Agreed. I know that globally, mosquitos are worse, so it’s a little self-serving to put ticks above them. But the mosquitos in my area do not carry malaria, yellow fever, etc. I think West Nile is about as bad as it gets?
Meanwhile, 50% of the ticks here carry lyme disease. I was going to put down the lyme disease parasite, except then I remembered my vet tech offspring rattling off the list of diseases ticks carry that can fuck you up in all sorts of inventive ways.
Honestly, they have changed my life, making me stop hiking in the woods or rolling in the grass like I did as a kid when they had yet to move into my area in force.
Agreed. I know that globally, mosquitos are worse, so it’s a little self-serving to put ticks above them. But the mosquitos in my area do not carry malaria, yellow fever, etc. I think West Nile is about as bad as it gets?
Meanwhile, 50% of the ticks here carry lyme disease. I was going to put down the lyme disease parasite, except then I remembered my vet tech offspring rattling off the list of diseases ticks carry that can fuck you up in all sorts of inventive ways.
Honestly, they have changed my life, making me stop hiking in the woods or rolling in the grass like I did as a kid when they had yet to move into my area in force.