In message , Sian
writes
We live near heathland and there have always been deer around so there
must have been ticks but it is only in the last there years, as i
mentioned, thatthey have become a problem.

The cats pick them up. We pick them up. And I am getting concerned.

Lyme disease could be a really bad problem,. For some information see

http://www.wadhurst.demon.co.uk/lyme/

and

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/index.htm

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Klara, Gatwick basin