Ticks
 

Was on the couch doing what couples do in our skives and heard a scream and said 'come on babe, you should be used to the size by now.' Had a ****ing tick on the back of my ear from fly fishing.

Gonna be a brutal season for them if you live in the territory where they live. It's been a really warm winter and spring and their already out.

Here's a couple pictures to keep you on your toes. Nasty little critters to say the least.

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/and...wwf9ra11qa39um

http://www.whoaorno.com/images/518.jpg

http://frontline.za-staging.merial.c...u/tick_cat.jpg

Happy Easter CP!

http://www.dreamstime.com/easter-bun...mb18292479.jpg

Meh...

I've already had lymes disease...

"Had"?

Does that go away? Do you have any after effects? I've been watching for a ring around where it was (none yet, a telltale symptom) and am going to keep an eye on it.

They're horrible this year. I've had two or three of them.

How the **** does anyone let that many accumulate on their dog?

And the snake one is creepy, it's like they're all feasting on his brain.

I broke out the mirror and looked in places I haven't looked since I was 10 years old. I have really short hair so not worried about the scalp. Man, they're ****ing gross and really have no natural predator. I wouldn't mind one bit if they were somehow removed from the ecosystem.

I'm checking myself for ticks as I type this.

I would have never thought ticks would get on a snake.

That poor dog....

thats ****ed up.

My dogs didnt get ticks at all last year, have found a bunch already.

Their attracted to heat and carbon dioxide. If you give off either, which kind of comes with a heartbeat, they'll attach themselves.

Frontline works. I haven't pulled a tick off a dog in years.

People say it never goes away...it's all a myth.

I never saw the tick. Went camping in North Wisconsin a few years ago and noticed a funny bite on my hip with the "ring" around it. It went away...didn't think anything of it.

-1.5 years later-

Started to have terrible night-sweats. Would be dripping at night...would have to change the sheets every night.

Some days I would run a fever but not feel sick...wake up the next day with no fever just to have it come back the day after.

I am a runner. My knees and ankles started to kill me just a couple miles into my run...then my feet would start to tingle and go numb as if they were falling asleep.

Finally went to the doctor after about a month of this. They tested for everything under the sun...then did a Lymes screening. The 1st test came back a false-positive which is common...so they took the test again and it came back positive.

Now the bullseye bite on my hip a few years ago made sense...

Put me one an antibiotic for a month....took the test a couple times afterwards.

Gone.

I was still worried as I have heard the stories that is remains in your body. The Dr. said thats all BS and I could always take the screening again....so I took it about 9 months ago and got negative results.

IF you catch it early, it's not that big of a deal.

My 53 year old mother actually got it last year too...she is fine now.

Dump a shot of Old Crow on that son of a bitch, that will kill it off.

That's good to know. Rep!