tick number 7,394

We literally could not remove them fast enough. They multiplied like magic.

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GraceD says:

Gaaaaaaaaah! Hopefully the Ninja Poodles were not in tow.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

redjade75 says:

Ahhhh, the Lone Star Tick.
Those are the bastards that got me.
Shudder
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Meetzorp says:

Ick! Tick!

It's also a common hazard of mountain-biking this time of year, too in Missouri.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Chicago Stone Family says:

Do you need to get a round of antibiotics or something?
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

dsimmons2006 says:

I hate those SOBs. I wandered off the paved trail at Two Rivers Park about a month back for a few minutes and wound up with six of them.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

styro says:

Remember: if you see any bullseye shaped spots around any of those tick bites, get thee to El Doctoro ASAP. My dad had Lyme Disease and it almost killed him.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

giddygirlie says:

bleh, I hate fleas. I can't imagine ticks -- they're so big and look like crabs! *shudder*
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

deenerann says:

Oh god, I'm all creepy crawly now!!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

redjade75 says:

Ticks are BAD BAD BAD. Here is proof:

Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Chicago Stone Family says:

@redjade...that's from a tick? I seriously think you should have someone professional take a look at this.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

ninjapoodles says:

Hers is all healed, but I have one in nearly the same spot, but mine is a little too close to the nipple to be photographed. Otherwise, I totally would have.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

notes from the trenches says:

I hate ticks too. We have had Lyme disease over here twice. Now I am obsessed with deet.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Gads!!! I so do not miss those things! They would get bad where I grew up too (Minnesota). I cannot stand things that attach themselves to me and drink my blood!!!

Give me a bear anyday. At least I can hear them coming and they'll take me out fast if they really want to.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

pwdohio says:

Eeeeks!!!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

atomik_orange says:

How do you get the things off? Dont they leave the mouthparts in if you do it wrong.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

ninjapoodles says:

This one in the picture had not bitten yet, but I've never had a problem just pulling them off. Yes, occasionally, you can pull the body loose from the head, so you want to do it carefully. There are all kinds of "home remedies" for getting ticks to let go: kerosene, petroleum jelly, dishwashing liquid, a lit cigarette...the only one of those I've tried was the dish soap, and it didn't work!

They do make special tools for removing ticks--they look like plastic scissors with a scoop-shaped end for getting beneath the head.

TICKS ARE GROSS.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

aforero says:

Ticks are gross, I second that! I had my share of experiences with Arkansas ticks a few months ago.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

ninjapoodles says:

They are REALLY awful this year, I don't know why! And these spotted ones are the kind that give you the "fever." Bad deal.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

mr.e's mom says:

now you got me worried over ticks in maine natural places. good LORD ,,, I WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO WHERE THEY ALL ARE. do you get tested for lyme disease? how creepy to have so many of them..... yuck.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

ninjapoodles says:

I never got the bad symptoms, but Alex did. he was tested for Lyme and RMSF, but negative on both. Then we learned that there hasn't been a RMSF case reported in our state in the last decade or so. And also that STARI is much more common, as it's carried by the lonestar tick, as you see above. Fortunately, though STARI has the same early symptoms, and the same treatment, as Lyme (doxycycline), it isn't nearly as serious, nor has it such lasting repercussions.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

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