Ticks!

[Suzanimal]

That's why the last time I had a girlfriend (like, back in the stone age or something), we would always remove each other's ticks when they got lodged in places that were hard to see. Diseases suck.

[GunnyFreedom]

^^^ Even monkeys are smarter than some people.

[Suzanimal]

I'm just sayin' "remove that yourself mister" is a good recipe for a very sick SO.

It was dangling from his ballsack. If I'd had to remove it, I could've never gone back there.

Edit: Forgot the t in it.

[Carlybee]

Some things better left unsaid...or posted.

How ironic coming from you

[tod evans]

Call me silly, but the last thing I want to do is inject tick vomit and guts under my skin. Even if they DON'T have Lyme Disease that's just gross.

Now forgetting for a moment the whole ick factor and going with pure cold logic, squeezing an embedded tick increases your chances of contracting Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Powassan disease, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii (which cause human ehrlichiosis), STARI, tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Colorado tick fever, or tick-borne relapsing fevers (Borrelia hermsii, B. parkerii, or B. turicatae).

You really don't have to have some kind of bug phobia to simply want to avoid tick borne illnesses.

What ever floats your boat........

Ya'd have a really hard time out here in the sticks.....

[Danke]

I was dangling from his ballsack. If I'd had to remove it, I could've never gone back there.

How ironic coming from you

This place is ... I don't have words.
Really mods? Is this going to be tolerated?

[Suzanimal]

This place is ... I don't have words.
Really mods? Is this going to be tolerated?

I forgot the t in it.

That makes it okay, right?

[GunnyFreedom]

What ever floats your boat........

Ya'd have a really hard time out here in the sticks.....

LMAO I live out in the sticks.

Here is a photo I just right now took out my back window...




I live in "The Pine State." In the early summer the ticks rain down out of the sky.

[GunnyFreedom]

When I roll down my driveway, banjos start playing.

I've lived here for 25 years.

[tod evans]

When I roll down my driveway, banjos start playing.

I've lived here for 25 years.

From what you've been posing it's gotta drive you nuts...

I just accept 'em as part of life and try to catch 'em while they're still crawling and not burrowed in...

[Danke]

When I roll down my driveway, banjos start playing.

I've lived here for 25 years.

[GunnyFreedom]

It was dangling from his ballsack. If I'd had to remove it, I could've never gone back there.

Edit: Forgot the t in it.

Lyme Disease can lead to Loss of sex drive, Sexual dysfunction, and Testicular pain.

[Suzanimal]

Lyme Disease can lead to Loss of sex drive, Sexual dysfunction, and Testicular pain.

So could me not visiting that spot.

[GunnyFreedom]

From what you've been posing it's gotta drive you nuts...

I just accept 'em as part of life and try to catch 'em while they're still crawling and not burrowed in...

Nope. I just engage my brain-muscles first when dealing with the little buggars. The fact that I hate ticks does mean that they almost never get a chance to embed, because when they start raining down out of the sky I get really sensitive to feeling them crawling on me and I don't wait. If I'm out in town I will go to the restroom pick an empty stall and flush the little SOB down the toilet.

[Suzu]

I hate wearing Off and was thinking of trying a homemade tick repellent. I found a recipe on the internet but was wondering if anyone had a better one. I'm concerned spraying vinegar in my hair and going outside will lighten it and I like it to stay dark.

Haven't read the whole thread but my first reaction on reading this was "Your whole body is covered with hair?" If not, just spray everywhere except your hair and you should be fine.

[Carlybee]

So could me not visiting that spot.

Haha...out of rep

[Danke]

Lyme Disease can lead to Loss of sex drive, Sexual dysfunction, and Testicular pain.

Thanks for sharing your hardship, bro. I will be extra cautious now.

[Suzanimal]

That's why the last time I had a girlfriend (like, back in the stone age or something), we would always remove each other's ticks when they got lodged in places that were hard to see. Diseases suck.

[Danke]

So could me not visiting that spot.

Mods? Really?

[Suzanimal]

Mods? Really?

What's the matter Danke? Your rental girls charge too much for that?

[Danke]

What's the matter Danke? Your rental girls charge too much for that?

Before Jan 2012 this used to be a family friendly forum.

[Origanalist]

Before Jan 2012 this used to be a family friendly forum.

[Suzanimal]

Found a tick on my under butt cheek. *shudders* That's the third tick I've found on me in the past month. The other two hadn't bitten me. I kind of get the other two (I found one on my way home from the lake and the other weeding) but I had only been in the pool and the driveway yesterday.

Mr Animal said he found one crawling on his neck on the way to work. We have a low branch hanging over the driveway and I think that's where we're getting them.

After the mild winter, I think the ticks are gonna be bad this year.

[oyarde]

Found a tick on my under butt cheek. *shudders* That's the third tick I've found on me in the past month. The other two hadn't bitten me. I kind of get the other two (I found one on my way home from the lake and the other weeding) but I had only been in the pool and the driveway yesterday.

Mr Animal said he found one crawling on his neck on the way to work. We have a low branch hanging over the driveway and I think that's where we're getting them.

After the mild winter, I think the ticks are gonna be bad this year.

Try to find some birch oil repellent and give it a try.

[specsaregood]

It was dangling from his ballsack. If I'd had to remove it, I could've never gone back there.

Found a tick on my under butt cheek.

TickSmart Tip: Tape the tick, especially those found on family members, to an index card with the date and location it was found. Hang on to the card for 6 months or so, just in case unusual symptoms appear. That way you can always have the tick tested for pathogens... or, for show & tell.

[donnay]

Essential oils such as Lavender, Lemongrass, Citronella, Eucalyptus, Geranium, Thyme, Melaleuca and Cedarwood work great. I make my own bug repellent every year--DEET is nasty, nasty stuff.

[tod evans]

We've had plenty this year and it's not even summer yet....

[oyarde]

Essential oils such as Lavender, Lemongrass, Citronella, Eucalyptus, Geranium, Thyme, Melaleuca and Cedarwood work great. I make my own bug repellent every year--DEET is nasty, nasty stuff.

I have had good luck with the lemon/ Eucalyptus for mosquitos

[TER]

This is one of the worst seasons I have seen for ticks. Literally pulling off a few a day from patients and given doxycycline like its candy. Never seen so many. I heard the rise in mouse population is the main culprit.

[tod evans]

This is one of the worst seasons I have seen for ticks. Literally pulling off a few a day from patients and given doxycycline like its candy. Never seen so many. I heard the rise in mouse population is the main culprit.

People actually go to the Dr. for tick removal?