Ticks and Mites

No, but the host does.

I'm seeing varied answers around the net. Some sources say 500 at a time, others between 1,000-3,000. So the real answer is, a super scary amount.

We spray ourselves from head to toe with Off! including our outer clothing. Tuck pants legs into boots and wear long sleeved shirts. Do a body check for any ticks when you leave the area.

I think so, ticks can carry Lyme disease, rocky mountain spotted fever, and a few other real nasty things but I don't know how this would affect a dog but if you remove the tick, which should only be done with tweezers by grasping the head of the tick and nothing else, put it in a plastic bag with the date of removal then store it in a freezer until you can take it to the vet or doctor to verify if the tick is infected then decide the treatment for the animal. These are the procedures for people as well only don't take them to a vet.

omg i just pulled one out of my hair today when i was watching tv and now im freaking out

Ticks sucking blood from a host organism is an example of parasitism. The tick grows from its host, but contributes nothing to the host organism.

If it has eight legs, that makes your creature a spider not an insect. (Or a lobster or crab, but I am assuming you are not speaking of shellfish.)

Beyond that, more detail is needed regarding:

* size of spider (measurement and proportion of body, legs) * location (country/state, and specify basement, flower garden, etc) * behavior (movement, feeding, speed) * web (if any) * markings

They can be around 420 micrometers in length.

It is very possible you received a tick bite. Tick bites stand out from other insect bites because it looks like a bull's eye meaning you will have a red bump with a rash forming around the bite itself, if you think you may have been bitten by a tick I recommend seeing a Doctor very soon.

Yes, If you think you have one inside go to the hospital.

Generally poultry are not affected too much by ticks, the birds actually will eat the ticks when they find them. However if you have a bird that has ticks you can bathe it in a good organic pet shampoo mean to remove external pests.

Mosquitoes are normal, flying bugs that live in many pieces of the world. More than 3,500 sorts of mosquitoes can be discovered around the world. A few mosquitoes can be vectors. A vector is a creature, bug, or tick that spreads microbes (germs) to individuals and creatures.

Yes they do.

Yes, it will. It will also kill all the desirable (necessary for a good yard) other critters and easily kill the yard itself besides contaminating the water supply.

Far better to use a treatment that targets only the pests, available at virtually any store carrying yard products.

Don't use lye, broadly distributed, for this purpose.

All rodents are a host for the fleas. In the medieval times rodents carried fleas infectin people with the black plague. However hamsters are most likely to not to catch fleas because their are mostly kept in houses in cages.

Ticks don't jump. They grab on to passing fur with their forelegs.

Some suggest garlic. I don't like garlic because it's in the onion family and causes anemia in dogs. I've had great results with a topical all-natural treatment of essential oils that's cut with almond oil (which is a great emollient in itself). I just spray the solution on a bandanna, rub the bandanna on my dog to distribute the scent and then sometimes tie the bandanna around my dog. I get the solution from Goodness Gracious. It's called K#9 Cologne. A four ounce bottle should last all summer for a small dog.

You have the right idea with the garlic but there needs some more direction to it. Garlic alone will help but won't eliminate the problem. I personally have 3 dogs. 2 large and 1 medium. With the following recipe I have not put any flea or tick deterrent on them for three years now.

Recipe

3 cups dry rice

2 Tbls Garlic Powder

1 Tbls salt

1 Tbsp cooking oil

Put the oil in the bottom of a rice cooker or 2 qt pan. Put in rice, garlic powder, and salt and add water to cover approximately 1/2 in. Should be 4 1/2 cups or so. Let cook in rice cooker until it shuts off or in a pan on the stove approximate 20 minutes at a slow boil.

Put usual dry dog food in dish, for small dogs 1/4 cup of this mixture, medium dogs 1/2 cup, large dogs 3/4 cup and really big dogs 1 cup of the rice mixture. Mix well with the dogfood.

I also add 1 or 2 Tablespoons of canned dog food to the dry food to add flavoring. But dogs like the rice anyway so it's not really an issue to get them to eat it. Don't put more garlic in thinking it will help more. That makes it bitter and they won't eat it. You want to put more flavoring, put a beef or chicken bullion cube or broth instead of water in the rice while it's cooking.

It will take a couple of weeks to get this in the dogs system so you should use a good deterrent for the first month after you start this recipe. After that you should be fine unless there is an enormous flea and tick population in your yard. Then only 50% wettable Sevin sprayed on the yard will help the problem. And your kids are probably getting flea and tick bit too if this is the case. Keep animals and kids off of the yard after spraying for at least 24 hours.

The water mite has adapted to its environment due to its colours, being transparent, brown or red, the the browns being able to blend more easily into less clear waters, the red being known by other animals as poisonous and lethal.

yes they do if it did my dog then possibly your cat!

hold your cat down then find the tick and try not to get any fur because it might hurt your cat put your finger on the tick (you can wear gloves) and just turn/roll (not twist) it in one direction until it comes out. If you don't understand what I'm saying you can also use this method although I don't recommend it because it hurts your cat much more. Use some sticky duct tape to pull it off since when you squeeze the tick it releases poison to your cat. Both methods work on humans and dogs.

hope this was helpful! :)

the area gets infected if you do think a part of a tic is still inside go to s doctor

no

it will .... BUT i would not want to sleep on the bed after you bomb it ... not because of the dead bugs ... will that would add to it ... but the chemicals alone ... its best to just buy a new mattress or call an exterminator ...

Lime pellets will help with fleas and ticks in a lawn. The lime must be marked for "agricultural" or "hydrated" use, otherwise not enough moisture will be absorbed from the soil.