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Bacteria spread through dog saliva linked to death of Wisconsin woman

That’s what u get from kissing dogs...

 

[MAKAVELI]

The white ones do!

Well I guess I'm safe from ticks then.

 

[Brownslave688]

Deer is not the problem. Ticks don't discriminate.

The tick population numbers are directly related to the deer population numbers everywhere. Plenty of studies have been done. There is a direct correlation.


However even if something wiped out tons of deer ticks can live 5 years without a meal.

 

[MAKAVELI]

The tick population numbers are directly related to the deer population numbers everywhere. Plenty of studies have been done. There is a direct correlation.


However even if something wiped out tons of deer ticks can live 5 years without a meal.

90 species of ticks in the US and they don't all specifically feed on deer. You could wipe out the entire deer population and still have ticks.

 

[rod]

90 species of ticks in the US and they don't all specifically feed on deer. You could wipe out the entire deer population and still have ticks.

The wild turkeys have just about wiped out the tick problem around here. Once or twice a day I can see a line of 10 to 15 turkeys roaming the neighborhood on a bug run.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

The wild turkeys have just about wiped out the tick problem around here. Once or twice a day I can see a line of 10 to 15 turkeys roaming the neighborhood on a bug run.

We have a flock of them in our neighborhood in the mountains.
The last time I was up walking in the neighborhood ...
the flock just walked about 4 feet in front of me!
That was a treat even though I didn't have a camera with me.

 

[Brownslave688]

90 species of ticks in the US and they don't all specifically feed on deer. You could wipe out the entire deer population and still have ticks.

Well no Sherlock. But you wouldn't have near as many.

When I was a kid I could spend all day roaming the farm. Rarely found a tick on me. That doesn't mean there weren't any. There just weren't as many. Now there's been times this summer I walk thru 100 feet of mowed yard and pick a couple ticks off me when I get inside. The difference is directly related.

 

[oldngray]

 

[MAKAVELI]

Well no Sherlock. But you wouldn't have near as many.

When I was a kid I could spend all day roaming the farm. Rarely found a tick on me. That doesn't mean there weren't any. There just weren't as many. Now there's been times this summer I walk thru 100 feet of mowed yard and pick a couple ticks off me when I get inside. The difference is directly related.

So your yard is an indication of the tick population in the US? Lol

 

[Operational needs]

Good morning!

 

[oldngray]

 

[Operational needs]

Well no Sherlock. But you wouldn't have near as many.

When I was a kid I could spend all day roaming the farm. Rarely found a tick on me. That doesn't mean there weren't any. There just weren't as many. Now there's been times this summer I walk thru 100 feet of mowed yard and pick a couple ticks off me when I get inside. The difference is directly related.

Tons of deer on my route and they have a HUGE tick problem.

 

[oldngray]

Deer pretty much always have ticks but deer ticks will find other hosts if they have to. They just go to deer as their first choice. The problem with deer ticks is the diseases they carry.

 

[Operational needs]

Deer is not the problem. Ticks don't discriminate.

Deer IS the problem. Their ticks carry Lyme Disease, a very debilitating disease if left untreated.

 

[oldngray]

Only a few species of ticks carry Lyme disease and the deer tick is the most common. Deer ticks are a lot smaller than most other common ticks so easy to identify. Luckily not a problem near where I live but I can go just a few miles to where they are a lot worse.

 

[MAKAVELI]

Deer IS the problem. Their ticks carry Lyme Disease, a very debilitating disease if left untreated.

Wrong.

 

[Wally]

Six plastic containers and some miscellaneous stuff.

You did say female right ? One large tub alone just for shoes.

 

[Wally]

Only a few species of ticks carry Lyme disease and the deer tick is the most common. Deer ticks are a lot smaller than most other common ticks so easy to identify. Luckily not a problem near where I live but I can go just a few miles to where they are a lot worse.

Really bad here.

 

[Wally]

Wrong.

I always though is was a mouse to deer problem?

 

[Operational needs]

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You did say female right ? One large tub alone just for shoes.

Small tub.