HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

Beware......bad tick year!

Support Forums
>
Lyme Disease
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 4/13/2015 5:41 PM (GMT 0)
My husband had a patient last week who is an Environmentalist. He said because the winter hit fast and hard, the ticks will be extra bad this season! Be careful and do a self check often!
Posted 4/13/2015 5:52 PM (GMT 0)
The amount of money that municipalities spend on mosquito abatement vs. tick abatement is unreasonable. West Nile Virus is the biggest threat when it comes to mosquitoes and even then, it is very rare compared to the prevalence of lyme disease.

The first step is prevention at it's most basic level. If there was a way to completely wipe out the tick population, I think it'd be worth the government's time and money to look into it.
Posted 4/13/2015 6:22 PM (GMT 0)
I'd think that a milder winter would encourage more and a hard and fast onset of winter would kill more of them. I guess it just depends on the insect's needs.
Posted 4/13/2015 6:28 PM (GMT 0)
GP:
That is what I'd think too. We had a pretty cold winter compared to other years, so I was happy to get more of them dead! Is it the ticks or the eggs? Can the eggs survive at extremely cold temperature?
Posted 4/13/2015 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
It was explained to me why this is so, but I can't remember! Lol.
Posted 4/13/2015 7:46 PM (GMT 0)
And boy is that an understatement!! I've already plucked 5 of them off of me as they walked along!! Hubby's found 2 on him - just walking along, not embedded. And one of my dogs has had a tick attack already.

Yes, ticks can survive in extremely cold temps - they bury themselves in the leaf litter - the dead and decaying leaves on the ground.

When the night time temps reach an average of 40 degrees, they start getting active again - when the night time temps begin to average 60 - the ticks seem to be everywhere and super active!

So "arm up"!! Protect yourselves!! Please don't think you can just avoid them - I got reinfected in town doing grocery shopping!!! And besides, ticks are far from the only insect that carries these infections - mosquitoes and so many others carry it as well!!
Posted 4/13/2015 7:49 PM (GMT 0)
Can someone PLEASE find a way to kill all the ticks, mosquitos and other parasites in the world? That would be wonderful :)
Posted 4/13/2015 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
Don't worry! I think they all migrated to my yard :-(
Posted 4/13/2015 9:09 PM (GMT 0)
I read somewhere where they have a chemical somewhat like antifreeze to keep them from freezing. That's why they don't die from the extreme cold.
Posted 4/13/2015 11:28 PM (GMT 0)
We have yet to find any on ourselves, knock on wood. Try putting some in the freezer and see what happens. devil

I'm glad we have a bunch of tadpoles around to eat mosquito larvae and bats to get the adults.
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply