is it that doctors do that regarding Lyme?
I live in long island ny. The tick capital of the usa. Right across the long island sound from lyme Connecticut (ironically) my brother myself and my friend all contracted "alpha gale syndrome " from being bitten by the lone star tick. The disease makes you allergic to mammal meat and can last for years. Some people can go into anaphalactic shock after eating meat and be fatal. It took my brother 5 years to get over it and 2 years gor myself. I'm 69 years old and have spent my whole life hiking biking and camping in the woods. I don't ever remember any of these crazy tick born diseases.
Pretty sinister stuff.
I relocated to Sweden from the Scottish Highlands only to discover the ticks are worse here than there! Back in Scotland some years back I got Lyme disease from a tickbite, confirmed only due to the bullseye rash on my leg at the bite mark. I was given two weeks of strong antibiotics and no follow up. I've since discovered this was inadequate treatment and I've lived with Lyme's ever since. Don't mess with tick bites. Use the small kits when you hike or camp which can test an individual tick for Lyme if you notice it...many times people don't even realise they've been bitten. And young ticks are pinprick tiny but still bite. Also, get a doctor who *knows* how to treat Lyme disease.
Hello mate. Great advice. I have only had one tick that I found on my trouser bottom just above my walking boot. I was lucky. I met a bloke a few years ago who contracted wells disease and lost the hearing in one ear. So, yes the diseases they carry can be life changing. Great advice about the welly boot as us Brits call them.
I eat a lot of garlic
Never heard of these nasty critters back in the 70’s
It doesn't stop tick altogether, but I've kept ticks off my dogs and myself by having garlic in our diets. There's not really a limit on garlic for people, but for dogs it needs to be measured out like a medication, according to their weight, as too much can cause blood toxicity.
Interesting. I eat loads of garlic and never get bitten by anything
I just found out that 1/2 teaspoon of need oil & 3 Tablespoons of coconut oil in a spray bottle filled with water. Spray on dogs twice a week & cats once a week. It supposed to repel ticks & fleas.
I have had ticks several times . I even got one just above my sock line while cycling ( on a tarmac road ) . I can only surmise it got there while I was answering a call of nature . Thank goodness it fancied my ankle.
As long as you get them off on a timely manner, ticks shouldn’t really be an issue. To my understanding, they have to be feeding for around 24 hours before risk of disease transmission.
Nope . That's a myth the government spreads. Transmission can be in ten minutes.
AFAIK, they vomit their bowel contents into the wound if you stress them. We use tick-tweezers in Germany to lift them off the skin and hold them until they let go by themselves. Supposedly this prevents the vomiting.
use cold pressed organic extra virgin coconut oil and rub it onto your skin
cold pressed coconut oil is high in lauric acid which attacks the chitin shell of the insects so it will burn them if they try to bite into skin with the oil on it
they even avoid getting onto surfaces in the first place that have the oil on it
but be sure it is organic and cold pressed coconut oil
otherwise it will have a much lower content of lauric acid and it will not work as well or not at all
I walk in the woods every day. Haven't had a single tick in decades, but I am also extremely careful. Don't walk in long grass, and avoid low hanging branches / scrub as much as possible. If I can't avoid then I immediately brush off my clothes by hand. The only tick i contracted was in my backyard when sunbathing in a chair. He made it halfway my leg before I noticed him and send him back to his creator. Filthy animals.
You have t been to middle Tennessee in that time then.
@@FreedomInc No, this is the Netherlands ...
Ticks are not a problem. I live in the wild regions. I wear what I want. Semi-naked or fully clothed. I walk through thick bushland, overgrown ferns and foliage, long grass and dense canopy of trees. I sit or lay directly on the ground. My backpack I place down anywhere.
Eat plenty of raw garlic and hot peppers on a regular basis and you'll not have problems.
If you ever do get bitten by a tick, simply eat extra cashews to treat any possible infection.
@@Globetrotter-1 Interesting. Thanks for your advice !
@@thewhitewizard1320 Always glad to help. 😉 Have a great week!
The best way to avoid ticks is to stay away from tall grass. In woods there are less of them, but in the fields where grass is heavy there will be a lot of them. Stay safe! 👋🇱🇹
I agree brother. Ticks are worse now than ever. I used to get bitten once or twice a year. Now it's every weekend. ☹️
😂😂
use cold pressed organic extra virgin coconut oil and rub it onto your skin
cold pressed coconut oil is high in lauric acid which attacks the chitin shell of the insects so it will burn them if they try to bite into skin with the oil on it
they even avoid getting onto surfaces in the first place that have the oil on it
but be sure it is organic and cold pressed coconut oil
otherwise it will have a much lower content of lauric acid and it will not work as well or not at all
Damn are you still alive bro?
