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by Red Leg on 30 November 2009 - 11:11

I couldnt believe that i found a tick on my dog yesterday. We have had a few days of frost already, what gives!!!

by petoasis on 30 November 2009 - 12:11

I live in sub tropical area the tick active in winter now,4-5 years ago no tick in winter.

by beetree on 01 December 2009 - 14:12

And if you live in CT you can pretty much know over 90% of them are infected with Lymes disease and a lesser percentage carry babesia, a malaria like illness. This is an increase over previous years. My son was treated for Lymes just this past summer. Teach your adolescent boys to check themselves for ticks after romping the woods, especially if they forget to use soap on occasion. Around here, we need a good solid freeze going before the little buggers go into hiding.

by snajper69 on 01 December 2009 - 14:12

Actually CT is not as bad as NY area, so we still in luck, I had more than two ticks on my dog year ago, no lyme, I just found 2 tick on my female few months ago no lyme, no issues.

My vet told me once the ticks are active and around till at least 3-4 inches of snow comes down, and stays for a while, just good freez will not kill them. Lesson learn this time I will keep frontline on my dogs whole year around.

by Davren on 01 December 2009 - 14:12

I find it interesting that it sounds like the north has as many, if not more than where I am located, which is Missouri. We live on a farm in the ozarks and I am impressed that there seemed to be less ticks this year then in previous years when our "dropped-off-at-the-end-of-the-driveway" mutt would come home covered in them as well as our horses.

We have not changed anything as far as treatment. We do not have chickens, or geese either. I am not sure what else helps to eradicate or at least mitigate the population of ticks. It just seems that the colder states would have fewer ticks than where I am located. We had an abundance of rainfall this past year. I wonder if the drought brings on more ticks-less mosquitoes and visa- versa.

Moons, you live in the midwest; what has been your experience? Anyone else in this area?

by jettasmom on 01 December 2009 - 15:12

I live in Chicago and just found a tick on one of my dogs the other day, very unusual for this time of year. I have not put on Bio-spot or Heartguard since Oct but now loaded up both dogs and hope I see no more ticks. We are expecting colder weather and snow so hope that takes care of those nasty buggers.

Denise

by snajper69 on 01 December 2009 - 15:12

Actually in CT I noticed a significant drop from the year ago.

by beetree on 01 December 2009 - 15:12

Snaiper not according to the CT post this past week. You are being contrary. You go ahead and feel free to pick your own poison, I'll skip Frontline and pick off the ticks from the animals. Frontline is not much help for the kids, though, I'm afraid to say.

I've picked ticks from both the cat and dog, every year for almost two decades. My dog gets the vaccine. It must be working because he doesn't have Lyme but the kid did.

by Ryanhaus on 02 December 2009 - 14:12

I was using a holistic flea medication, and the flea's loved it, so much for holistic!

I just put K9Advantix on everyone, I use the least amount of it that is required, and it has always worked well.

I also handed everyone a heartgard pill, parasites aren't much fun, for dogs or people!

I pulled a tick off my 5 mo. old yesterday, so that's when I decided to administer something.
I actually did what I saw on a youtube video about taking ticks off your dog & it works great, just rub in a clockwise circular motion on the tick with your finger, round & round for about 1 minute, and the tick backs right out, head & all!

One of my dogs has had lyme for about 4 1/2 years, no symptons ever, I don't trust too many vaccines, and she hasn't had anti-biotics, that just messes with your immune system.

Remember the heartworm vaccine, was supposed to be good for five years, did more harm than good, can't mess with the cycle of things, most dogs don't live long enough to show effects of lyme, but with people it's an all together different story.

My dog that has lyme has had pups, and I have no doubt that the pups have not inherited some kind of anti-bodies towards lyme disease......I have 3 of her daughters, one almost 3 yrs. and one 3 1/2 yrs. and the other 4 1/2 yrs. old that have not tested positive for lyme, so far at least.
There have been many dogs in the Northeast coast area testing positive for Lyme.

by snajper69 on 02 December 2009 - 14:12

K9Advantix is not as effective as frontline for dear ticks, and this is the biggest concern for me.

Beetree I do not care about statistics, I know what I see in Stamford/Greenwich area when comes to ticks, and there is significant decrees from 2 years ago, none of my dogs got Lyme as well (and all of them had ticks on them mostly brown), I know the closer you live to New Haven the more ticks are out there, this comes from a guy that spends a lot of time in woods, not on occasion but few hours a day. As well you should know that dear ticks are the one that carry Lyme in Fairfield country not brown or any other (for the most part). So if you live in area with a lot of deers you will have higher percent of getting Lyme. I seen drastic drop in dear population, in Stamford and Greenwich area from 2 years ago, this would contribute to a drop of dear ticks population as well. As well Lyme in dogs is not as serious as Lyme in people, and the vaccine dose not work, I know because my fathers dogs get it and all of them got lyme two years ago.

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