Multiple tick bites-do they sense who to bite?

Is there science behind it? Chance? I have been bitten by more ticks than anyone I know. I was told, as an adult, I contracted lymes first from my mom. At age six I remember my first tick bite because it was in my head. We noticed it by the red rash on my forehead. Pulled it out, done. As a kid, we played in the woods of Minnesota. I would get bitten at least once a year. We would just pull em out. My family was never very trusting of pharmaceuticals, so we didn't go to the doctor for these bites. A few years back I spent a year working in tick infested woods and was bitten about six times. I got two bullseye rashes, separate ticks. Both when I was a kid, and as an adult, I was the only one to get bit by ticks. My friend would get one or none, Id get six. Do they know you already have a compromised immune system, do they sense you have lymes, or is it chance?

I always got bite by fleas, Mosquitos and I guess ticks and other bugs bother me. When I was a kid, the dog brought fleas in the house and I was the only one who got bit. So my parents had to get exterminator in the house.

Somebody else told me a story of a family of 5 walking thru a field of high grass and only 1 child got the ticks and they were all over her.

There must be something to it. My husband and 1 daughter who seems to be the most like my husband get bitten like crazy. 1 time, we found 5 ticks on her after being in friends back yard! Crazy! My son has never gotten a tick yet and he's the oldest. Definitely gotta watch those that attract ticks and Mosquitos like a hawk!

Trav, I'm glad to hear you were the only one who has been pregnant between you and your husband!
Sorry, you set me up for that.

One of the first hikes my husband and I took, he told me that mosquitoes didn't go after him much. Well, guess who was surrounded by the swarm of them...yes, him! They weren't bothering me at all. But I'm the one with Lyme, so go figure.

I had to go back and read it again since I thought I read it wrong. It seems you need to take a break from here.

I read that you are more susceptible to mosquito bites if you are low in Vitamin B...so there are a lot of possibilites!

I'm one that was like that and still am. Bugs are bugs - I am very careful to use sprays and dress accordingly now - but I'm not real interested in being bit by any of them!! LOL! I'm just hyper vigilant about ticks now. I still go through the deep woods with all their undergrowth and sit on the ground while I work in the garden. We had a bit of warmth hit last week for two days and I went out and mulched my strawberry plants. Made me a happy camper!!

I have a male rat terrier that seems to keep getting Lyme disease & those bumps (only no color to them), but my female rat terrier and Jack Russel don't get Lyme or those bumps that stick around for a few months. Interestingly enough, he had a lot of trauma in his life too. He was attacked by a pack of large dogs and left for dead. When animal control was called, they went out to pick up a dead dog, only he moved! He had a severe concussion and his back leg was broke so badly that it's being held together by pins and screws. Now he seems to pick up those ticks with Lyme at least once a year - even though I take all the precautions that are available! So maybe animals are like people? Some have the immune system to fight it off better than others???