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NadirCs Teenager
Join date : 2012-03-28 Location : Vienna, VA
| Subject: Eastern US Tick Season? Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:36 pm | |
| Any of you hikers in eastern central US know if the tick season has died down by now? I know it still hasn't gotten too cold out. Oddly enough where I am in WV there are like no ticks, but I'm going backpacking in Shenandoah National Park this weekend and debating whether I need to get a tick collar for Phantom. I grew up in that area and the ticks are EVERYWHERE but I'm not sure when they start to die down. Advice? |
| | | calliegirl08 Teenager
Join date : 2012-09-05 Location : Central FL
| Subject: Re: Eastern US Tick Season? Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:53 pm | |
| I can't say for sure but here, we are usually strict on the flea/tick preventatives until late october/early november. It's supposed to be 60s here this week and it's been pretty cold in the mornings but I would play it safe. I think it's still a bit too early to be safe from ticks. |
| | | SabakaMom Senior
Join date : 2011-02-10 Location : Virginia
| Subject: Re: Eastern US Tick Season? Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:16 pm | |
| They never die down. I am not even sure I would trust a tick collar. I found a tick biting me last January. You also need to fear Lymes disease for both you and Phantom and Alpha-gal (google it) a new human meat allergy cause by tick bites. Cases of Alpha-gal are most prevalent in VA and NC. Bring your own repellant as well!!
Not a very exciting "Welcome to VA" message, is it? Sorry... |
| | | Here4thePics Comedic Relief
Join date : 2009-07-15
| Subject: Re: Eastern US Tick Season? Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:11 pm | |
| Go get yourself some Advantix: http://www.animalhealth.bayer.com/5614.0.html
Most of the bigger pet supply stores carry it now. |
| | | mbarnard0429 Senior
Join date : 2011-08-07 Location : Michigan
| Subject: Re: Eastern US Tick Season? Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:17 pm | |
| I don't use topicals - but I am in Michigan. In the wooded areas I use Rose Geranium Oil - keeps the ticks off me and the dogs.
Using topicals is your choice, but I don't think dosing my animals with poison is the best option when oils can deter ticks. |
| | | NadirCs Teenager
Join date : 2012-03-28 Location : Vienna, VA
| Subject: Re: Eastern US Tick Season? Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:24 pm | |
| - SabakaMom wrote:
- They never die down. I am not even sure I would trust a tick collar. I found a tick biting me last January. You also need to fear Lymes disease for both you and Phantom and Alpha-gal (google it) a new human meat allergy cause by tick bites. Cases of Alpha-gal are most prevalent in VA and NC. Bring your own repellant as well!!
Not a very exciting "Welcome to VA" message, is it? Sorry... This was my fear, I don't miss that at all. We stopped treating Phantom for ticks (we just do a heartworm/parasite/flea combo pill) when we left VA. I'll look into some tick preventatives. Ugh. |
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