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by Two Moons on 04 March 2008 - 02:03
Southern Indiana, we just thawed out from the last Ice storm a week ago and its been spring like for two days here, today I took my whole brood out for a romp in the woods and came home with my first tick bite of 2008.
We have been infested for years here, does anyone else have a tick problem already?
by yellowrose of Texas on 04 March 2008 - 02:03
Not yet but we had the same thing here...for three days buds on all the trees and 78-80 and now tonight down to 32 * ....
I thought about the fleas and ticks on Saturday but then today.....snakes and ticks probably got a chill tonight....I live in the woods too...and we picked up limbs and brush at dark two night ago......sure hope my Copperhead friends didnt get disturbed......I really dont like spring anymore because those are the products here...of nice beautiful budded trees and new growth....copperheads,,,fleas and ticks...
by Two Moons on 04 March 2008 - 02:03
I hate copperheads and they are harder on you than most rattlers, at least a rattler will sometimes warn you off.
We have more copperheads than rattle snakes here. We have snow coming tomorrow, crazy weather.
by yellowrose of Texas on 04 March 2008 - 02:03
Us too, Dallas is forcasted for 1 inch of snow and also 6 counties surrounding .......and it rained all day...everyone here is wet and cold.....
by guardiank9 on 04 March 2008 - 03:03
here in GA we have been fighting the ticks for almost a month now. Every night when i come in from tracking someone is sure to be carrying a tick
by Two Moons on 04 March 2008 - 03:03
You know how you get spring fever, it was warm and sunny and I actually gave my pup a bath, he just came in from a duty call. I can track him all over the house by the muddy foot prints.
by CaptMike on 04 March 2008 - 03:03
Aye! Crosspost from a Hunting Dog board. It works aye
| Hey everybody, go to Lowes or anywhere that they sell pesticides(i buy it at Lowes) it's in the garden section and it's in a blue quart plastic bottle labeled Bayer.....just like the aspirin company.....advanced 12month tree and shrub insect control concentrate.....turn the bottle to the back side and it should say active ingredient....Imidacloprid 1.47%.. this is the exact same chemical as admire but it is more dilute so we have to put more on the dog. I have been using it for over a year now on my ten hounds and several friends dogs plus a billy goat. This is also the same chemical the vet sales trade name advantage...but it is more dilute than it but way much cheaper. A quart of this here in Alabama cost eighteen bucks and on average you can treat around sixty dogs with the quart. I put fifteen mililitres....15ml on all dogs from 40 to 65 lbs.... 20 ml on 65 to 90 lbs and 25 ml on a dog over 90 lbs. Put it on every dog that you own inside and outside every month. You won't have to spray anything because each dog will become a flea killing machine....Within 24 hours after treating the dog any flea that bites the dog for a month or more will die within a few minutes.....as more eggs hatch and fleas are born they will bite the dog and be dead quick. I have seen massive infestations irradicated by one dog being treated and every flea in their house and outside was dead in four days. Buy this stuff and a 30 ml syringe.... if the dog will lay down squirt it on their bellies and rub it in all over the bellie and chest. I f the dog won't lay down just start at the base of the tail and applie a strip from there up to their neck and rub it in. The idea is to get as much on their skin as possible because it is absorbed into their bloodstream and within 24 hours it is circulating throughout their body for at least a month. There will be a dry streak down their back when it drys and the next day if you don't like seeing that then take a spray bottle of water and dampen the streak and rub it in....then even more of the chemical will now get in their bloodstream but it really won't matter cause the fleas are in trouble either way. Try not to bathe the dogs a few days before and a few days after putting this on them. This stuff has shown amazing results here for i have never been flea free this long........over a year..... I have fought fleas all my life untill i found this stuff....i mean i dont have a one here.....good luck and i hope it works as good for y'all as it has for me... |
http://www.eppinettekennels.com/tickdetachcollar.html
http://www.eppinettekennels.com/capstarpills.html
by policemom on 04 March 2008 - 03:03
Be glad you get a break during the winter. Down here it is tick season all year. We use Advantix K9 but still have to pick off ticks.
by hodie on 04 March 2008 - 04:03
I think the suggestion to use a pesticide sold in a home depot or Lowes or similar gardening type store is VERY RISKY. It is not simply that the main ingredient might be the same as in some product actually sold for dogs. There man be other substances, active or inactive, in any such products that are not safe for dogs. Further, one does not generally know the name of the carrier solvent in a product, if any. Solvents dramatically change the way a chemical is absorbed into the body and can also make a huge difference in metabolism and distribution and elimination.
It's your dog, but I would be very, very careful when taking a suggestion like this. Just because is being used on a dog does not at all mean it is safe to use. In this case, I would be willing to bet that the chemical has NOT been tested on dogs. Just food for thought.
by CaptMike on 04 March 2008 - 04:03
Aye Hodie Lass! Me hasn't lost one yet aye. In fact me GSD's be t' most durable, toughest dogs me have aye. No health problems, no allergies.aye They be tougher than a nickel steak aye!
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