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.

The cats could be treated with Frontline (available from your vet). This
should kill any ticks they pick up and take care of fleas too which would be
an added bonus. Not of any help to the humans though I'm afraid!
Mel.

"Sian" wrote in message
...
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.

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

--
Klara, Gatwick basin

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...

-E
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In article ,
Emery Davis writes:
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| Sian, I don't know anything you can do about ticks, except don't panic.

Precisely.

| We now have tons in Normandy. 15 years ago there were hardly any.

Hmm. They have always been common in most parts of the world, so I
suspect that you mean "in your parts of Normandy". They were common
in the UK 30 years ago, and still are.

| There are now a few cases of Lyme's showing up here, but nothing like
| from the east of the USA. ...

Yes, right - Lyme's is rare in Europe.

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

Precisely.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 9 May 2006 17:40:20 GMT
(Nick Maclaren) wrote:


In article ,
Emery Davis writes:
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[]
| We now have tons in Normandy. 15 years ago there were hardly any.

Hmm. They have always been common in most parts of the world, so I
suspect that you mean "in your parts of Normandy". They were common
in the UK 30 years ago, and still are.


Indeed. The locals attribute the rise in population to the generally
dryer weather patterns, although I know of no formal study in
the area.

| There are now a few cases of Lyme's showing up here, but nothing like
| from the east of the USA. ...

Yes, right - Lyme's is rare in Europe.

[]

Also worth pointing out that it is very treatable, and quite easy
to recognize. My sister-in-law got on a plane from Boston after
having been bitten. She was treated in Yorkshire, and the doctor
gave her an insufficiently long course of antibiotic. When she arrived
in France she was still manifestly sick, so we tested again and
repeated the proper course. (The only point being that the staff
was insufficiently familiar with the treatment to get it right.)

It's readily recognized by red concentric circles, like a target,
around the bite.

-E
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In message , Sian
writes
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.

This it the resource on ticks that we use as H&S information at the
moment -
http://www.bada-uk.org/pdfdocs/outdo...its_groups.pdf
--
Robert

This resource is very informative though I now have ALL the symptoms of
EVERY disease listed! :O)

My thanks again to all of you who offered information and advice.



"Robert" wrote in message
...
In message , Sian
writes
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.

This it the resource on ticks that we use as H&S information at the
moment -
http://www.bada-uk.org/pdfdocs/outdo...its_groups.pdf
--
Robert