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Battling ticks???

Ticks were horrible in this area this year. And with this mild winter they are only getting worse. A ten minute walk to a dog will put about 20 or 30 ticks on you.

What do you guys use to battle ticks?? Do any repellents work? Deet doesn't seem to do anything.

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Steffan Kichta
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i wear rubber muck boots with chaps and i never get ticks on me i am not sure if its luck or what but i dont think they can crawl up em where there kinda slick . i wear em no matter how hot i usually wear shorts under em so its not to bad , my uncle hunys with me and wont break down and buy a pair and he picks em off him all night and i dont get a one . i use red cedar chips around my lots and in boxs and never get a tick or have flea problems , i spray my dogs ounce a week in summer and ounce a month in spring and early fall , i was told by my vet about the cedar .

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Take a garlic pill once a day. Learned it from an old timer and he swore by it.

Ticks/fleas

Go to your local feed or chemical store and get some 30% permetherin mix it up in a spray bottle. Full strength won't hurt the dogs you'll just be wasting it. IT WILL KILL CATS THOUGH!
keep it in your truck and spray a little on your clothes when you hunt. Ticks will run from you.I had a very bad tick problem this summer I mean like thousands on the dogs. I used this and they were all gone or dead in 3 days, I sprayed the pens with it and haven't seen a tick or flea in a year now! Google this chemical on the net. Its just a concentrate of the flea and tick drops for dogs but alot cheaper and in bulk containers $30.00 for a quart. a quart will last years!

Anyone else?

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Steffan Kichta
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I'm not a chemical type of person. Actually I'm going to finish up my Doctor Degree in the Veterinary field in Naturopathy.
I've used Apple Cider Vinegar, mix it 50/50 with water and spray it directly on your dogs. I also add 1 tablespoon ACV to my dog's water. This helps a lot. Bed them down in Cedar chips, and if things get too bad some powdered Sulphur would be another option.
Hope that helps some.
I think we are going to have a HORRIBLE summer due to ticks and fleas since it didn't get cold enough to kill them.
Take care,
Jeremy Mollett

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dont know if it works but i was told once that if your dog drinks some viniger they wont get ticks. i never tried it my self but who knows maybe it works. i just use the drops on them and it works fine. has for my self i dont think ticks like me cause i never had one on me.

I'd just quit and leave all our local coon to me!!!! Actually, there might be something to the apple cider vinegar. I used it about a month and a half ago in the dogs water for what might have been a potential kennel cough bout. I know it works wonders for that. I haven't had a tick since and I hunt the same woods as you. I might start putting it in the dogs' water daily. I'll be starting the ivermec injections shortly for heart worm issues and I know that helps too.

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I use Apple Cider Vinegar regularly on my dogs and in their water.
Just to make a quick comment about kennel cough, Yes ACV works!
But you know what works better?
1 tablespoon Honey, 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice to 1 gallon of water.
Usually cures it overnight. Those are the secret's vet's don't want you to know because they want you to come in and get $50 worth of Antibiotics, $50 worth of Steroids, Office Call, exam, etc....
When Honey $3 and lemon juice $2 can cure it.
Best of luck,
Jeremy Mollett Future DVM

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It was just on the news last night how bad this area is getting with ticks and lyme disease.......

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Steffan Kichta
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Steffan, I use Armour flea and tick which I bought at Walmart for $25.00 and lasts three months..I also give my hounds a garlic pill every day and that certainly helps..When I hunt I spray myself Deep Wood mosquito relellant and that seems to keep the ticks off..Believe when I tell you we have plenty of deer and brown ticks year round..Good luck.

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Lots of Lyme disease showing up around here......

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Steffan Kichta
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off anything with the highest deet in it probaly shouldnt be spraying on skin ,,but iam a big ol boy em ticks would live for yrs on me lol

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Cedar will hurt some dogs I've seen in kill pups and give alot skin problems to adult dogs be careful

Used the Deep Woods off nite before last.....and found two of them critters crawling on me. Dog was covered with them.

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Ticks

In my area, we have lots of ticks, however, I or my dogs seldom get one. For me, I use REPEL permanone for my clothing and Hip boots. For my dogs, I spray them about every 10 days or so with Adam's Spray. It works!

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Look for a collar that contains Amitraz as the activie ingredient. Amitraz will drop off and kill ticks its pretty specific for ticks and mites so it wont do a thing to a flea.

Is the vinegar killing the fleas also, or just ticks

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