Tick and Lyme Disease Awareness
- Thread starter Jay
- Start date
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- The Conservative part of Ontario
I am very glad to see this thread staying active, and that it is helping keep you guys safe and aware.
For repellent I use Bronco Equine Fly Spray. It contains permetherin. Only spray it on your boots/clothing....NOT YOUR SKIN. Label says safe for dogs too
Available at TSC/Peavey Mart.
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The other useful item to have for removal is a "Tick Key". I just used it last week on my dog as he had a tick latched on his ear.
ht tps://www.amazon.ca/Original-Tick-Key-Removal-Multi/dp/B0014B1TR2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=tick+key&qid=1620264738&sr=8-1
Available at TSC/Peavey Mart.
ht tps://www.peaveymart.com/animal-equine/equine/fly-control/950ml-bronco-equine-fly-spray/296523?sourceCategoryCode=
The other useful item to have for removal is a "Tick Key". I just used it last week on my dog as he had a tick latched on his ear.
ht tps://www.amazon.ca/Original-Tick-Key-Removal-Multi/dp/B0014B1TR2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=tick+key&qid=1620264738&sr=8-1
Assuming no allergies to tetracyclines, Doxycycline 100mg twice a day for couple of weeks is generally considered a good first line treatment option, hard on the tummy so take with food, can also cause skin photosensitivity while on it so avoid too much sun exposure.
Those tic keys work pretty good on the larger tics that we used to see here in eastern Ontario but not so good on the smaller ones we seem to be getting now.
The smaller tics that we see more of around here are not so easily removed with the key. What seems to work better is the plastic 2 piece set and they advise a twisting action to extradite a tic.
I had a few tics latch on a few years ago and since using permethrin on my bush clothes, I haven’t had one on since and I want to make certain a tic never gets on me again.
I went through a 3 to 4 year bout of Lyme disease that I don’t want repeated. My muscles in my neck, arms, wrists and fingers were severely affected and slowly over time started to improve. I’m almost completely recovered now and still have a little wrist weakness but I’m very thankful for near complete recovery. Here is a pic of the 2 piece tic tools I recommend.
I have used these 2 piece tools on my hunt camp buddies as some won’t use permethrin. Once they get a dose of Lyme disease, they’ll change their tune I would think...
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I removed a tick from my thigh back in April after work one day. Wasn't really outside that day besides being on concrete and in the Waste Water plant so no idea where I picked the thing up. It wasn't in my leg the night before when I showered but I sure had to pull that sucker with tweezers and it came out with a chunk of skin around its head. Kept it and called the health unit and they said not to be concerned because it was embedded less then 24 hours and looked like a deer tick and wouldn't carry lyme. I've spent 1000's of hours in the bush and fields and everywhere else and even wearing shorts half the time in summer and I've never picked up a tick until this year. My son was bit when he was younger a few times but again the Dr or health unit was never concerned. I never knew there was anything I could use to spray my clothes to keep them away, I'll definitely have to look into this. Hear more and more stories every year about lyme disease and it surprises me how little Dr or health units seem to care when you get bit.
saskgunowner101
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- near Prince Albert
Just a thought for those who have spouses that are horrified of touching the creepy lil buggers if found roaming and not attached, keep a scotch tape dispenser or two handy, the kind you tape presents with. Unless you need the tick for testing, it's the easiest way for a squeamish person to deal with one roaming around. Me? I just drop them on treated clothing to observe the effects.
I was in our local I.D.A. the other day and found these exact same tweezers on the back wall
in amongst their camping chit.
Check out your local druggie store?
Parents always told us never to pick them off.
They would heat up a pin with a lighter and rest the warm pin on the tick's back.
Would sometimes take a while for the tick to wake up and pull out, but they did.
Guess the trick is not to sizzle the tick with a red hot pin.
The idea was to make sure the tick didn't leave anything behind.
Only problem is that they start running around once they free themselves up!
Maybe not the recommended or right thing to do but that's what we did to get them out.
They would heat up a pin with a lighter and rest the warm pin on the tick's back.
Would sometimes take a while for the tick to wake up and pull out, but they did.
Guess the trick is not to sizzle the tick with a red hot pin.
The idea was to make sure the tick didn't leave anything behind.
Only problem is that they start running around once they free themselves up!
Maybe not the recommended or right thing to do but that's what we did to get them out.
The permethrin spray dries odourless. This is the spray-on product that apparently has been removed from sale in Canada but is available in the USA (when the border is open)
go to your feed supply, tack shop for horse spray. will injure cats.
saskgunowner101
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- near Prince Albert
Permethrin treated items are safe for cats after they have completely dried out. We're talking a normal .05 percent mixture.
A good hunting and fishing buddy just had a tick taken out of his skin. He was not sure how long it had been there, and got the doxycycline. And he is going for the Lyme test this week. He knows that there are lots of false negatives, and false positives, with the test, but as he says, he is adding to their database. Of my usual hunting buddies, I think there has only been one who never had a tick dug in to him. That guys pretty much bathes in DEET..............
Doug
Doug
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
Previously in this thread I mentioned that Ortho ant spray was .05% Permethrin, apparently that has changed, as the stuff I got today is half that. Just not strong enough for ticks.
Thanks - Great tip. Got some for us and for the family. Actually doesn't smell too bad either.
Cheers
