http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/ncwire/new-ticks-spread-across-southeast-diseases-rise-1082149

5/29/2012 1:04:39 PM

Up to 12 for this year

5/29/2012 1:26:00 PM

came down with lyme on 5/20.

i felt like absolute shit for four days; no appetite, ZERO energies, dizzy, nausea, cold/hot sweats -puddles of sweat in the middle of the night- fevered, aching muscles. went to the doctor after finding a bullseye on my buttock and got put on 21 days of doxycyclene. DO NOT take the tick lightly, MESS YOU UP!

6/4/2012 10:43:02 PM

Picked the first tick off of me this season. Found him in my belly button.

4/24/2013 6:20:09 PM

I fucking hate ticks.


If I cant find anything to burn them with I will waste a ziploc bag nuking them until they explode.

4/24/2013 9:29:03 PM

2 attached; 2 crawling so far

4/25/2013 10:16:45 AM

I burn the fuckers til they pop or drown them in alcohol.

4/25/2013 10:18:14 AM

I think they are going to be bad this year since we had such a mild winter.

4/25/2013 10:43:51 AM

Quote :

"If I cant find anything to burn them with I will waste a ziploc bag nuking them until they explode."

You know you can just cut them in half with a knife or key and a hard surface, right? They're impervious to squishing by hand, but two hard objects will easily take care of them.

[Edited on April 25, 2013 at 11:45 AM. Reason : l]

4/25/2013 11:45:27 AM

they get in my dreds and thats the worse

i feel like im pullin a patch of dandruff or somethin and BAM!! frantic legs

and then like a little girl i flick it to the floor before thinking and now the tick is loose in the house

its certainly startling. Found 2 in my hair and then one crawlin up my ass crack while i was sittin on the couch

4/25/2013 12:11:16 PM

4 attached/2 crawling now.

5/13/2013 10:37:07 AM

i fucking hate ticks

5/13/2013 10:42:51 AM

My GF pulled one off of my back last weekend.

Found this one crawling across the kitchen floor a couple days ago. Must have gotten full and fallen off of one of the dogs:

5/13/2013 10:54:48 AM

http://i.imgur.com/wAH5Cc0.jpg

Ball tick!

[Edited on May 13, 2013 at 10:56 AM. Reason : Pic was huge to embed]

5/13/2013 10:56:18 AM

I havent gotten a tick in years, like 15 at least

you some country motherfuckers

5/13/2013 10:59:25 AM

Yeah, I definitely live in the country. We battle them every year. Usually we just find them on the dogs because they are outside all day, but we sometimes find them on each other. Frontline helps some for the dogs, but it's not perfect.

I actually pulled one off of my dog in January, which was unexpected to say the least

5/13/2013 11:03:27 AM

I've pulled about 5 or so off me in the last week, and none have latched on yet

I'm more worried about chiggers right now- we had them bad outside at work last week, and I just noticed some on our back deck yesterday. little fuckers

[Edited on May 13, 2013 at 11:23 AM. Reason : week, not year durrr]

5/13/2013 11:17:59 AM

I hate chiggers, so much itch!

5/13/2013 11:19:04 AM

My yard is being treated by Moxie pest control for fleas and ticks. I have a little over an acre and I am gonna get them to treat as much as they will.

5/13/2013 11:32:00 AM

I am enjoying my life on the 18th floor more and more haha. Flies dont even get this high

5/13/2013 11:37:44 AM

Up to 3 for the season so far

5/13/2013 12:54:40 PM

I hate ticks

5/13/2013 2:06:53 PM

Had a dear tick on me last week and it was swollen the fuck up. Picked it out and put in freezer incase something happens
The chiggers are really bad here right now.

5/13/2013 2:19:44 PM

racist

5/13/2013 2:23:07 PM

Lol

5/13/2013 2:26:35 PM

Chigger please.

5/18/2013 5:48:26 PM

just found a little itty bitty tiny tick crawling on my arm. now i feel like they're crawling all over me

5/18/2013 7:44:07 PM

Just found out my dog has ehrlichia.

