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!
Hi Sandra…love your blog…you’re a very talented woman…thanks for sharing your skills with us wanna be’s 🙂 I checked for a natural remedy for ticks & found that lavender is a good repellent…I’d get a lightweight oil (like coconut oil…and put 4 to 5 drops of lavender in it)…rub that all over your body when going out. to get it into your system so that it will naturally will begin repelling…put 2 drops into an 8 oz glass of water & injest daily…this will put it into your blood supply and you should begin repelling the ticks naturally….you can check out this information at aromatools.com
“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 ”
Both those statements are so far from the truth. All ticks carry TBD. If a rabid dog bite you and broke the skin, but didn’t latch on…would you dismiss possibly having rabies because he’s didn’t latch on for long? The same is true for ticks.
Please always wear deet based products while outside. It’s better to be safe, then sorry.
Also .. I passed lyme to my son through birth (I didn’t even know I had lyme at the time).
I am very sad to see how much you don’t take ticks bites seriously.
I have chronic lyme disease with bartonella because of a tick I never saw and never had a rash from.
I have spent thousands upon thousands getting well again and that was after damn near a year of more then 30+ doctors trying to figure out what was wrong with me.
I don’t even step foot with deet on. Lyme Disease is no joke and I hope you have been fortunate so far, but luck does run out eventually.
Please watch Under our Skin on Hulu.. that will be a great eye opener.
BTW folks – please DO NOT follow the CDC guidelines. It’s a joke and their testing is DESIGNED for most to test negative to lyme disease. For real info about lyme disease, please see ILADS.org
We get them at our cabin BAD, and having three dogs running around through the brush doesn’t help. This year will be especially bad due to the mild winter. In the past, my husband has sprayed the perimeter of the yard with some kind of tick killer and that cut them back a lot, but if it rains frequently it has to be reapplied. Normally I’m not a huge fan of pesticides, but in this case I put up with it because I hate ticks more.
I don’t like putting on the bug spray with DEET (especially on my 2 year old) but supposedly that’s the only thing that really repels them. When you’re outside, try wearing light colored clothing, wear a hat and tuck your pant legs into your socks (looks dorky but it does keep them from crawling up your pant legs! Ewww!). We also use Frontline on the dogs and have them vaccinated for Lyme disease. Good luck, I HATE ticks too!
Not according to the CDC.