Ticks are everywhere. A girl in the US who is involved in athletics fell really ill with Lyme, but it took her 3 years I think to recover. her site is http://www.beatlymedisease.com
Ticks are a real problem here (edge of the highlands) but can anyone answer this; I put stuff onto the dogs and cats every month from April to October that kills the ticks when they bite and normally seems to make them drop back off (still have to remove the occational dead one), why is there nothing like that for humans?
BTW you can spot the locals round here, we are the ones wearing full length trousers, tucked into socks, long sleaves and midge nets and that's just going to the village shop. Forget nosquito, we need armour plate against the little b*****s round here .
I have also wondered about a "spot on" type treatment for people, but isn't it dangerous for cats? So perhaps not as simple as it seems, there are probably also risks for dogs that we are not fully aware of.,
There are some of the versions that are dangerous for cats (causes kidney failure I think) but the version I use is the same stuff for cats and dogs. It has the usual warnings about wash you hands after use but no drastic caution messages on the box.
I've been using the same stuff for roughly 20 years now and I don't believe it has caused a problem for any of the dogs or cats but I suppose they only live to between 15 and 20 anyway so there may be something that would build up with longer use.
Could be the smell, and you'll get funny looks in the pub post walk but it's worth it lol
As opposed to unwashed nether parts, armpits etc.? I think TCP is a crazy great idea, killing two birds with one stone, tick infestation and the niff of not washing for several days.
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