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Old 03-11-2015, 04:59 PM
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Do not put field clothes on a bed.
Tuck your socks over your pants or better yet wear long johns and a long sleeved top.
Knee High green rubber boots ticks have a hard time clinging to them.
If you can all field clothes at the and of the tossed into a dryer at a high setting for 10 minutes will kill them
If you are camping put field clothes in a big plastic bag and give the inside of the bag a 2 second burst of any house and garden bug spray and seal.
Ticks attached on you should be removed immediately. DO NOT USE A MATCH. The tick after all is like a hypodermic needle. Heating it may cause the tick to regurgitate its fluids back in you.
Ticks removed in less than 36 hours really helps prevent tick bourne illnesses if that tick is infected
Ticks don't bury their whole body under your skin only the head.
If removed and a black spot is still their ....it is the head. Remove with a pointed object and treat with neosporin.
Ticks removed should be saved taped to a file card with area the tick came from part of rhe body bitten and a date. They can not chew out of that tape
That way if you have some weird symptom or a tell tale red bullseye you have something tbe medical staff can also test.
Preperation H works wonders cor chigger itch and swimmers itch
Ticks is the only Arthopod that requires you vet naked with someone else because you can't see everywhere.
Light colored clothing helps you spot tick easier.
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