Living next to a former cow pasture the Beverage field is loaded with
ticks as they came from Africa with the drought resistance Senepol
Cattle which are a hybrid between the huge English Red-Pol and the Zebu
from West Africa. The tick they brought along are Bont ticks. The nice
part of nature is that large snowy egrets use to land on the cattle's
back and feast on the blood filled ticks. The cattle are gone but the
egrets are still here. The main ticks here are American Red Ticks and
American black ticks. None are known carriers of Lyme disease. I have
5 nice dogs and it is an endless process dipping and cleaning them after
a short trip into the yard. Both my wife and I get frequent tick bites
as a result that we will not part with our family.
There are several natural predators of ticks and having chickens and
guinea hens in the yard will do wonders, plus they will wake you up for
the ZL/VK opennings just before dawn.
One thing we have learn is that if you find a tick engorged with blood
never step on it or squeeze it as this produces up to 1000 eggs from new
ones. Apart from the chemicals mentioned before a good way to pick them
up in any size is by masking tape. for some strange reason ticks are
never found in the ham shack even though my dogs visit her often. I
don't know what could be the reason for that but something keeps them away.
Maybe I am on to something....oh well.
73,
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
St. Croix, US virgin islands
On 7/23/2012 8:45 PM, wa3mej@comcast.net wrote:
>
> Frank,
>
> Sorry to say it didnt work for me! Two years ago this September I
> contracted Lyme Desease and I had treated my clothing with Permethrin very
> heavily... but what I didnt do was take a shower when I came in. Now to be
> honest I live in the woods soooo what did I expect. There is one thing that
> Frank is definately right and I can attest to... Lyme desease is a life
> changing experience and everyones experience is just a little different to be
> sure but the infectious desease doctor said he had never seen a case as bad
> as what I had. Ya see most people get one red bullseyes at the site of the
> bite I had the damn things all over my body hundreds of bullseyes. My body
> temp dropped to 96 degrees and stayed there for weeks at a time and I got
> extreme vertigo and drove very little for a year. I think my poor my wife was
> about to kill me.. she said I should have been pregnant and given birth then
> I could complain.. hummmm go figure.
>
> Ok so why say all of this ? To tell you an ounce of prevention is worth a
> pound of cure as the old people used to say. T here is a semi preventative,
> take a shower immediately apon coming in the house and wash all your
> clothing. These ticks are so small you will probably never see them and they
> dont always bite you immediately..a shower is your best defense. ALso wear
> lite colored clothing apparently they are not as attracted to it. Lyme
> desease is at epidemic levels in Maryland and on the east coast from Mass
> down to about the northern end of NC.
>
> Above all else if you are bitten please go see an infectious desease doctor
> as soon as you can get to him. It did take me over a year and a half but the
> symptoms do eventually lessen to where you can live a nearly normal life but
> you get flash backs occasionally for a few hours every once in a while.
>
> On the lighter side at least I wasnt hot that summer when we got the 100+
> temps. By the way.. ham radio was my salvation during that time even though I
> co uld not do much antenna work.
>
> Live Long and Prosper
>
> Jim WA3MEJ
>
>
>> Bruce is correct that Beverage antenna installation and maintenance brings
>> on the risk of life changing Lyme disease. Lyme disease is present in >many
>> .areas of the world, but particularly in the non-arid areas of the United
>> States, Canada and Europe.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease
>> Permethrin treated clothing (socks, pants and long sleeve shirt) is
>> exceptionally effective at repelling ticks.
>> http://sectionhiker.com/treating-your-clothes-with-permethrin
>> Clothing can be purchased pretreated with Permethrin. Commercially treated
>> clothing remains effective after dozens of washings. Look for the trademarks
>> >"Insect Shield" and "Bug Shield" in sporting goods stores or online:
>> http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=insect+shield+clothing&tag=googhydr->20&index=apparel&hvadid=7552570997&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6295266011507505301&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&ref=pd_sl_e41pllg51_e
>> 73
>> Frank
>> W3LPL
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