I’m Sexy and I know it!
That’s right! I know it because I’m a TICK magnet!
I’ve had 3 tick bites so far this Spring. They FREAK me out!
Wes and Madison haven’t had ONE tick bite and they’ve been doing a lot of BushWacking (because we’ve gotten into GeoCaching). Not one on either of them.
I’m not complaining, don’t get me wrong. I’m SUPER glad neither of them have had one.
I just don’t understand what it is about ME that they love! Just me and Brody. We’ve found 5 ticks on Brody. Two of them had just jumped on for a ride and hadn’t sunk their fangs in yet. Friggin’ ticks!
This winter was so mild, we didn’t have enough freezing days in a row to kill them off, apparently. (According to our Vet.)
We are religious about doing Brody’s Flea and Tick treatment.
I use Tea Tree oil products on my hair once a week. I don’t wipe myself down with Deet every time I go outside. That would get old after about the 5 time each day.
Eat more onions?
Bathe in Tea Tree oil every morning?
Hang a string of garlic around my neck?
I’m seriously thinking this might be my best option!
(Found at Amazon.)
Seriously, anyone have any Tick Avoidance advice? (Other than “Don’t go outside”.) I’m kind of desperate here!
We have sprayed our yard. And before that, we treated it something you spread on the grass with a seed spreader. I think the bee-keeper suit or Deet are my next defense.
I just need to stop breathing so much then? LOL
p.s. Your English is better than any foreign language I speak so don’t apologize. 🙂
Bwahahaha!
Up here in Canada they are REALLY bad. We easily pull off 75 – 125 every couple days off the outside dogs. This latest check we found them between the dogs toes, private areas and eye lids. Our indoor poodle seems to attract them in 3’s and the humans usually have at least 1 or 2 each a day. Just part of living in the country on an acreage, in Canada, in Manitoba. We are planning on moving down South, hoping the grass is greener without the ticks!
Sorry to hear about T’s uncle. That is so sad. I’m petrified of getting it. Although, it is not common in this area and the ticks we’ve found are not generally the ones that carry it and I’ve not had them on me long enough for them to have given me the disease (generally). I still don’t want the freaking things biting me. I’d probably be the .01% that against all odds did get Lyme disease under all the wrong circumstances. Maybe a $75 investment in the bee-keeper suit would be worth it!