AWW$HEEET Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 Last night I was riding mountain bikes at Phase 1 at Alum Creek. I felt something crawling on me, and it was a Tic. Just a reminder that you should check yourself and your animals when going out, because its that time of the year. I know ill get the quintessential "Cool Story, Bro", but you dont wanna end up with Lyme Disease: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 God I hate tics. *shudders* Unless I'm torching em till they pop. That's funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewhop Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I check everytime I am done fishing. Have caught two of them crawing up my leg so far this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brrcats Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 i hate ticks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I had a couple of them on me a few weeks ago, just crawling though, not attached to me. Never had that happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 ticks are really bad this year... at least once a week I'm pulling them off of my dogs... I just invested in tick killer to spray on my lawn, but 3.5 acres is alot of money to spray all down with tick killer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedfocus1647545489 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418XZGfXzwL._SS500_.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 ticks are really bad this year... at least once a week I'm pulling them off of my dogs... I just invested in tick killer to spray on my lawn, but 3.5 acres is alot of money to spray all down with tick killer The collars or flea/tick meds for the dogs would be cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I'm surprised you felt the tick on you. The last one I found on me was because I did a look-see after walking through an apple orchard...never felt it on my leg... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) Yeah I had 4 on me last weekend. 3 of time I found on my clothes shortly after, the 4th I found a couple of hours later crawling on my stomach...gross Edited May 7, 2010 by kickass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 The collars or flea/tick meds for the dogs would be cheaper. doesn't work very well... we put the med on both of our dogs no longer than 2 weeks ago, and they keep on getting them... my poor lab keeps on getting them attaching to his face around his eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickey4271647545519 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418XZGfXzwL._SS500_.jpg This. Unless your allergic to deet, this is the only bug spray one should ever invest in. Used it many of times including on the ohio trail, out of a group of 12+ of us, i'm the only one that didnt have ticks at the end of the hike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewhop Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I'm surprised you felt the tick on you. The last one I found on me was because I did a look-see after walking through an apple orchard...never felt it on my leg... I usually feel them walking thru leg hair. Maybe I am just a ninja. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I got lyme disease from a tick at Mid Ohio. I'd been at the track all weekend for the LeMans series. Came home Sunday. Was chilling on the couch. Felt something on my back. Rubbed it, and a huge tick (had obviously been there a while) was in my hand. A few days later my back hurt. I was in the car with a friend. Asked them if there was anything on my back. They said, "holy shit dude, you need to see a doctor". I went. The doc said it was lyme disease from a tick bite. True story. It looked like this: http://gardenrain.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/bullseye_lyme_disease_rash.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I have the blue ones... http://www.southdacola.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/the_tick_spoon-770895.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted May 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I got lyme disease from a tick at Mid Ohio. I'd been at the track all weekend for the LeMans series. Came home Sunday. Was chilling on the couch. Felt something on my back. Rubbed it, and a huge tick (had obviously been there a while) was in my hand. A few days later my back hurt. I was in the car with a friend. Asked them if there was anything on my back. They said, "holy shit dude, you need to see a doctor". I went. The doc said it was lyme disease from a tick bite. True story. It looked like this: http://gardenrain.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/bullseye_lyme_disease_rash.jpg What did they do to remediate it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjxlr8 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 Ticks are all over this year! Not sure why, but I've already removed one from my son and the neighbor is finding them on their kids just from playing in the grass. Never had this problem before in the same area. My grandmother who lives at the opposite side of the city found two ticks on her cat last night. Very unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 About 4 weeks ago, I took my dog out to Blendon Wood Metro Park for a walk. She came back with 3 of them. It was close to the date for her next dose of Frontline. Haven't seen any since, but I still check daily. We had a bad problem with them the first spring after we baught our house. Seven dust seems to work well at killing them and it is safe for animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 What did they do to remediate it? Have you never meet Ben, they couldn't get rid of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackDaddy43 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 When I went turkey scouting there was a shit ton all over all of us. The big ones are just annoying, its the little ones that actually carry lyme disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I think they all start out small. Arent the big ones are just little ones that have been feeding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I think they all start out small. Arent the big ones are just little ones that have been feeding? Most of the small ones are Brown Dog ticks, the big ones are Deer ticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.1cutlass Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I ride so fast they can't get on me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 What did they do to remediate it? Have you never meet Ben, they couldn't get rid of it! They said it was caught early enough they just gave me antibiotics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 They said it was caught early enough they just gave me antibiotics. neat that you used the picture from wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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