tick are out

[Monkey Spanker]

Complacency amongst stalkers. Many don't check at all so to disregard TB just because East Anglia is it a TB area is a touch callous. In all probability this wasn't TB or anything particularly nasty, although some pictures of the gland would have been helpful. I have seen TB and I'm sorry but I isn't always "fairly obvious" especially in the early stages of infection. I'm not a vet obviously but would a phone call to the AHVLA have hurt in this case, they would have been able to tell over the phone if it definitely wasn't suspect and if they had any concerns they would have sent a vet out.


To be honest mate, what I found recently was that there was more complacency from the Vets! Having dealt with them only recently, just trying to speak to one out of hours was impossible. I eventually ended up speaking to 2 different female vets who were 'on call' somewhere else in the country and could barely speak English! Once they found my call related to a wild animal, they weren't really interested as there is no funding towards it. I eventually managed to get the local lab to inspect the animal based on the fact that it was a very unique case. It did little more than further strengthen my belief that we need to really be able to inspect and classify the carcass ourselves.


I think that what Limulus is getting at is that very often a deer with a large parasite burden also has something else wrong with it, as if one is a result of the other, maybe the parasites are pulling on its immune system leaving it weak and open to other infections or maybe tick burden is higher on a deer that is already under the weather. Who knows?

When you find a poorly animal with a heavy tick infestation, it is difficult to say which came first? I would imagine most poorly animals tend to couch down more and suspect that they may then collect more ticks?
MS

 

[jubnut]

When you find a poorly animal with a heavy tick infestation, it is difficult to say which came first? I would imagine most poorly animals tend to couch down more and suspect that they may then collect more ticks?
MS

Shame about your experience with vets. Not how it should be really.

Yeah I would say it is difficult. Who's to say that that deer isn't ill BECAUSE of it's burden of ticks and their effect on its immune system. I would suggest that being as ticks climb up in the vegetation that couching more may not increase its likelihood of picking them up. In fact perhaps covering less ground might mean it picks up less.

Possibly.

Or not.

 

[berg]

Shame about your experience with vets. Not how it should be really.

Yeah I would say it is difficult. Who's to say that that deer isn't ill BECAUSE of it's burden of ticks and their effect on its immune system. I would suggest that being as ticks climb up in the vegetation that couching more may not increase its likelihood of picking them up. In fact perhaps covering less ground might mean it picks up less.

Possibly.

Or not.

being a tick phobic and having brought the rovince clothing to protect my self against the little blitters ,i have done a little research on them, they hunt there prey and pick up on co2 they are not there by accident they pick up your c02 from some way of and move into place with there leg out waiting for you to pass. If you lay down in a ticks zone it will make it way over to you >I hate ticks they are horrid little f####rs. DON'T GO INTO THE LONG GRASS

 

[norma 308]

A few in the borders this week end I'm midge phobic and now flippin tick phobic as well due to my mate having such good eyesight and spotting the little feckers .
norma

 

[Mauser243]

Ticks are out!! I don't think they have ever been away this time round. Always seem to have been round here anyhow.

M

 

[berg]

just skinned and went to cut up that deer and all of its gland are massive in the legs and around the groin around the shoulder and in the shoulder ,so it wont be going onto the food chain ,as someone pointed out to me would you feed the venison to your kids ??? NO maybe next door but not the kids I will try and put some pic up to mo unless M S dose latter.

 

[berg]

the gland on the left is from another deer ,so you can see the diffrances this is just the other side