So far I have only picked up ticks from above - walking under low branches, standing under trees, etc. I found avoiding sheep and goat paths is helpful in the Rocky Mountains as the ticks target the places where wild animals congregate, but I honestly had no idea they ever came at you from the ground!
Get “Tick Twister”. Best tick removal tool I’ve ever tried. Doesn’t leave the mouth parts imbedded in your skin.
I've noticed there has been a rise in the average humidity, that combined with warmer weather this year has resulted in both more bugs, and larger bugs.
Lyme was weaponized on plum island. Always existed but now the spirochetes are much worse.
Thank you for this advice, Bjorn. One of my sons was bitten by a tick while camping a few weeks ago on northern Vancouver Island. It seems they are migrating northward.
I had at least 15 tick bites in the last 2 days from camping in the woods in northern Germany.
I live in middle of the state of Tennessee in the states. Sometbijg is happening here that has allowed the tick population to explode. My first experience this year with ticks ended with my wife checking my entire body for them. We stopped counting at 27. Here there are ticks they call seed ticks. I have t researched them yet. But if you step on their nest its all bad.
My second bad experience (many times in between with just a tivk or two). I was working at my buddies land. It ended with me stripped down to my boxers and he and I trying to get all the ticks off of me. Turning my pants inside out I must have found a hundred of them. It took about an hour to rid my body and my clothes of them.
Sometimes in Sweden I been having 40-50 ticks crawling all over my legs…and I been exposed to tick bites every year 66 now and the rings from Lyme disease shows up a few times every year and the cure is mostly colloidal silver. Don’t worry be happy 😉🙏❤️
@@majoy-osterlundfreeman5425
vitamin d is proven to be most effective to kill borrelia in the body
2 years ago I had like 10 ticks walking on me after stepping out of my car for 10 seconds in the woods up in Scotland
@@petson253 it's really off putting isn't it.
Did you know that in our area, ticks have only been around for about a decade?! We never had them before. Our state confirms this. It’s quite sad, because kids used to play in the fields and in the woods from morning to night when my generation was young. Now, you spend 10 minutes out there you come back with 20 ticks on you. I don’t understand it.
CIA bioweapon experiment gone wrong
Might have something to do with the warming of the climate.
research on plum island
it’s all part of the biological warfare that goes on
@@chriskitchen4772The climate has warmed & cooled for eons. It's not a "new" thing.
I avoid ticks by having the wife walk in front of me and sweep the path. Works very well 😇
You're so funny
😆
😂
Orwell was a freemasons puppet.
Lol
Thank you for the tips
Exelent advice great video
Thank you very much for this very valuable advice !!! 😊
I live in a very rural mountainous area on my 101 acre retreat. Tick season begins in early March and lasts until after the first frost in October. Ticks and Chiggers are a real problem. I spray my rubber boots with cheap fly spray too. It works. I also avoid deep grass and vegetation. (I enjoy your welcome videos).
Thank you for this good piece of advice!
Enjoy your days in the woods😃
We need some seriously cold winters -_- I am also completely ok with all research into biowarfare if we can eradicate ticks along the way.
Definitely its been mild since about 2010 here they need a good subzero nuking.
two winters ago we had -10 to -15 celsius for a week but it seems that they don’t care about that
I always found tics in my upper torso, hair, neck, back, underarms and inside of elbows moreso than lower torso at all. As if they all say "hey, there she is, let's drop in and visit awhile". They're generally the same color as my hair, so much fun finding them.....they go under my hats, was beginning to think I'd have to Duck Tape and seal my hats....
excellent recommendation 👏👏👏.
Great advice! My older brother gave me some sort of tick phobia when I was very young, thank you!!!!
Ticks are showing up in areas that they historically don't. I had ticks on me when I was younger. Might have got them from the horses.
Make sure to check your pant legs front and back every 20 minutes or so when moving through grassy areas. Any place you're likely to find small rodents is the best habitat for ticks. The dryer and more rocky an area the safer you are. Zfrank 1 has a very informative and highly entertaining video all about the nasty little beasts.
I never had a tick in my life and my friend walked the same path and was covered in them. BUT then I moved to another area and got minimum 5 tick bites a day... Your location and blood type of the person seem to make a huge difference.
