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donnamatrix · 04-18-2012, 01:46 PM

Ugh. I picked a tick off my husband's neck last night (4/17)- nasty little things. In addition to using the business end of a lit cigarette, you can strike a match, blow it out, and hold the hot end against the tick, and it will let go. Our dog got the Lyme vaccine (wish there was one for humans), and also we use a anti-tick product once a month (get from our vet). I posted this somewhere else on the forum, but two of the six dogs in our puppy obedience class in Wolfeboro diagnosed with Lyme and have been on antibiotics. Our dog is as black as night, and I know seeing the ticks will be a challenge. We are brushing him and looking for them every night. For humans, if Lyme isn't diagnosed very early, the long lasting effects can be quite nasty. Last year I read an article about a moose in MN that died of anemia, he had tens of thousands of ticks on his body. EEEK.

04-18-2012, 01:46 PM	#9
donnamatrix Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro Posts: 833 Thanks: 24 Thanked 258 Times in 120 Posts	Tick products Ugh. I picked a tick off my husband's neck last night (4/17)- nasty little things. In addition to using the business end of a lit cigarette, you can strike a match, blow it out, and hold the hot end against the tick, and it will let go. Our dog got the Lyme vaccine (wish there was one for humans), and also we use a anti-tick product once a month (get from our vet). I posted this somewhere else on the forum, but two of the six dogs in our puppy obedience class in Wolfeboro diagnosed with Lyme and have been on antibiotics. Our dog is as black as night, and I know seeing the ticks will be a challenge. We are brushing him and looking for them every night. For humans, if Lyme isn't diagnosed very early, the long lasting effects can be quite nasty. Last year I read an article about a moose in MN that died of anemia, he had tens of thousands of ticks on his body. EEEK.