It's Official: I'm Declaring War

[Mercula]

Permirthrin is the ticket for treating clothing , shit you can even spray it on animals , I'd do some serious research first. I hate the bastids !

[Zundfolge]

"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit ... its the only way to be sure."

[Great-Kazoo]

War on ticks. The little bastards are on everything. We keep our dogs treated but they still hitch rides on them into the house before falling off...which might be anywhere. There must be millions of them around the property which is covered in brush, tall grasses and other vegetation. I keep the area around the house neat and tidy and the grass mowed but that's just not working. We've decided to resort to a chemical attack. I'm gonna spray an area completely around the house and the yard with permethrin to try to knock down the amount of ticks the dogs pick up. I wish I could hire a crop duster to just spray the entire area...they're that bad this year.

I'm also gonna make tick-tubes, spray some dedicated jeans, shirts, socks, shoes, hat, etc...to wear outside and try hard to make life miserable for the little bloodsuckers.

Anyone have any helpful tips for controlling them?

Thanks to the moisture you had this winter, you're going to see a lot more than there is now. Better hop it's a dry hot summer.

The property and clothes, you're on your own. For the family 1 word, GARLIC. After my springtime work on the rez, i was attacked by them critters like it was sadie hawkins day. Come summertime with myself the wiser thanks to the locals, I started adding more garlic to my diet. Two weeks in spring, two in summer after that and Zero tics. I was wondering why some of their dogs were walking tic feeders and others nothing. They showed m garlic tablets both the people and dogs took. I started 1 week before the trip.
They're also available in 2000 mg
https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Bount...garlic+tablets

[sniper7]

I hate ticks with every ounce of me. Probably more than just about anything. I would use fire to kill about everything tick infested within 200'.

[davsel]

Import fire ants from Texas. Ticks don't last around fire ants. But, then you have the joy of fire ants - more painful, less diseasy.

Otherwise, +1 for 7 Dust.

[Gman]

I guess someone figured out how to get blood out of a potato.

Good luck fighting the little bastards.

[TheGrey]

Chickens. Free-range chickens will eat pests like ticks, mice, and other bugs like there's no tomorrow. Plus, fresh eggs.

[Grant H.]

Time to sound like the hippy of the bunch...

Peppermint Oil does wonders in getting rid of ticks, and other unwanted insects.

It's a little potent to put on the dogs undiluted, but it's not toxic.

[rondog]

Chickens. Free-range chickens will eat pests like ticks, mice, and other bugs like there's no tomorrow. Plus, fresh eggs.

I've heard chickens will eat mice, I'd like to see that! Hell, I'd bring a lawn chair and a cold beer!

[Colorado Osprey]

Chicken are ok, but the real defense on ticks is Guinea Fowl.- plus they are cooler than chickens. They eat 4000 ticks a day!
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