Hi Bjorn great video and thumbnail(creepy but eye catching) the ticks are worse this year even here, because we have had none ever in the forest, but this year we have actually seen one(I know thats realy mellow compared to norway but still) so now we are always watching.
Great video
I use a citronella horse spray (we have horses) , it keeps ALL bugs away
Hej Björn!
Very nice tips! I do the same here in Sweden.
Man, a shout out to your svenskt blågul skjorta! I loved it!
😄🇸🇪🇸🇯
Cheers
Didn't know you had a second channel.
Subbing of course!
I have four, actually. They are all linked to in the video description.
Very good tips, in addition to things as such I also use cedar oil spray. In particular Cedarcide's tick shield spray. It works very well.
I’ve only come across two ticks. Caught them before they bit. (Hard to get past my fur I guess haha) but I also check myself everywhere after a long hike.
Must be something north of us here in the south of Australia. We don't get them here. As far as I know. Stay dangerous Bjorn. Thankyou.
A good pair of welly gogs as we say in Cumbria
They're so uncomfortable to wear tho and we like hiking 10km+ in the woods
@@petson253 I run around in an auction mart chasing sheep all day 16 hours , I do something like 15/20 miles, on concrete 😅
Great advice, I discovered the rubber boots while chasing house wrens in Merwin Forrest for my undergrad thesis
Permethrin does great on clothing!
Never leave Manhattan the number one way to avoid ticks.
We have so many ticks in northern Wisconsin this year.
Good reason to mow tall grass.
We eat a lot of garlic, it repells ticks
Also we spray ourselves on skin/clothes/shoes with homemade essential oils water spray, but not always, mostly in spring when we go in areas with lot of sheep
We walk barefoot a lot, specially in summer, there are not many ticks
Also we check when we get home, skin and hair areas
Every time I am in the German woods for holiday's my dog is covered with ticks, at least fifteen every day! Even the stuff that you give to the animals to prevent them won't work! My dog is still healthy though.
I'm from Germany and I work as a wildlife photographer. I personally have never been to another country where ticks are so wide spread.
@@flixtorres Poland has ticks 11 months of the year, only this January was clear, l guess snow and -14c helps?
Great tips, what about the dogs?
😊🐕💖 does taking all those precautions work? When the pets bring into the tent or home? I hope they will get rid of these ticks!
i use a fllame thrower.
Eucalyptus mixed in water spray out clothes works great
If you have pets dogs… cover
Their face when you spray them run it on fur
What's the ratio?
I agree! I bought very tall knee high rubber boots and I wear them when I go into tall grass.
Tips and Ticks with Bjørn.
Worst thing is the Ticks that can give you Encephalitis - the swelling of the brain inside your skull where there's no room for it to enlarge anymore.
I should be ok then🤣
I feel a tick in my head
And he's sucking on my head
In the morning I'll be dead
If he doesn't leave my head
Why can't he go away
Why does he have to stay
Maybe he wanna play
But I can only say
I'll get you
I'll burn you
I'll crush you
I'll flush you
(down, down)
The toilet where you'll
Spiral (around-round)
Aw tick
Mmm tick tick tick
Brr tick
I try to get rid of my plague
But I left some of his leg
He grew back pretty quick
So I stab the little prick
Now I cut my head
In the morning I'll be dead
But even after still
He'll find someone to kill
And
He'll get you
I'll burn you
I'll crush you
I'll flush you
(down, down)
The toilet where you'll
Spiral (around-round)
Aw tick
Mmm tick tick tick
Brr tick
Ween band
baby baby
baby BITCH
i love Ween ♡
The last time I had a tick was more than 20 years ago.
When I lived in Oklahoma, we took sulfur tablets, which repels them. Of course our clothes stunk to high heaven, but it was better than risking disease.
Never had a tick in my entire life.
