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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / April 2006Tick eradication?
Showing my ignorance here... beside wearing repellent and clothing that covers, are there ways to discourage ticks from living in my backyard? Where I have lawn there is not a problem. Further back we're clearing thorn bushes, blackberry vines, brush and that's where they are hitching rides. We have squirrels and rabbits trooping through that part of the yard. What eats ticks? Thanks for any info. LK >Showing my ignorance here... beside wearing repellent and clothing >that covers, are there ways to discourage ticks from living in my [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >LK Guinea hens.  SignatureFrank Tabor Living down south bugs are always a issue fleas and ticks are both a pain in my... well you get the idea... my dog isn't happy either... Every April I spray the yard with a pesticide to kill the fleas and ticks I have to do this about once every couple months down here... up in Ohio it was a twice a year process but here I need to keep up with them... I've used granualized killers and they also seem to work well if watered into the lawn. The trick is to keep on top of it and we have been lucky only one tick has hit the dog in 5 years.... > Showing my ignorance here... beside wearing repellent and clothing > that covers, are there ways to discourage ticks from living in my [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > LK We have found that Frontline works well for dogs and cats. You are lucky you have back yard small enough to spray for them. TS egger" <dutchhard@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ZoV0g.550$cs4.512@southeast.rr.com... > Living down south bugs are always a issue fleas and ticks are both a pain > in my... well you get the idea... my dog isn't happy either... [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> LK 2 acres is small... but it can be done... just need a big enough sprayer ... or like me a spray where the dog goes and granular for the rest.... > We have found that Frontline works well for dogs and cats. You are lucky > you have back yard small enough to spray for them. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >>> >>>LK Rumor has it that Guinea Hens eat ticks? At our home and garden shops up here in wisconsin they have tick (and other insects) killing powders and sprays to apply to your lawns. My sisterinlaw down in Ky used to use a powder in the yard to keep them under control there. Dogs always ran in the boonies and fields and came home loaded all the time (several times a day tick check). JCB 2003 GMC Sierra 2500HD/EC/LB/Duramax/Allison/RBW 2006 Open Road 296RLDS triple slide Fiver > Showing my ignorance here... beside wearing repellent and clothing > that covers, are there ways to discourage ticks from living in my [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > LK >Rumor has it that Guinea Hens eat ticks? Google on guinea hen or guinea fowl. They are ground feeders and eat seeds and ticks. They also make excellent watch dogs. They will raise quite a ruckus if any thing strange comes into the area. SignatureFrank Tabor |
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