Ticks and Mites

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.

Here is a link to Illinois Dept. of Health with a few interesting facts and pictures of Ticks.

Contrary to popular belief, yes they can.

My dog has a tick collar and we frontline her regularly and she still gets ticks.

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what is the life cycle of a tick were do they come from

Dust mites are arachnids, the class of arthropods which includes spiders, scorpions and ticks.

No, ticks do not remove themselves until they become fully engorged with the host's blood.

For instructions on how to properly remove a tick please click the Related link provided below.

The physical appearance of a spider is what is commonly known as characteristics or features. Some of them include having eight legs, two antennae, hairy body for most species and so much more.

Well, when my friends dog had ticks, his skin felt normal, it was just that the dog wouldn't stop itching his fur because of the rash.. hope this helps

*** A tick will embed its head into the skin of the host (dog or cat), the body of the tick remains on the outside so it is visible to the naked eye. The skin remains to feel normal.

yes there are mostly in the woods

Yes, birds eat plant mites. Small birds join ants, fish, frogs, ground beetles, harvestmen, lacewings, ladybugs, lizards, salamanders, spiders, thrips and toads as important natural enemies of mites. Arachnids such as mites represent a moist, nutrient-rich source of protein for birds.

Yes, hookworms are able to penetrate intact skin and that is actually the main way for a person to become infected. Hookworms usually infect a person who has been walking barefoot in contaminated soil. Most people who are infected show no symptoms and do not even know that they have the parasite. If a person does show adverse symptoms, and it is due to hookworm, there is medicine to treat the infected person.

Tick means that someone has a tick. It means that it is kind of like an OCD disorder but they have to do it involuntarily.

If a ticks body is pulled off, and nothing but the head remains, then the tick is dead and therefor cannot heal or regenerate any part of it's body. Hard ticks (if still alive, of course) are able to regenerate sensory organs and limbs. It's necessary for the head of a tick to be removed from the hosts body (particularly if the host is a person), because it's very possible to cause Lime Disease, or other numerous diseases. That whole "ticks are able to go into your heart, regenerate it's body, and eat you from the inside out" thing is an untrue myth.