G'day Bjorn great tips thank you ! Ticks are a serious problem ! There are over seventy types of ticks in Australia and I have ended up in hospital from them little buggers I was talking to an old digger in the pub he reakons that he uses engine starting fluid that has ether in it to kill ticks after five mins they fall out ! And I said that I used coconut oil to deter them he told me it's not much good and told me that tropical insect repellent works pretty good ! He has guinea fowl spend all day around his farmhouse eating tics ! So his farm dogs only get them when he goes out from area the guinea fowl don't roam ! He also gets his missus to chuck his clothes in a clothes drier after he has been out in the paddock and it kills them ! He said that the guinea fowl are silly buggers and are noisy Basterds but they are better than having his dogs drop of the perch ! I hope he wasn't telling a big story and his advice has some truth ! We have a starting fluid in Australia called start U Basterd ! It also could be useful to light your fire to heat up your coffee if the wood a bit damp ! I will be making sure the kids have long boots and are covered up next time we go out the scrub to collect firewood
i use coconut oil on my dog and me, seems to work
it should be organic and especially cold pressed coconut oil
cause it has the highest content of lauric acid
lauric acid attacks the chitin shell of the insects and burn them
I've got a very successful method of avoiding ticks. So successful that I've never even seen one. I simply live in New Zealand.
In areas of thick overhead brush or trees Ticks will drop out of the trees and skydive down to their host. At least that’s my experience out here in the western Montana high country.
Everything your doing to avoid the Ticks is top notch. I do all of those things as well but in Western Montana the Ticks are active from when the snow melts in April to about late June. Over the years I have used a great product made by a company called sawyers and while they make a topical lotion I don’t use as much they make a Tick and mosquito repellent that is sprayed on the outside of your clothes and gear and once it dries it actively repels ticks and mosquitoes for 6 weeks! You can even wash your clothes a few times during that time without having to reapply it. I’m not sure if you can get it over in Norway but if you can it’s well worth it. I love all the channels brother. Keep up the great work!
@@petenewell9945 ''PERMETHRIN FABRIC TREATMENT'' I reccon.
'Skydive' makes them sound very commando.
ticks don’t crawl trees and will not fall down on you
and instead of synthetic shit like permethrin
use cold pressed organic extra virgin coconut oil and rub it onto your skin
cold pressed coconut oil is high in lauric acid which attacks the chitin shell of the insects so it will burn them if they try to bite into skin with the oil on it
they even avoid getting onto surfaces in the first place that have the oil on it
but be sure it is organic and cold pressed coconut oil
otherwise it will have a much lower content of lauric acid and it will not work as well or not at all
Tick season in Vermont as well as other places in the Northeastern United States has been extended to all seasons.
seems like they try to hold the people back from getting into nature 😤
Bjorn👍👍 Good advice. Here in the states we have products with a synthetic tick killer called Permethrin, it is applied to fabric like clothing, packs and tents etc., absolutely kills ticks, fleas, chiggers, pretty much any bug that touches it. Don't apply it to skin though, they make DEET or Pyrethrin for that. Combine the two, use your advice and your protected. Thanks.
Permetrin is toxic to cats so be mindful if you have any. Otherwise, it's a very good bug killer!
Also consider using Avon Skin So Soft products they also work mosquitoes and gnats and smells better than other products
use cold pressed organic extra virgin coconut oil and rub it onto your skin
cold pressed coconut oil is high in lauric acid which attacks the chitin shell of the insects so it will burn them if they try to bite into skin with the oil on it
they even avoid getting onto surfaces in the first place that have the oil on it
but be sure it is organic and cold pressed coconut oil
otherwise it will have a much lower content of
lauric acid and it will not work as well or not at all
@@danielgatlin7145 is this still floating about, it doesnt work in my experience, i think 90 percent of the people who are routinely exposed to them agree, i generally use permethrin as a killer and deet as repellent ,
This is " Tick Talk" 101...
Ticks have been bad this year, in western Oregon.
No ticks on me, but 2, on my RottnLab, at last jobsite, both removed, one fostered/irritation at bite location, I used one of those bug bite/ sting relief pen things, has baking soda & other things and water... Festering/ irritation went away rather quickly, RottnLab quit scratching that spot too.
Next jobsite, 4 ticks on RottnLab in 2 days, she ( my RottnLab) came to me, to get ticks removed, no festering, or irritation, , ,
Used Zodiac brand flea, tick pest repellant on RottnLab. No ticks since. She has never had flea one,,, ever, she turned 4yrs old Nov 3rd.
No fleas EVER, until I went up to northern Oregon to help sister move. She has cats, with more fleas than hairs on their bodies💩
I sprayed her( my RottnLab ) with
Maggie's Farm natural insect repellant.
Sprayed the back seat ( where copilot RottnLab rides) with Adams flea & tick spray, before I loaded the RottnLab up, into vehicle.
Once we got home, to camp, I mixed water, peppermint extract, anise, and few drops of tea tree oil in spray bottle.
