If Im not mistaken one of our members (a veterinarian, IIRC) has Alpha-Gal syndrome.
As an aside, I helped dig an embedded tick out from the dog's chest yesterday afternoon. It didn't go very well. (Dog was fine, and a trooper about it, but we're watching for reactions for the next few weeks.)
I have an active hatred for the things.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
All of my civil enforcement deputies have at least one issued can of Permethrin in in their vehicles.
Let a rental unit sit abandoned a few weeks in the summer before the writ of eviction comes through and there were animals in the house. Open the door to clear the premises and your taupe uniform trousers turn black from the knees down with fleas.
When I was in Maryland this year hunting turkeys I was super careful about ticks. I was staying with a buddy and every day he was finding ticks, so my wife would give me the once over before getting into the shower. I didn't get one tick on me, but he was getting them every day for a week. I then pointed out that his Chesapeake retriever slept with them every night and I bet that's where they were coming from. You should have seen his wife freak out even though she's the one that treats the dog like a fur baby. Turned out she had several ticks on her as well. This was a new to them dog that spent time in the woods every day. The old Chessy never left the deck on most days, or went straight to the pond.
I have caught thousands of salmon, trout and grayling while slathered in DEET. I've never seen an issue other than DEET eating fishing line and reel handles.
Last edited by AKDoug; 07-06-2021 at 06:03 PM.
Reading this thread brought to mind the case of a college girlfriend who had been an exchange student in Brazil in high school, and managed to get bit in the back of the thigh. By a botfly.
Yeah. It's been 30 years, and I just got a case of the squicks...
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
Right. I understand that most of those techniques are flawed because they force the tick to vomit before it withdraws, putting all the microbial badness into the host's body.
In this case, the majority of the critter stayed stuck. We are packing the wound site with an epsom salt paste a couple times a day at the vet's suggestion, and watching. So far, so good.
He's also getting triple anti-biotic ointment applied twice daily.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne