Ticks!

[Bren.]

Today I was walking around one of the woods I work in.

It's a SSSI and NNR and I do a lot of work for Natural England there.

I was looking for suitable trees to mount time expansion recording devices in, to monitor bat activity.

I have always found this site to be the worst I have ever come across for Ticks.

I must have killed 250-300 1st instar ticks and 150 2nd instar with a few later instar.

For those of you who work in the woods, how many do you tend to pick up and how do you deal with them.

Personally, with the numbers I seem to pick up here, I have to just run a lighter up and down my legs, and burn them off.

 

I REALLY HATE THEM!

[mendiplogs]

Today I was walking around one of the woods I work in.

It's a SSSI and NNR and I do a lot of work for Natural England there.

I was looking for suitable trees to mount time expansion recording devices in, to monitor bat activity.

I have always found this site to be the worst I have ever come across for Ticks.

I must have killed 250-300 1st instar ticks and 150 2nd instar with a few later instar.

For those of you who work in the woods, how many do you tend to pick up and how do you deal with them.

Personally, with the numbers I seem to pick up here, I have to just run a lighter up and down my legs, and burn them off.

 

I REALLY HATE THEM!

 

HI MATE our dog had one the our day jon

[gand]

I've used the dog tick picker things seem to work, not sure what there called. Just need to make sure you get the head. A mate of mine used a soldering iron on one! I wouldn't recommend it

[Bren.]

The dog comes to work with me every day.

He has one advantage when it comes to ticks.

FRONTLINE,

[gand]

That's true, the mrs always says I need Frontlining

[Bren.]

I had to take the dog to the vets a while go and asked for some while I was there.

He then told me what a great product it is, and how when his kids come home from school with head lice he just doses them with......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Yep you guessed it.

[mendiplogs]

I had to take the dog to the vets a while go and asked for some while I was there.

He then told me what a great product it is, and how when his kids come home from school with head lice he just doses them with......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Yep you guessed it.

 

HI BREN ///// VET ok your one them mate ok then our dogs been front lined thanks jon:thumbup:

[Graham]

I used to get them regularly in France. Body search each day in all the usual places but even had them between my fingers. Hate the little bleeders.

[colemanjessenz]

HI MATE our dog had one the our day jon

 

Get some nice light hiking pants with gators built in my sip climbing pants a d my chainsaw pants have them also , none so far. The area I am in Germany is really bad for them apparently but I think they like some more then others

 

 

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[Stubby]

Only ever found them on the dog . never had one on me I hope ! Dog uses " advocate " Vet says its better than frontline