Sprayed the bed and the RottnLab, flea combed her few times a day.
Less than week and a half,, NO FLEAS🎯
What might be the name brand of the boots you wear ? Thanks if you have time to answer.
shell suit has also slippery material that ticks can't get a hold on. also important put your socks over the pants legs.
Ticks are a big issue here in Texas.
I traded in the traditional hiking boots for good old “wellies,” and that solved the problem for me too. I use replaceable inserts for arch support. Anyone else have better methods?
I have been very surprised at your massive tick problem. Here in Australia we tend to have ticks from about Sydney north From subtropical to tropical zones. Down here in Victoria. I have never seen one. It is cooler sub tropicall to dessert. But you are much colder. Our highest mountains have snow ,and once or twice our hills may have snow at 800 mtr. Could it be a different genetic.
Robby AU
I was born in the Ozarks. I certainly sympathize with anyone who has been sick from this, but to say the problem is the ticks is avoiding what I feel is a huge elephant..
Some people are weaker physically and genetically. If this tiniest of pests can make you sick, then I sympathize, but you’re certainly not the norm.
This doesn’t mean there is anything inherently inferior with you as a person. However, as one of millions of Hillbillies who regularly gets several dozen ticks a year on himself, due to the fact I live, work, and play in the woods, I assure you that for most people a tick is no more dangerous than the cursed chigger…..
Sorry if they make you sick. I used to be deathly allergic to cats…. I understand having a medical issue one cannot directly control ….
I spent a whole summer living with a woman who had a cat…I was miserable at first…but guess what?
If you’re a healthy individual, your immune system will defeat most things quickly…some not so quickly…
If you’re not a healthy individual…..
My sincere condolences…..all I can say is that if a tiny bug can kill you….maybe that’s saying something about you….not the bug
Amen brother
I get ticks in the garden.. both at my mothers place and where I live - they spread around everywhere from deer to mice to cats/dogs and us humans. they are nasty creatures and I hope that wasp that lay their eggs and those grow inside the ticks work fast .
Sounds like Alaska, where I grew up. Now I live in Hawaii. I am coming to Norway in September. With some Adult sons. Kristiansund to Oslo and points in between. Any ideas? 🌴🌴Aloha
They dont bite me for some reason. I had dozens of ticks crawling out of my shoes once and none of them go me.
My experience of ticks has been from pets as carriers. I try to avoid dogs that come up to me in the woods when they're off their leash. My parents' neighbor had several dogs and they never sprayed them down with tick spray, so they had ticks literally bloated and crawling off of them. It was awful. When I moved away from my parents, I became dog and cat-free and I swear both flea, tick, and severe allergies I had disappeared overnight. I also have an allergy to cat dander.
It seems to me that there is a lab somewhere producing the different variations of ticks.
I must get some 👍
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Thanks for the advice. I have been considering that type of boot for some time. Apparently the Gods didn't hear me correctly when I asked to become a chick magnet. Turns out, in really a tick magnet. Being in one of the U.S. hottest spots for Lymes Disease, I need to take extra precautions.
I work as a cashier at a large home improvement store. Very busy place. I felt a tickle behind my ear, reached up and grabbed something. It was a tick.
It had to have come from a customer or a plant. I guess if I go back there after I recover from coof, I'll be chemically protecting myself.
I am so afraid of ticks. I'm told they wait and when you walk by they jump on your legs.
How about some liquid or natural product like I don’t know … smearing lemon juice or clove powder on one’s arms and legs😊???
Don't they fall out of trees? I've had friends get them on their back, under their shirt.
One area I like to go, the ticks have gotten so bad. That I do not go there in the warm months. It has strictly become a winter camping place.
Wonder if smoked clothes might work as repellent against ticks...?
Deet
I use a product called OFF.
Walk carefully, check yourself twice a day. Tick removal tool is nice too.
Wow, I never thought ticks can't climb up on rubber :O
I had lyme for 2,years undetected. At 57 was not pretty sight. Had to go on pick line for 4 weeks.
Called paralysis ticks in Queensland. Slept outside once and leaving the park felt a scab on the back of my neck. Pulled it off; a tick! Had a lump there for a week which then went down but the poison went down to my right hand and had slight paralysis feelings for awhile. They went away and I've been ok since. A friend of mine was a bush tramper years ago and found a tick in his dick! Went to a doctor who surgically removed it. Here in NZ we don't get them which is a blessing.
Lemon lime water or live where it's cold