First tick of the season

[Anonymous]

Ugh. Despite long sleeves, long pants (both elastic at the ankles and wrists), one of the little buggers made it onto my leg. It did die while attached so f- him. LOL. Sent it to TickLab in PA to see what it's carrying, which will help me get a feel for what's going on with our wildlife.
If carrying disease, doc will give me Doxy. Better to test it first as it gives me an idea re: what's being carried in our local area.

Today I uncovered all the step stones in the side garden that the past landscapers couldn't bother to groom around This time I wore my rubber garden boots and a light nylon jacket. Jacket is now in the wash and I've showered. Hopefully there will be no repeat ticks.

[Anonymous]

Hate them. Surprised they’re already out being a-holes

[Anonymous]

I pulled one off my neck two weeks ago. I am super allergic to their bite and I got a huge itchy lump that is just now going away (no bulls eye rash, no fever or body aches). So now it’s DEET season again.

[Anonymous]

You sound super paranoid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Despite long sleeves, long pants (both elastic at the ankles and wrists), one of the little buggers made it onto my leg. It did die while attached so f- him. LOL. Sent it to TickLab in PA to see what it's carrying, which will help me get a feel for what's going on with our wildlife.
If carrying disease, doc will give me Doxy. Better to test it first as it gives me an idea re: what's being carried in our local area.

Today I uncovered all the step stones in the side garden that the past landscapers couldn't bother to groom around This time I wore my rubber garden boots and a light nylon jacket. Jacket is now in the wash and I've showered. Hopefully there will be no repeat ticks.

Really? You think it is your landscapers fault that a tick crawled on you? Lol. Ok.

I saw a tick crawling around in my dog's top knot (she's a poodle, this is the poof of hair on the head) last week. They've been out and about for a while now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You sound super paranoid.

I don't know PP. I used to think that too but I have a coworker who is completely paralyzed right side (leg/arm) due to Lyme disease. It's no joke.

- dp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You sound super paranoid.

I don't know PP. I used to think that too but I have a coworker who is completely paralyzed right side (leg/arm) due to Lyme disease. It's no joke.

- dp

Good point. And alpha gal scares me.

[Anonymous]

What part pf pa do you live in? DH found a tick on his ankle during the snow two weeks ago he didn't step foot in the gas and we have no pets.

[Anonymous]

Tick infections are awful.

I know people who haven't had red meat in years due to alpha gal, and Lyme is very debilitating and can cause major exhaustion and neurological problems.

[Anonymous]

Ticks are year round in VA and MD. There is no "tick season."

[Anonymous]

I had to have my DH pull one off of my lower back last night. It really freaked me out. I’m wondering if it’s going to be a really bad tick season. It likely traveled into the house on one of my two dogs. I’m just going to have to face this as something that will happen, as we live on the Occoquan on a very wooded property. But I’m scared of tick diseases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I pulled one off my neck two weeks ago. I am super allergic to their bite and I got a huge itchy lump that is just now going away (no bulls eye rash, no fever or body aches). So now it’s DEET season again.

OP, same here. So far tick place said it was a male lone star tick, which means lymes not a problem. We’ll see. No illness so far, which is good. If the tick carries nothing, our deer probably don’t carry much either

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Despite long sleeves, long pants (both elastic at the ankles and wrists), one of the little buggers made it onto my leg. It did die while attached so f- him. LOL. Sent it to TickLab in PA to see what it's carrying, which will help me get a feel for what's going on with our wildlife.
If carrying disease, doc will give me Doxy. Better to test it first as it gives me an idea re: what's being carried in our local area.

Today I uncovered all the step stones in the side garden that the past landscapers couldn't bother to groom around This time I wore my rubber garden boots and a light nylon jacket. Jacket is now in the wash and I've showered. Hopefully there will be no repeat ticks.

Really? You think it is your landscapers fault that a tick crawled on you? Lol. Ok.

I saw a tick crawling around in my dog's top knot (she's a poodle, this is the poof of hair on the head) last week. They've been out and about for a while now.

Not at all. I think if I pay a landscaper to mow and groom my garden, they should not ignore things like stepping stones. Tick came from picking up debris around the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What part pf pa do you live in? DH found a tick on his ankle during the snow two weeks ago he didn't step foot in the gas and we have no pets.

I live in No. VA. The tick check place is in PA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pulled one off my neck two weeks ago. I am super allergic to their bite and I got a huge itchy lump that is just now going away (no bulls eye rash, no fever or body aches). So now it’s DEET season again.

OP, same here. So far tick place said it was a male lone star tick, which means lymes not a problem. We’ll see. No illness so far, which is good. If the tick carries nothing, our deer probably don’t carry much either

PP at 9:35. I didn't send the one that was attached to me to a lab or anything, but I took a photo of it and uploaded it to a subreddit that ID's ticks and they said Lone Star for mine too. Glad it doesn't carry Lyme (or probably doesn't anyway) but I worry about alpha gal.