My kids have taken to walking outside in socks without shoes. We have a lot of ticks around here. I see the kids standing on the grass. Can ticks bite through socks? Could they get Lyme this way?
Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :
oh dear. my doc said never to walk outside without shoes. not even on the porch..
and i think you can get lyme from anything anymore.
Posted by GretaM (Member # 40917) on :
Depends on the tightness of the weave of the socks, I assume.
If a tick can maneuver its way through a bristly fur coat to get to the skin of a deer, or through soft and fluffy down feather to get to the skin of a bird... I can't imagine socks pose much of a challenge.
Is it possible to treat your lawn? Or to spray their socks with permethrin based sprays?
Or to spray them with DEET based sprays?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Oh my G-D YES! Good Lord. It would be like a magnet. The socks will allow the ticks to HANG ON!! (and then crawl up the leg)
Walking barefoot would be just a hair safer. I don't so grass myself.
Posted by Razzle (Member # 30398) on :
Peel a raw clove of garlic. Mash it slightly to get the juices flowing. Then rub it vigorously all over the bare feet.
The garlic should repel the ticks...but the garlic has to be very, very heavily applied.
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
What about telling them to at least spray tick repellent on themselves? Honestly, it's not worth a lifetime of suffering.
Posted by jjourneys (Member # 39813) on :
You can get ticks, with or without shoes and socks. Hubby and I get ticks UNDER our socks - they just climb right in there and make themselves at home!!!
I've started taking garlic supplements - this seems to have helped me. Hubby refuses to take it - we pulled 5 attached ticks off of him yesterday, he was on the riding mower with shoes, socks, jeans, underwear and a t-shirt on - they still managed to get him!!!
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Totally agree .. they just hitchhike on the clothes.
Go nekked! Posted by opus2828 (Member # 15407) on :
Wow. I didn't think it could be so dangerous. Those ticks are sneaky. I just told my kids they must wear shoes. Thanks everyone.
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