Ticks!!!

[Kernow_Stalker]

Been stalking for about 10 years now.
Only ever had 1 tick before.

This weekend I've had 2.
One I found on my arm, and removed while I was sat in a low box

The other I found before getting in the shower this morning. Without being too specific, it was on a part of the anatomy that rhymes with tick......

I was not impressed

 

[Malxwal]

Picking them off my mutts in March....

 

[wytonpjs]

Dug my first 2024 tick nymph out of my forearm this mornings after Saturday's stalking - only found it because of the itching

I find these small ones the most prevalent and difficult to spot! God knows how many are on the Teckel given he's quite shaggy at present

 

[Koenig]

Horrible things! I have an aversion to them - as I’m sure most others do too. I’ve found spraying permithin (?) on your stalking gear helps a lot. I’ll be retreating my stuff this weekend.

 

[bullet chucker]

Any one using Frontline on their dogs? We paid out for this periods dose and our dog can not stop itching since we put it him? A neighbours dog is the same?

BC.

 

[rafael fach]

I'm finding the same

 

[LarryLightFoot]

I use Simparica Trio all in one, worms, fleas, ticks and lung worm, no issues no itching or scratching and defo no ticks .

 

[Glyn Walsh]

Any one using Frontline on their dogs? We paid out for this periods dose and our dog can not stop itching since we put it him? A neighbours dog is the same?

BC.

Use bravecto for mine. Found it better than spot on formulas

 

[wytonpjs]

Use bravecto for mine. Found it better than spot on formulas

Oh dear - we had very bad problems with Bravecto with one of our Hungarian Vizslas - full story here:

Bravecto/Isoxazoline "poisoning" or Idopathetic Epilesy in Hungarian Vizsla - any vets on here?

I've previously posted on here advocating the use of Bravecto anti-tick/flea/worm treatment for dogs and indeed, even suggested I want some for me as the dog never gets tick but I do! However, 2 weeks ago, our 4-yr Hungarian Vizsla rescue bitch suddenly out of the blue had 3 seizures in one...

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Currently not using anything but looking very carefully - easy on the 2 Vizslas but not so on the Teckel, but I really do fear poisoning him

 

[Chris1]

Avon Skin so Soft works well, that combined with the wash in repellent for clothes seems to keep them at bay..Good for keeping midges off too, infact apart from an actual midge net, I've found it to be the best but I guess it changes person to person. I had Lymes Disease last year, luckily I caught it really early and a dose of antibiotics sorted it out..

 

[80 Due North]

Keep a spray can of 'doom' or other locally available insecticide in the van. At the end of the day you can spray yourself down and then have a thorough soapy shower. This works especially well for the tiny pepper ticks. If you can find the type for crawling insects even better because it'll stay on your trousers during your stalk.

 

[Buchan]

Any one using Frontline on their dogs? We paid out for this periods dose and our dog can not stop itching since we put it him? A neighbours dog is the same?

BC.

No effect unless you spray them with it

 

[tom308w]

Get some province trousers and socks mate.and were muckboots or wellies

 

[Gm81]

Any one using Frontline on their dogs? We paid out for this periods dose and our dog can not stop itching since we put it him? A neighbours dog is the same?

BC.

Front line burnt my spaniels skin. He had it for years and then the last time many years ago now he had a reaction. Never used it since. His skin was so sore. No wonder he was trying to itch it. Luckily washed it off in time.

 

[Oh6]

Been stalking for about 10 years now.
Only ever had 1 tick before.

This weekend I've had 2.
One I found on my arm, and removed while I was sat in a low box

The other I found before getting in the shower this morning. Without being too specific, it was on a part of the anatomy that rhymes with tick......

I was not impressed

There's been a few such attachments discussed on here over the years.
Bloody awful things wherever they decide to latch on.

I have a tick on my penis no joke

Bit of a problem chaps, my first tick of the year was on my penis, right on the foreskin :mad:, while I can post the pictures it's best not to, trust me when I say it's not artistic. So I plucked the tick which is only nymph and guess what! Looking at it with our kids microscope (the tick not...

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[willowbank]

Picked up a dead Polecat on Saturday lying out in the middle of a pasture, it was riddled with ticks.
There are plenty of them about so check and check again.

Willowbank.

 

[finnbear270]

Picking them off my mutts in March....

Thought you said Nuts at first.

 

[LarryLightFoot]

I use Simparica Trio all in one, worms, fleas, ticks and lung worm, no issues no itching or scratching and defo no ticks .

That’s for my hound not me

 

[Dagless]

I've ended up buying Rovince trousers, socks and a soft shell top (all impregnated with permethrin) just because of my desire to avoid a dose of Lymes disease or tick-borne encephalitis. The clothes double up well for dog walking so getting my money's worth out of it.

I give my dog Bravecto, and have done ever since finding a tick on her only two weeks after an application of Frontline spot-on.

 

[foxinmad]

Picking them off my mutts in March....

Only had about 5 weeks off from getting ticks on the dogs from early December