On Tue, 9 May 2006 16:17:34 +0100
"Sian" wrote:

We have lived in this area for over forty years and, over the last three
years have noticed a rise in the garden tick population.

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.

Is there ANYTHING we can do to protect our animals and ourselves, apart from
moving, which we don`t want to do!!

My thanks for anything you can suggest and my apologies if this is a subject
that has been discussed before. I am new to the group.


Sian, I don't know anything you can do about ticks, except don't panic.

We now have tons in Normandy. 15 years ago there were hardly any. We
take many off the cat, maybe 2/3 per week, although she gets most off
herself. We check the kids frequently, and pull them off there too. For awhile
we used ether to put them to sleep, now we just twist them off with a little
tick crowbar.

There are now a few cases of Lyme's showing up here, but nothing like
from the east of the USA. I was actually just tested, although my issue
turned out to be unrelated.

The ticks are unpleasant but life is full of little trials...

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