Maine

Oh dam
Sorry

 

I work on the ROW for the gas pipeline that runs through ME and NH and I'm into the triple digits within the last week of how many I've had on me. They're definitely going to be a pain in the ass this year from the looks of it. None around the house, the chickens kill everything they can fit in their beaks within the 5 acre radius.
Just from being in the ROWs daily for work I can say that deet isn't worth a shit with ticks, I've watched them walk right through a puddle of the stuff. The permethrin is the only thing that's worked for me. I spray my truck seat, clothes, boots, and gaters with it and have found them curled up in my truck dead from it jacking them up and have watched them crawling up my legs and curling up and falling off. Stuff works as long as they get on a part of you that's been treated. It probably causes cancer or something, but what doesn't nowadays..

 

I’m waiting for the rain to stop and dry out a little before I put some stuff down

 

Yeah, we've got chickens and it's the same way. None on the dog because she sticks around on our property, but the cats roam further and even with the frontline treatment we're picking a couple off every week.

 

Thats nasty. Few things I hate more than ticks. I was really hoping the lack of snow this year would have killed most of the bastards off. But I guess not huh..

@aahyut good luck on your recovery.

 

There were some news stories earlier this spring talking about how the numbers are down. I was laughing then, as my cat and dog had already had a bunch, now it’s just freaking crazy how many there are. And I agree, this is just the beginning with these little suckers

 

That sucks! Hang in there!

 

Well, going to be doing some work on the taco this coming weekend to get it ready for autocross the following weekend. If anybody is in Brunswick Maine or near there May 15th and 16th come down to the BNAS and check out the racing!

 

mmmm
Not this one but you never know on the next.

 

what is going on in Brunswick next weekend?

 

Actually, got something that brings me north of Brunswick Sunday morning, how late you think things will go Sunday? Maybe on the return I could swing thru.

 

I work a tenth of a mile from the runway.

 

Weather dependent we usually run until 3-4 in the afternoon on sundays so we have time to break everything down and pack up.

 

Gardiner, Maine USA

 

so many on the trails around my house went out last weekend and pulled about 3 off me that were crawling, found them inside the truck crawling around too.. And I have a husky and she hasn't lost her winter coat yet, so its been a nightmare trying to check her daily after he being outside. we broke and already gave her tick stuff which is earlier than we normally do.

 

We do soresto collars and they are amazing.

 

I struggle putting stuff in my pets, we have been using an organic spray from Walmart. It does ok, pets smell good at least and I’m not concerned about putting nasty chemicals on them.

I used to use the liquid stuff on the back of their necks, but stopped a few years ago.

 

Totally get the desire not to put chemicals on the dogs. My frame of mind is that they only live 8-15 years depending on the breed, so the chances they develop a bioaccumulation issue that shortens their life is different than having their quality of life drop due to Lyme or the risk of bringing a Lyme infected tick into the house.

 

It’s the seizures that some of the dogs get. I wouldn’t be able to handle it if I did something that caused harm to a pet.

edit: but to each is their own, and I can respect folks who are just trying to do the right thing.

 

We use the same stuff, we have been lucky the past couple years though the owners of the house we live at have been spraying the woods line and yard with tick stuff from Mainely ticks 3 times a season which really cuts down the ticks, and the mosquito's which is awesome. and we don't have to apply the dog stuff as much as the package recommends.