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springshowers
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/5893398/Britain-warned-over-French-chipmunks-carrying-Lyme-disease.html

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Vermont_Lymie
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Sounds like they are getting more knowledgeable in the UK about lyme,

"The disease targets the nervous system and can ultimately prove deadly.

Experts warned the public to be alert to the threat posed by the chipmunks. While impossibly cute, and tempting for visitors to buy or simply pick up and take home, ther pose a genuine threat to public health.

"There is a particular problem in the woods around Paris, attributed mainly to people who bought the animals as family pets then got rid of them," said Guy Bruel, a naturalist.

"This is just the behaviour that will lead to the chipmunk getting to Britain in huge numbers, possibly as early as this summer."

Jean Louis Chapuis, an expert on rodents, said: They should not be up for sale. Lyme disease is a terrible condition, and the chipmunks are a major carrier."

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GiGi
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We have them (squirrels) in the yard all over the place. Never saw a tick though. But I am arming myself with a spray made of Murphy's Liquid Soap and my capsicum red pepper tincture. I think they will taste this only once! I hope! Just need to find a way to keep the birds away from the pepper, or we may never see them again.

(We take capsules filled with the pepper every day
for circulation and hopefully biofilm attack)

Take care.

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ninjaphire
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quote:
Originally posted by GiGi:
Just need to find a way to keep the birds away from the pepper, or we may never see them again.

Did you know that peppers(capsaicin) don't produce the same effect in birds that they do in rodents and people! (mammals)

So you can feed jalapenos to your birds happily.

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