ticks!

[DaviDC.]

I hadn't seen a tick in years until yesterday. I took some stuff to store under my mom's house & later found a small tick crawling on the back of my neck.

I had to change a flat tire this morning, which entailed laying on the ground, & later found another tick crawling on the back of my neck. Just a few minutes ago I found one on top of my head.

I didn't know that 2011 was the year of the tick in central Alabama.

[MacArtist]

Hot humid weather. Great for growing ticks.

I HATE TICKS!

We've got 3 dogs. The hairest one, an old Bouvier insists on doing his business out in the tall grass. His hair is so dense that the only place the ticks can latch on is the skin around his eyelids.

Huge Yuck!!! factor.

[$tevie]

MacArtist wrote: His hair is so dense that the only place the ticks can latch on is the skin around his eyelids.

Huge Yuck!!! factor.

It sounds yucky all right, but if it means you don't have to check him all over every night for ticks perhaps it's worth it.

[kap]

MacArtist wrote:
Hot humid weather. Great for growing ticks.

I HATE TICKS!

We've got 3 dogs. The hairest one, an old Bouvier insists on doing his business out in the tall grass. His hair is so dense that the only place the ticks can latch on is the skin around his eyelids.

Huge Yuck!!! factor.

Our youngest is a poodle and Maltese mutt. The hair that is closest to her skin is super thick and curly. Her tummy is the only place one could see her skin! We are concerned about fleas, ticks and everything that get stuck in her 'body carpet'.