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1984isnowpleb t1_jd2phlx wrote

Check your warm areas on you and your pets! They like to go for crotch and arm pits

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62SlabSide t1_jd2qzb2 wrote

Did my bi-annual perimeter spray last weekend. Permethrin works very well. It’s a constant moral struggle I have. I don’t like using this stuff, but I’d rather use it than pull ticks off my kids.

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Blastoid84 t1_jd36w7l wrote

Been doing the same for years, using 99% garlic for one pass and then Wondercide for the following week (and myself/dogs as well!). My street stinks of garlic the next day or so.

I do that once every other month and really do not see ticks or many annoying bugs (gnats still are rampant and we get a lot of bees which are quite welcome).

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Blastoid84 t1_jd3mvgy wrote

This is the garlic one, usually grab it from Amazon.

Wondercide is also available at Amazon and some local places. This I put on the dogs and myself in place of DEET (sometimes I put both on myself lol). But also goes on the yard, I do not put the garlic one on myself but it's likely safe.

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Jesus_Freak78 t1_jd36kvq wrote

Came on here to say I use the same stuff and just sprayed my yard two days ago and my mother-in-law's yesterday. Before that, I had a tick on me two weeks ago and just pulled a tick off my dog this past weekend. Wish I sprayed sooner!!!

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Xyldarran t1_jd5few4 wrote

The only thing stopping me from using that is we're on well water and I have no idea how bad that could end up

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Wedgedgum t1_jd2kvcx wrote

Already had Lyme disease due to a warm winter.

Come on now!

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MASSIVEGRUNDEL t1_jd3tsec wrote

What symptoms did you notice at first?

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Wedgedgum t1_jd5rp9t wrote

Stiff neck - stiff joints - exhaustion. That was about 48 hours after the tick bite. I saved the tick to show the docs. They gave me a 20 day dose of antibiotics.

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ArgumentLost9383 t1_jd4z37p wrote

I’m a land surveyor here in Connecticut and I’ve been pulling them off me all winter, it’s going to be a tough summer with these ticks. I sometimes have one in me on a daily basis, those that only have them on them seldomly shouldn’t freak out too much although they do suck!

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thunderdome180 t1_jd4p2xc wrote

Uh i have lyme as well. Only had one flair up when i was younger. It was awful and half my face went paralyzed. I hope it never flairs up again.

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Jawaka99 t1_jd476oz wrote

Always needs to be something to have everyone worrying about.

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