desertwind
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So the coldest winter in how long? It is still freezing/below freezing out yet the ticks are out in full force in NJ!
I just found a bloated tick on my dogs sleeping pad - oh joy. I found one crawling on her over the weekend and one attached to her yesterday. Are you kidding me? Already?
I have had a horrible headache and neck pain (like cant move my neck) for the past two days that I attributed to something else but now I wonder if I got bit again!
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GretaM
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Argh! Terrible!
We don't get cold enough where I am at to kill any, but this winter found 2 indoors. And I live in an apartment building.
Dang birds.
I hope you didn't get bit again!
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surprise
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Honestly, I don't know how you guys do it, I have PTSD from TBI's.
Don't own any pets. Sorry, I know, but not going to get one, either. Of course I have all these kids here that's enough.
I feel pretty safe here in my part of CA, and my hiking days are long over- I stick to pavement. No camping. Forever changed.
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desertwind
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I think at one point the actual temp. was -10 for a few days/weeks. Nothing will kill these blood suckers. How is that?
I too feel like I have PTSD! I am always on edge about getting bitten again. That is all I can think about now (takes my mind off of dry socket:)). Every little ache and pain will now becomes the focal point of my existence now that tick season is upon us.
Long story but the last 2 nights I had to sleep on the floor right where my dog sleeps - my gut (and paranoia) tells me the neck pain and headache is from a new bite. But what am I suppose to do? Treat because I found attached ticks on my dog and a bloated one on the floor and now I have a bad neck and headache? This will go on all year now. Gosh....the looping ranting has begun - sorry.
Lucky for my dog, she has a lifetime supply of Doxy for chronic lyme. Yup the Veterinarians are more on top of this stuff then MD.'s and have her pulse Doxy 10 days at the start of each month.
My property is wooded and I am nestled between a nature preserve (once after a hike with my dog I found 30+ ticks crawling on her - I am not kidding..) and a 20 miles hiking path. I am doomed.
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2roads
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desertwind.....maybe it would help to put more concrete around you-
ugh....sorry to hear
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Catgirl
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I got bit again this winter (cold air and snow, ticks are still out). All the old symptoms I had from another bite came back. I thought it was just a wicked herx (denial).
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surprise
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desertwind, Pamela Winetraub got out of their home and moved to a concrete high rise.
Housing market is picking up here...maybe there?
I'm so sorry. But a good chance your symptoms are related to your recent teeth trauma, and that's settling---
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GretaM
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ugh 30 ticks... heebie jeebies
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Lymedin2010
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You will get a kick out of this video & you will see how they survive under ice easily.
oxygenbabe
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Desert, I had a friend who lived on an infested property and had lyme plus a few pets got very sick. Anyway, she tried the rose geranium essential oil. You mix it half and half with water in a spritzer bottle and soak a bandana with it and put it around the dog's neck when he or she is outside. It lasts at least an hour in summer, not sure about cooler weather (sweat will sort of make it fade). You can also wear bandanas around your ankles. She said it worked better than frontline.
There was some experiment I read and yes they can survive a pretty good deep freeze, by hiding under leaf cover. Besides, they make antifreeze. And actually that has glycogen and thats what borrelia feeds on in the tickgut. Antifreeze.
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They are all over the moose in the winter in Canada. They survive on the animals and then come out or drop off when it's warm enough.
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GretaM
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Yes they sure do.
Moose, caribou, deer. Alberta gets very cold in the winter, and is infested with ticks Posts: 4358 | From British Columbia, Canada | Registered: Jun 2013
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