pasteve
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life member nahc/special olympics coach
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Post by pasteve on Mar 23, 2008 14:08:03 GMT -4
Hey guys and gals I just wanted to post some info with the ever increasing tick problems and lyme disease be sure to keep yourself tick free. go to any walmart in the camping section and look for a can of permanone spray.apply to boots shirts,pants,hats gloves and allow to dry and ya can keep yourself tick free for up to 3 weeks.Please be sure to read the directions on the can and follow them carefully.............
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Post by skwirl on Mar 23, 2008 14:43:41 GMT -4
Great tip Steve........hopefully warm weather will return here pretty soon and this should help the gang here out
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Post by cmreed on Mar 24, 2008 13:23:23 GMT -4
My biggest repelant for my self is I have no hair! ;D
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Post by truegrit on Mar 24, 2008 21:29:57 GMT -4
I had a tick on my arm last summer, went up to the doctors to have him remove it, he used this new thing called the "tick twister" to remove it it looked like a little 2 prong stick, he got it under the tick and turned it counterclockwise and the tick popped right out of my arm, and he put it in a bottle to send it out, it came back as a wood tick, they claim it's the deer tick that carries the lyme disease.
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Post by skwirl on Mar 25, 2008 15:56:57 GMT -4
Deer ticks are small, a fully engorged deer tick is no larger than the head of a pin. Unlike wood ticks that prefer areas with hair the deer tick will grab on where ever it can...............So after being afield make sure to check yourself thoroughly
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Post by truegrit on Mar 25, 2008 16:11:29 GMT -4
Ooops my mistake, it was a deer tick on my arm not a wood tick
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Post by skwirl on Mar 25, 2008 16:15:10 GMT -4
Deer ticks are small, a fully engorged deer tick is no larger than the head of a pin. Unlike wood ticks that prefer areas with hair the deer tick will grab on where ever it can...............So after being afield make sure to check yourself thoroughly Or maybe have a real good friend check you ;D
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