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As far as i'm aware they like dense low vegetation like long grass, twice i've had one on me, the first no issue what so ever which i found on my stomach while waking in the morning. to say i was surprised was an understatement. the second i didn't even know i had picked up while  out on the bike,  my point is though both times i had no idea they had crawled onto me let alone latched on. the second time however i did contract limes but luckily caught it at the rash stage, the rash was pretty aggressive alone so sympathise anyone who has full blown limes.

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I'm worried now!  I've had about ten latch on to me.  One in the US and the rest in France and Spain.

I pulled them all off before they swelled up and have never noticed a rash.

 

As for symptoms for a long time I've ached, sore joints and often feeling lethargic but I put it all down to getting older.

 

Is a test available from your local GP?

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Errr as a kid in Devon we'd get back from camping and sit with a pin and matches removing ticks.
Must have removed more than a hundred over ten years.
Had 17 removed one morning.
They love the bracken, especially when sheep have grazed nearby.

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They seance the vibration of passing hosts  ( dog etc ) and jump when  timing it right from the long grass . Would be pretty unlucky to get one up a tree but , you could " take " one up from below un wittingly 

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56 minutes ago, Stubby said:

They seance the vibration of passing hosts  ( dog etc ) and jump when  timing it right from the long grass . Would be pretty unlucky to get one up a tree but , you could " take " one up from below un wittingly 

:scared1::scared1: Psychic bloodsuckers that know when you're going to be passing before you do. 

 

Do they sit round a little table holding hands:confused1::lol:

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4 hours ago, Graham said:

I'm worried now!  I've had about ten latch on to me.  One in the US and the rest in France and Spain.

I pulled them all off before they swelled up and have never noticed a rash.

 

As for symptoms for a long time I've ached, sore joints and often feeling lethargic but I put it all down to getting older.

 

Is a test available from your local GP?

being the hypochondriac that I am, I'm also worried that I've been bitten by a tick at some point.. Had one on me years back from a cow, though it was just crawling around the dirty little Bsrd..

 

I do get tired and lethargic every few days, perhaps like you I aught to check it out. I thought it was just age catching up but you never know.. 

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I'm worried now!  I've had about ten latch on to me.  One in the US and the rest in France and Spain.
I pulled them all off before they swelled up and have never noticed a rash.
 
As for symptoms for a long time I've ached, sore joints and often feeling lethargic but I put it all down to getting older.
 
Is a test available from your local GP?

being the hypochondriac that I am, I'm also worried that I've been bitten by a tick at some point.. Had one on me years back from a cow, though it was just crawling around the dirty little Bsrd..
 
I do get tired and lethargic every few days, perhaps like you I aught to check it out. I thought it was just age catching up but you never know.. 



Just old age ya pair of hypochondriacs!lymes seems to be the new M.E.
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Not sure about ticks but I moved an old concrete coal bunker in my garden over the weekend; pulled it apart into sections and manhandled them. Two days later I am f'in covered in bites, all down the underside of both my arms and across much of my chest and belly. Each bite is about 5mm across and red; most have a hard whitish middle. Any clues what could have have been so keen to feast on my blood?

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