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I live 8 miles south of Tupelo..My dog recently just started shutting down, and quit eating..I got her to the Vet. 7 days ago..$2000 later she has been diagnosed, and treated for TWO tick related things..Lyme disease, and Rocky Mountain spotted tick fever....Make sure you, your pets, and property are treated.. This stuff sux..
Second tick report I've heard about affected pets. Hope the pup pulls through. Ticks are the reason I don't turkey hunt anymore
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i had rocky mountain spotted fever and west nile at the same time last october. the west nile got in my spine causing menningitis. i had 105 fever for 5 days, couldn't control my arms or legs missed 6 weeks of work and basically had to learn how to walk again. what a lot of folks don't know is with rmsf the tick does not have to latch on to you all it has to do is bite ya. ive been in health care for 25 years and rocky mountain used to be non-existant in the south. in the past few years i have noticed an increase in occurrence. the trick to it is promp treatment. if you notice yourself feeling feverish and achy get to the doctor tick or no tick. about 3 days after the fever you will notice a rash and its obvious cause it covers the palms of hands and soles of feet it can even get in you mouth. doxycycline is the only treatment and the faster ya start it the less symptoms you will have and this also will prevent the Lyme dz that can sometimes follow. the west nile is actually much worse cause there is no treatment and it can effect any body system. mine was in my spine but it can effect organs as well and it can last for months. mine was last october and i still do not have near the equilibrium i used to when i'm in my boat. if the wind is over about 10 to 15 mph i simply cant go or i will be hang off the side of the boat. i highly recomend deet at all times and a thermacel early and late when your fishing. im going on and on but i know what im talking about insect born dz's can kill ya. i got lucky. a little precaution can go a long way.
Yep, this is a real threat that need to be talked about... I spent the last two hours trying to find something
To put in the yard that will work, and not harm pets....any suggestions..had rather do granules if possible
I have a backpack mister/blower I'm about to start using to help knock the mosquitoes and flys back, i have a buddy that does it for a living, I'll ask him his recommendation
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i use the granular malathion. broadcast it like fertilizer.
Awesome
I spray my yard once a year with Talstar....mixed one ounce per gallon
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We have had great luck with the off and cutters hose end sprayer products at our house.
I use Bifen it is the generic version of TalstarQuote:
Originally Posted by "G"
This is pyrethrin based insecticide that works well and is safe
I've usually picked up a few ticks by this time every year here. Not as many last year and none so far this year. I don't use chemicals. I guess the chickens get them when they are out checking the hill.
Tempo! wipes out spiders, ants, fire ants, fleas, ticks, chiggers, termites, roaches the list goes on and on. Safe on pets and can spray inside your house. Add a pyrethroid for outside use for even broader spectrum of control. May want to leave out pyrethroid if you have cats, pyrthroids are rough on cats. Do not spray the pyrethroid mix in your house!!! just straight tempo and follow label!
When hunting I always spray my clothes with sawyer tick repellant. You can get it at walmart. I used to you Duranon, but haven't found it in years. The active ingredient is Permethrine and it can be bought by the gallon at most farm stores such as Tractor Supply. I bought some a few years back and mixed it up and sprayed my property in the hills. I didn't have a tick or chigger one that whole year from the yard, and I would usually pick up a few each trip before that.
I spray Lorsban over the entire yard and the outside of the house. I have no fleas,ticks, fire ants, roaches or any other bug in the house.
Lordy, look at all these chemicals posted used in your yards. What are you killing beside pest you don't want?
Start googling tonics for this bug, but not for that bug.
At a garden center the other day a guy about my age was asking how to rid his yard of moles. Moles are after the worms and grubs in the soil. You can buy chemicals to kill all these pest and be rid of the moles too. I told him of a few gadgets that can be bought and a few tonics. I told him to collect male pee and pour a quarter cup in the tunnel every few feet, he said he would never touch pee. I'm thinking, boy you have lived a sheltered life, you need to go home, lock the door and never look outside again.
The best I can tell you is to buy the best flea & tick collar and/or pills from a vet for your dog. They aren't cheap, my dogs get the $85 collar for 9 months and 6 months supply of pills at $35 per month.
Some vets want to service your dog per month at $120.
I bet you don't! I hope you are growing field crops in your yard. That is an off label application, this is an organophosphate, as was Dursban, home use labels were pulled and banned several years ago. I sure wouldn't recommend it or get caught doing it. EPA fines at one time could go as high as $250,000.00. Great product just not legal to use anymore for home use. At one time it could still be used in commercial turf grass production and on golf courses, not sure if that is still legal.Quote:
Originally Posted by deltarat
I have an Ag consulting license and have worked in Ag for years, I have witnessed off label applications of several products over the years and it is not pretty. Be very careful about applications, recomending off label use or supplying products for others. They come after everyone involved. Dursban was widely used for years by professional extermination companies, when the label was pulled by EPA for termite control and home use a large professional exterminating company in MS just starting purchasing Lorsban and kept using it in homes and restaurants. Lorsban and Dursban have the same active ingredient, Lorsban was labeled for field crops and Dursban had a home label. Long story short the company was caught and it was ugly. Red dye was placed in Lorsban after this to stop inside off label use. Organophostates were determined to be carcinogenic thus labels for home use were pulled.
Talstar is Bifenthrin which is pyrethroid use for fire ants.Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
Actually she was wearing a $60 Tick collar...thing about RMTF is tick just has to bite..not attach...I have always tried to be as conservative to the environment as possible with the use of poison..as far as ticks...I want them dead...moles are on the list also
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Don....You can get Talstar in granulated form also
He was probably more skiddish of the idea of collecting the pee from the male cane, lol. Interesting subject, I was talking to an ole boy the other day on a job site. He said his brothers yard was infested with seed ticks, I never heard of them. Anyways, hope the dog gets well Knight sounds like a rough go.Quote:
Originally Posted by canebreaker
Thanks Snub..She is up, eating well..been feeding her by hand...like to have lost her..
Seed ticks are younger/smaller ticks like to 2 on the left side.
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I've got a lot of tonics and tricks that are suppose to get rid of moles. Nope, they dig a new tunnel to get around them.
Think I am going to start a new thread on moles..Lots of good info out there