Removing ticks from pets
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Comments (6)The enzyme cleaners did the trick for us. Took several applications but finally the odor was gone. That was carpeting in our finished basement. In another room our sick old cat had numerous accidents all in the same area. We were replacing the carpeting there anyway, so after she died the installers were there pulling out the old carpeting. You could see under the carpeting and padding that the porous plywood subfloor had been soaked in urine and reeked. I asked the installers what we could do. One young man said to pour an entire box of baking soda on to cover it and leave it on. This was a deal where they pulled out the old carpeting one day and installed the next. The next morning before installation we swept up the baking soda and you could already tell a huge difference. Then we laid down another flatter layer of baking sods on the same spot and the padding and carpeting was installed right over it. Thhis really worked. I have always been grateful to him for solving the problem. He said he had done this numerous times. So if you can fence off the affected area of the floor so no one tracks through it, I would try this. You might need to try both approaches....See MorePet odor removal
Comments (10)The smells you are used to living with will never bother you (hmmm -- except maybe in extreme circumstances when the odor sucks all the oxygen out of the room! Yes, I was in real estate and experienced that.) You may think your cats ALWAYS used the litter box but obviously, others know better. Dogs aren't so bad because they don't spray the walls BUT they can also smell if you don't let them out and bathe them often enough. As far as wood floors go, you can't sand out cat urine. It will be there as long as the floor stays. Sorry --- you enjoyed your pets and this is the price. You will finally sell your house at a discount because you enjoyed those pets. Someone buying your house may have to replace drywall and floors and will expect you to pay for that. Sad but true....See MoreTick Removal
Comments (10)My little grand daughter (5yr) had a tick latched on her head last weekend. I google "how to remove a tick" & it suggested making a loop with string or thread & pulling it taut around the tick, then pull up on the thread. I did just that & it worked well. I'm always leery of the tweezer method because of pushing their secretions into the bite. Extra little story: After the tick was removed she & I got into a discussion of which insects suck blood. She named a mosquito, tick, deer fly, & a grub. I said, "naaaw, I don't think a grub sucks blood." She says, "Mama said it did." I repeated, "No I don't thinks so." She looks at me very somberly & says matter of factly, "Old people don't know everything." I just cracked up laughing!...See More3 tick bites--and the crazy price of Doxycycline!
Comments (9)I'm sorry to hear the ticks got you again, Susan. I know you have been struggling with tick-borne illnesses. I am on day 10 of 21 days of doxy because of a tick bite. I found the tick embedded on my ribcage. It was small, but not a deer tick. A nymph wood or dog tick, I guess. I pulled it off and didn't think anything of it, but kept it in the back of my mind. 4 days later I had a horrible headache, but just attributed it to the glass of cheap red wine I had. The next day I still had the headache, plus my neck was stiff and I just didn't feel right. I mentioned the bite and symptoms to my ER physician and he put me on doxy. I am a high energy person, and I finally got my energy back 3 days ago. I could not exercise, was tired all of the time, and just felt sluggish. With insurance, I paid 12.00, but I had heard that doxy was in a shortage. In anesthesia, we have been dealing with multiple drug shortages over the past several years, so to hear that was not a surprise. Any drugs that are off patent can become difficult to get. Then the drug companies can raise the prices....See More- 10 years ago
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After having many tens of deer ticks on our family and dog, we found that (for us) the best removal tool is a pair of very pointy, sturdy Tweezerman splinter removing tweezers. The deer ticks are often embedded by the time we find them on us. You want to be sure to not tick the tick off (see Allisande's comment above), and you want to (take your time) and grasp the tick just ahead of it's body, Put just enough pressure on the tweezers to have a firm grip, then, SLOWLY, and steadily begin to pull the tick out of the tissue. Give the tick enough time to disengage as much as she's going to. Don't yank.I've actually removed a tick with dental floss (mint flavor REACH).
Destroy the tick or save it by putting it into a bottle with hardware store alcohol. I've got a whole collection (art project?). If the tick isn't dug in, I've had decent luck on dogs, using a cat flea comb. Again, "catch" the tick behind it's mouthparts, and gently and firmly pull it out.
Wash the tweezers or comb, and wash your hands well. I usually put alcohol then some antibiotic ointment on the wound.
Note: contrary to widespread (uninformed) opinion, one does NOT have to have any "bullseye" rash or mark to have been exposed (by that tick) to the Lyme Disease causing spirochete ( Borrelia burddorferi). There are other pathogens that deer ticks can spread.
In addition to deer, white footed mice, other critters can carry deer ticks. We've reduced a lot of our tick bites by tucking out pant legs into our (long) socks, and spraying out jean pant legs, shoes, socks with permethrin (Sawyer's spray). We also use a repellent spray with (widely researched and tested) DEET. For dogs, check with your vet or see above. But, as mentioned above, these agents help, but aren't fool proof. Many ticks used to hitch hike indoors on our dog, then latch onto us ;)
Did you know that deer ticks are attracted to: carbon dioxide, motion, and, for you pet owners, the breakdown products of urine. I've seen ticks 'seeking' at on red raspberry canes (about 3.5 ft or 4 ft. off the ground).
Ticks likes moist environments (so, New Englanders, with all of the rain, get ready.) Freezing temperatures don't bother them. I've had a deer tick bite me in January (no snow cover).
In years when there have been more acorns, there has been a corresponding boost in the population of white footed mice and other rodents, and consequently and increase in deer ticks.
You can make your own "tick tubes" and if you have stone walls, stacked cordwood, and such, you don't even need to use tubes.
Please keep in mind that permethrin is highly toxic to bees (and some of our other friends, so it's best not to spray this around your yards, willy nilly.
Are deer ticks ugly stinkers!
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Alisande