PSA - Watch for Ticks!

flippedgazelle · 04-13-2010, 01:46 PM

Especially for those of you who like to tramp thru the woods. I've plucked 6 ticks from my body already!

I'm trying to be more diligent in my use of insect repellent

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**blackcloudbrew** · 04-13-2010, 03:35 PM

OMG! I HATE tick! Yuck! Get that sucker outa here!

(nice image though...)

jct us101 · 04-13-2010, 05:20 PM

Ticks must hate me, because I've gone through some pretty high fields and forests and stuff and I don't think that I ever have had one on me. Must be that my blood is too sour or something for them.

**rparmar** · 04-13-2010, 06:57 PM

That creeps me out and I am not a creeped out kind of guy. Something about the texture and colour. Maybe you could pose it and make it truly horrific?

Tuner571 · 04-14-2010, 03:18 PM

Wow, that is one nasty looking bug. I know around here in Ohio I get them whenever I go out to take pictures in any kind of long grass.

Arpe · 04-14-2010, 05:50 PM

Don't have them here

flippedgazelle · 04-14-2010, 08:55 PM

Originally posted by Arpe

Don't have them here

I wanna move to NZ.

Not because of the ticks, though. NZ is just so primordially beautiful.

flippedgazelle · 04-14-2010, 08:56 PM

Originally posted by jct us101

Ticks must hate me, because I've gone through some pretty high fields and forests and stuff and I don't think that I ever have had one on me. Must be that my blood is too sour or something for them.

Lucky you. You don't want ticks to "love" you.

pxpaulx · 04-14-2010, 09:09 PM

Originally posted by flippedgazelle

I wanna move to NZ.

Not because of the ticks, though. NZ is just so primordially beautiful.

Also, have you heard about their tooth brush fence? Now with more than 50 toothbrushes.

Bramela · 04-14-2010, 09:56 PM

We have a major problem with ticks here in Aus as well.
I took a Naturapath's advice, as I react badly to ticks. He advised me to take a daily Vitamin B tablet and they would be repelled.
Tried it, I work in very bushy areas, have'nt had a tick in almost 2 years.

Then again, maybe I have just been lucky

timstone · 04-14-2010, 10:10 PM

I walked through a conservation area last weekend without a shirt on in some pretty dense woodland and I came out tick free...didn't use any repellent either...it was very weird.

reeftool · 04-15-2010, 08:05 AM

I lived in South Jersey around 35 years ago and I can remember picking the ticks off me everytime we went camping or hiking in the woods down there. Worse place I have ever seen.

bymy141 · 04-15-2010, 08:18 AM

Make sure the check your bite wounds.
Negleted Lime decease infections are hard to cure.
No kidding!

See: Lyme disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

- Bert

Ratmagiclady · 04-15-2010, 04:09 PM

Ticks are definitely not on the 'Most lovable creatures' list.

Due caution is always a good thing. I don't get too many near-misses (What I do to protect from the Sun also slows those guys way down,) but I still check darn carefully when I've been near where they like to be.

I like to carry around this little police light, for varying purposes: apart from being pretty indispensable for someone who carries around 'Lots of round black objects' and is always trying to fix stuff, they really make inspections about as easy as you could ask.

Arpe · 04-15-2010, 06:13 PM

Originally posted by flippedgazelle

I wanna move to NZ.

Not because of the ticks, though. NZ is just so primordially beautiful.

Sorry, gazelles have to live in zoos!

04-13-2010, 01:46 PM	#1
flippedgazelle Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,270	PSA - Watch for Ticks! Especially for those of you who like to tramp thru the woods. I've plucked 6 ticks from my body already! I'm trying to be more diligent in my use of insect repellent Attached Images

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04-13-2010, 03:35 PM	#2
blackcloudbrew Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cotati, California USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,460	OMG! I HATE tick! Yuck! Get that sucker outa here! (nice image though...)

04-13-2010, 05:20 PM	#3
jct us101 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rohnert Park, CA Posts: 3,793	Ticks must hate me, because I've gone through some pretty high fields and forests and stuff and I don't think that I ever have had one on me. Must be that my blood is too sour or something for them.

04-13-2010, 06:57 PM	#4
rparmar Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2008 Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,819	That creeps me out and I am not a creeped out kind of guy. Something about the texture and colour. Maybe you could pose it and make it truly horrific?

04-14-2010, 03:18 PM	#5
Tuner571 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ohio Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,549	Wow, that is one nasty looking bug. I know around here in Ohio I get them whenever I go out to take pictures in any kind of long grass.

04-14-2010, 05:50 PM	#6
Arpe Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,452	Don't have them here

04-14-2010, 08:55 PM	#7
flippedgazelle Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,270 Original Poster	Originally posted by Arpe Don't have them here I wanna move to NZ. Not because of the ticks, though. NZ is just so primordially beautiful.

04-14-2010, 08:56 PM	#8
flippedgazelle Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,270 Original Poster	Originally posted by jct us101 Ticks must hate me, because I've gone through some pretty high fields and forests and stuff and I don't think that I ever have had one on me. Must be that my blood is too sour or something for them. Lucky you. You don't want ticks to "love" you.

04-14-2010, 09:09 PM	#9
pxpaulx Veteran Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 2,867	Originally posted by flippedgazelle I wanna move to NZ. Not because of the ticks, though. NZ is just so primordially beautiful. Also, have you heard about their tooth brush fence? Now with more than 50 toothbrushes.

04-14-2010, 09:56 PM	#10
Bramela Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Newcastle Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,284	We have a major problem with ticks here in Aus as well. I took a Naturapath's advice, as I react badly to ticks. He advised me to take a daily Vitamin B tablet and they would be repelled. Tried it, I work in very bushy areas, have'nt had a tick in almost 2 years. Then again, maybe I have just been lucky

04-14-2010, 10:10 PM	#11
timstone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 400	I walked through a conservation area last weekend without a shirt on in some pretty dense woodland and I came out tick free...didn't use any repellent either...it was very weird.

04-15-2010, 08:05 AM	#12
reeftool Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate New York Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,554	I lived in South Jersey around 35 years ago and I can remember picking the ticks off me everytime we went camping or hiking in the woods down there. Worse place I have ever seen.

04-15-2010, 08:18 AM	#13
bymy141 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,563	Make sure the check your bite wounds. Negleted Lime decease infections are hard to cure. No kidding! See: Lyme disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Bert

04-15-2010, 04:09 PM	#14
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Ticks are definitely not on the 'Most lovable creatures' list. Due caution is always a good thing. I don't get too many near-misses (What I do to protect from the Sun also slows those guys way down,) but I still check darn carefully when I've been near where they like to be. I like to carry around this little police light, for varying purposes: apart from being pretty indispensable for someone who carries around 'Lots of round black objects' and is always trying to fix stuff, they really make inspections about as easy as you could ask.

04-15-2010, 06:13 PM	#15
Arpe Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,452	Originally posted by flippedgazelle I wanna move to NZ. Not because of the ticks, though. NZ is just so primordially beautiful. Sorry, gazelles have to live in zoos!