Re: Ticks-ignore 'em.

["Arikara Appaloosas" <arikaras@iafrica.com>]

Hi Raymond,
Here in South Africa we have a similar problem. There are a number of
sicknesess that they cause, from paralasis to breaking down the red blood
cells. Dipping our horses is routine (once a month) in our summer. There
are a number of ways that we do this.  There is a product called Dectomax
which is similar to Ivomec, which is a dewormer as well. The other method
is to spray them with a flumentherin based dip. It's infact not advisable
to pull them off, as the head may stay behind burried in the skin, and an
infection may result. In humans either smear a bit of vaseline over them
and they will die and fall off, or burn them. 
Rob.
http://196.7.177.40/aht/


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> From: Raymond O'Donohue <rayo@cfw.com>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Ticks-ignore 'em.
> Date: 18 April 1998 12:06
> 
> I'm sorry your son had that problem,but here's another perspective.I 
> live in the country,and pull stuck-on ticks from myself daily,from March 
> to November-no exxageration,about two hundred a year.There is absolutely 
> nothing I can do about this,so I refuse to worry about disease and keep 
> on pulling ticks.I sometimes get a bit of inflammation at some bite 
> sites,and sometimes in mid-summer get a bit of malaise that may be 
> related to ticks.I figure if anyone can get an immunity to these various 
> tick-borne illnesses,it's me.If I were to do all the things one is told 
> to do re ticks,that's all I'd be doing all day.I just pick 'em and flick 
> 'em-I don't bother to kill 'em any more.I flicked one(un-stuck-on) as I 
> logged on a few minutes ago.I don't know where he landed,and I'm not 
> looking for him.They don't get on my horse much.....I don't mean to be 
> flippant about this,but I am always in contact with ticks,and I'd rather 
> die of RMF or Lyme than move from my wonderful place.
>