I was just thinking when on a NEW Lyme Site; WHY can't a regular wood tick such as we have billions of here in the midwest, carry Lyme also?
They bite us, they bite many other animals, so why couldn't they too transmit Lyme to others IF they also bite an infected person or animal?
Jim
Posted by klutzo (Member # 5701) on :
I wonder about this too. We live in the most densely populated county in Florida, with no deer anywhere near us. We had a tick epidemic a few yrs. ago. Ticks were all over the backyards here, in the houses, on people's clothes in their closets....it was awful. I am convinced our Golden Retriever got Lyme then, since I was spending about an hour per day picking them off of him and drowning them in alcohol. Our Vet says he has one of the 2 or 3 worst cases of arthritis he's ever seen. We've kept him going for a couple of years now with a glucosamine, MSM, and vitamin chew, called Synovi-Chews. Of course, I can't prove this. Klutzo
Posted by BostonLyme2005 (Member # 7680) on :
Hi,
Along with ourselves, we should do everything to protect our pets, as they live with us...
Use the best flea & tick protection you can buy, so it kills them instantly while on your pets....
Wipe down your pet with a treated cloth before bringing them into your home....
Also check yourself as well....
I am more worried about anything that can pass a disease on to us, dont care for harmless insects....Not to sound rude! Sorry!
Posted by pattiecake (Member # 6424) on :
I have gotten lyme from a wood tick. I pulled one off of me and 10 days later had full blown lyme. High fever, terrible roaming joint pain, etc.
got treated right away and after a month was told I was "Cured" and after a few months got pregnant and then bells palsey.
Not cured.
I believe every tick can carry lyme. pattiecake
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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
In my book, ALL ticks are guilty! and fleas too!
Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
yes. I have to agree. I have read that
all ticks can carry TBD and co-infections.
The only good tick is a dead tick. Posted by cantgiveupyet (Member # 8165) on :
I believe they all carry it.
I was bit by a ton of green flies while on vacation moments before i was hit hard in August...i often wonder if that is what made me so sick.
Posted by Linda LD (Member # 6663) on :
There is no doubt to me that they all carry it.
It is assinine to think other wise.
The Long Star carries Master's disease aka STARI--but doesn't carry Lyme?
It is all horse manure...
Linda
Posted by Ann-OH (Member # 2020) on :
This is just my guess.
The wood ticks do not transmit Lyme disease as often as black-legged ticks because these larval ticks are bigger and most can crawl up on grasses etc. to latch onto bigger animals - lots of which are not reservoirs for Lyme disease.
The tiny black-legged ticks can easily get on mice, voles, chipmunks, birds, etc. - animals that scurry along the ground and which become reservoirs for Lyme. When these ticks are nymphs, they are big enough to climb up grasses and bite bigger animals like dogs and us and transmit Lyme disease.
Just a theory, Ann - OH
Posted by welcome (Member # 7953) on :
Bottom line:
Any creature, insect or otherwise, that has oppourtunity to bite (draw blood) wild mammals AND has oppourtunity to bite (draw blood) humans and their pets is a potential vector.
To say otherwise is as ludicrous as suggesting that a tick has to be attached for 24 hours or more for a person to become infected with TBIs. I had an ID doc tell me that once. hahahahaha.....like the tick is sitting there, watching his watch, waiting for the 24 hour alarm to ring. I looked at her like she had just spoken in Chinese! Stooooooopid! Kinda like claiming a ship is unsinkable, or a building is earthquake proof! Bwahahahaha!!!!
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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Ann and Welcome are right on!!! Posted by mimi (Member # 6680) on :
Fleas? really? Wow mimi
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