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[rubywillow]

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Can't help but get a little laugh out of you city young'uns!! LOL I've lived in tick country all my life, so no big deal to me, but DON'T cut them off, because the head is actually buried in the skin, and can become infected. Ticks are hard to kill too, so just smushing them with your foot doesn't work. Burn them or flush them; it's no time to go all 'save the planet' with them because the world is better off without ticks. If you live in an area like we do with lots of wildlife (deer, coyote, bear) the ticks are rampant. We dust out yard regularly. They CAN carry deadly diseases.

[spottydingo]

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Hi MM, I hope your pup is doing OK. If you cut the tick off you probably should see the vet to make sure the wound heals OK.

When I take my dog out where there's tall grass I always check him after wards and even then sometimes they escape my notice. I've pulled off as many as 13 at one time and found them crawling in the house and even in bed (good case for not letting dog sleep with you!). So you're lucky you don't encounter them often!

Ever seen a Potato Bug? Now THAT'S gross!

Cheers!

[meditation mama]

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Princess Ella is doing just fine!

Thank you all for all your suggestions. I took amy of the sugestions, and now she is covered in olive oil and looking at me like I'm crazy.. Oh, well - I am..

I have to admit.. I kept the tic in a glass. Today I let him go.. I took him out to the end of the yard and set him free.. It's the Buddhist in me. I couldn't kill him.. I did tell the little bastard if he came back I would roast him and eat him myself, though.. hahahaha

Namaste, my dear pet-loving friends...

MM

[rubywillow]

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Your a better woman than me. If something wants to suck my blood it's gonna die!

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MM,

Let me get this straight. You took a tick, engorged with blood, outside and let it go in your yard?

Really?

The engorged tick is now going to lay her eggs in your yard.

:H:H

You should have at least taken it to your neighbor's yard.

Love ya silly woman,
Cindi

[LVT25]

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THAT has got to be a first mm!!:H:H:H:H:H:H