>This thread has me creeped out...but I am fast learning everything I wanted >to know about ticks...and more! After my tick "attack" last week I have some >questions about the nasty things. Do they bite us the way they do the >horses???? Do they get under the skin...will they live in my hair??? > >This year is sooo bad...I've always had a tick or 2 but never in the >quantities I am seeing now. AKKKKKKKKKKKK...I am creeped! > >OK...back outside to pick more ticks off poor Klaudius.... > >Mel
OK -- here's even more about ticks: http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/rbkimsey/tickbio.html They will bite and attach for feeding (a blood meal is a necessary part of their reproductive cycle) but they don't get under your skin like chiggers. Be happy if they are crawling out of your hair -- that means you won't get surprised a couple days later by a soft, pea-sized tick attached to your scalp! (I can smile now, but it was pretty gross at the time <g>). I've been checked for Lymes Disease (its present in our deer ticks) but the doctors assure me that the tick has to be feeding for close to 36 hours or more before enough spirochetes get transferred to cause the disease (local cases have all been in children-- who aren't as vigilant about parasite removal as are grossed out adults). Lynn Kinsky Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
