Tick Removal?

[Teckechick]

Has anyone had to deal with tick removal in their yards?

We keep our grass mowed and yard cleaned up so I don't know if they are just hatching for the year or if they are blowing in. We have now found several in or on our house and one of the cats had one today. Hubby is a bit about these creepy crawlies so I want them gone or he will never mow again. We will be calling a pest control company most likely for professional control and this scares me. Should I take Jenks and Toot somewhere? I'll talk to the company about my concerns as well but wondered if anyone has had to deal with this before.

 

[Teckechick]

One of the yard interlopers!!

 

[Love My Zons]

You can buy a granual treatment at Lowe's or Home Depot and spread that. It works for ants too.

We treat our yard, I never put any preventive on the dogs (I don't believe in adding poison to their skin) or injesting it either with those pills.

We treat the yard, never see ticks or fleas on my dogs ever. Then again they are never outside long aside from doing their biz.

 

[Teckechick]

You can buy a granual treatment at Lowe's or Home Depot and spread that. It works for ants too.

We treat our yard, I never put any preventive on the dogs (I don't believe in adding poison to their skin) or injesting it either with those pills.

We treat the yard, never see ticks or fleas on my dogs ever. Then again they are never outside long aside from doing their biz.

I have a large bag of some kind spread. But when I got to reading it, it kills some beneficial insects too so there it still sits in the shop. What brand is it that you use?

It is crazy that we have already found 4 in one day. We are the only ones that go outside, we don't even let the cats out. The one in the picture was just hanging out on our front screen door.

 

[sunnysmom]

You can get a possum. They eat something like 5000 ticks a season.

 

[Sodapop&Co.]

You can get a possum. They eat something like 5000 ticks a season.

Where do you figure could I find one for rehoming?? Any... Possum rescues?

 

[NightOwls]

You can buy a granual treatment at Lowe's or Home Depot and spread that. It works for ants too.

That might be permethrin - great against ticks, deadly to cats.

 

[Teckechick]

You can get a possum. They eat something like 5000 ticks a season.

We actually do have a resident possum that runs around. Scared the pants off my hubby when he took out the garbage one night. It was colder out and he was just keeping warm between our garbage can and the house. May he set forth and multiply, I love possums!

 

[NightOwls]

I also have ticks in the yard. Between the cats, birds, dogs, and edible garden - I haven't found something I am comfortable using in the yard.

I wish I had more space - poultry would work great.

 

[Teckechick]

That might be permethrin - great against ticks, deadly to cats.

My kitties don't go out but I know we have strays around. I don't want to kill anything if I can help it. Even for the moles and voles we just put down repellent and not the kill tabs.

 

[Teckechick]

I also have ticks in the yard. Between the cats, birds, dogs, and edible garden - I haven't found something I am comfortable using in the yard.

I wish I had more space - poultry would work great.

I think this will be my problem as well. and I have thought about chickens also. Still debating on if we want to get into that or not.

 

[Teckechick]

Where do you figure could I find one for rehoming?? Any... Possum rescues?

If you find one let me know!! I have two acres they can run to their little hearts content!

 

[MommyBird]

If you don't want to treat your yard, how about treating clothing so DH can mow?
I treat a set of clothing (shoes, socks, pants, tshirt, longsleeved shirt, hat) and only wear it outside to work, I don't wash it every time but the treatment lasts weeks and thru several washings.
I know it works as at one of my old field sites I was walking behind someone who had a single-file parade of ticks going up his pants leg but I came away with nothing.
Amazon sells Sawyer brand of spray permethrin for clothing, and a bottle does several treatments.

 

[sunnysmom]

We actually do have a resident possum that runs around. Scared the pants off my hubby when he took out the garbage one night. It was colder out and he was just keeping warm between our garbage can and the house. May he set forth and multiply, I love possums!

Tell your possum he's a slacker and to get to work. I have a possum. I actually think she is the off spring of my first possum. Possum number one would hang out on the porch, and even rub noses with my feral cats. (At the time, I told the cats that they were slackers.) He/she was pretty sweet and I could sit on the porch with him and the cats. Now I have the mini-demon possum. I thought she was a baby- and I guess at some point she was, LOL- but she doesn't grow. She's like less than half the size of a full grown possum and her eyes look possessed. I used to be afraid of her but now we have developed- I don't want to say a friendship but a civil relationship where we keep a respectful distance from each other. The cats aren't her buddies like with the first one but they don't chase her off the porch either (see the cats are kind of useless ). But I figure it's actually good to have her around. So, she's just another part of my weird animal menagerie.

 

[Love My Zons]

Guinea Hens will eat those ticks, plus you love birds!

 

[Teckechick]

If you don't want to treat your yard, how about treating clothing so DH can mow?
I treat a set of clothing (shoes, socks, pants, tshirt, longsleeved shirt, hat) and only wear it outside to work, I don't wash it every time but the treatment lasts weeks and thru several washings.
I know it works as at one of my old field sites I was walking behind someone who had a single-file parade of ticks going up his pants leg but I came away with nothing.
Amazon sells Sawyer brand of spray permethrin for clothing, and a bottle does several treatments.

I will for sure grab some of that for him to use. Thank you!! I also just bought him the bagger for our mower so he won’t get covered in grass any more. Hopefully that will help as well!

Tell your possum he's a slacker and to get to work. I have a possum. I actually think she is the off spring of my first possum. Possum number one would hang out on the porch, and even rub noses with my feral cats. (At the time, I told the cats that they were slackers.) He/she was pretty sweet and I could sit on the porch with him and the cats. Now I have the mini-demon possum. I thought she was a baby- and I guess at some point she was, LOL- but she doesn't grow. She's like less than half the size of a full grown possum and her eyes look possessed. I used to be afraid of her but now we have developed- I don't want to say a friendship but a civil relationship where we keep a respectful distance from each other. The cats aren't her buddies like with the first one but they don't chase her off the porch either (see the cats are kind of useless ). But I figure it's actually good to have her around. So, she's just another part of my weird animal menagerie.

Yes he so needs to get to work! We haven’t seen him in a while so I hope he is still hanging around. We now have plenty for him to eat!! I would love to have a few hang around like yours do!!! I am sure our cats would just stare out the window at them like they do the resident squirrel. We get all kinds of critters passing through or hanging in the fields. I enjoy most of the wild life even the snakes.

 

[Love My Zons]

There you go, pretty too!

 

[Teckechick]

There you go, pretty too! View attachment 381788

They sure are very pretty!!! We have been talking about chickens. I’ll have to look into these guys too.

 

[sunnysmom]

There you go, pretty too! View attachment 381788

Okay, now I want guinea hens.

 

[Love My Zons]

They sure are very pretty!!! We have been talking about chickens. I’ll have to look into these guys too.

They are an excellent bug forager especially ticks!