5/18/2013 7:51:58 PM

I have had more ticks on me this year than I have had in a long time. We are along the Cape Fear river, and every time I go into the low-lands (flood plain of the river-40 ft lower than everywhere else) I get covered. My dogs hunt down there a lot and have been getting a lot of ticks, also. I don't know why, but I have one dog who has not had a tick in 2 years, but others get covered.

5/18/2013 8:55:23 PM

went biking with my dogs on sunday and found 3 crawling on me and pulled two out. I found 5 attached to my dog. Yeah, I hate that feeling once you find one crawling on you and then you are paranoid for the rest of the day.

5/20/2013 10:17:53 AM

Just pulled another one off of my leg. Sucker was dug in there good, too.

5/24/2013 10:42:17 AM

Pulled a tiny one off my leg a few days ago and now I'm paranoid as shit about having them all over

5/24/2013 5:53:25 PM

Pulled a lone star off my shoulder while driving down Hwy 101. Managed to lock him in an empty water bottle without driving off the road at the same time.

5/24/2013 8:31:14 PM

Quote :

"took a lighter to it so to make sure they got the head and all"

fyi this will make them vomit up their filth into you

5/24/2013 8:57:19 PM

TICKS ERRYWHERE

5/20/2014 6:50:34 PM

only had 3 on me so far this year. one of my dogs has had about 10 but most were dead from the advantix

5/21/2014 12:52:24 PM

Pulled one off yesterday as it was crawling behind my ear. Glad I got it before it latched on.

5/21/2014 1:32:58 PM

I have never had a tick on me (to my knowledge) and have had conflicting reports about the appropriate removal technique.

What is the general consensus (I'd like to be prepared in case my worst fears are realized)?

5/21/2014 3:16:05 PM

light up a cigarette and burn the sucka off

5/21/2014 3:31:22 PM

I found like ten walkers and ten attached on me yesterday. Spent the afternoon walking in the woods in Chatham county

6/15/2014 8:52:19 AM

what is the best way to get them to let go once they dig in?

6/15/2014 10:01:40 AM

I got them all the time as a kid playing in the woods...yet have avoided them as a grown-up and I still do my share of outdoorsy shit.

We use Trifexis on our dog and he'll get covered in ticks...but they either die falling off or attached. He's never had one get even 1/4 full. Good shit.

6/15/2014 10:45:59 AM

Read page 1 ^

6/15/2014 1:23:09 PM

Quote :

"NC has the highest incidence rate of Rocky Mounted Spotted fever in the whole country, "

rename it pilot mountain spotted fever

6/15/2014 3:24:10 PM

pulled 3 off last week that were latched on. sumbitches itch like crazy now.

6/15/2014 3:48:25 PM

Welp, Grandma just got diagnosed with lime disease from a tick. She is 89 and still works in the garden. Last year she got into a yellow jacket nest, she is one tough lady.

Fayettville is bad for ticks this year, found one in my bed (caught a ride on the dog).

6/15/2014 7:16:24 PM

Quote :

"Read page 1 ^ "

quick run through and got nothing of substance. you want to be more precise?

6/15/2014 10:14:24 PM

Spooooooooon!!!!

6/15/2014 10:20:43 PM

Get tweezers. Clamp into the head capsule, which might take some digging to get to depending on how long it's been latched. Quickly pull out and downward as to not dislodge the head. Then kill it with fire or flush it.

Clean the area with alcohol.

( when there are no accessible tweezers you can pinch you're nails into as close as you can get to the head, but this method has a higher risk of breaking of the head and leaving it buried in your skin for a little bit longer)

[Edited on June 16, 2014 at 8:03 PM. Reason : .]

6/16/2014 8:00:17 PM

where the hell are you guys going. do you all live in a more rural area? I haven't gotten one since i was 10 or 11. I still go for hikes through Umstead and the occasional camping trip come summer time but i haven't experienced 1 or 2 tics per year, let alone 5 - 10.

6/16/2014 9:04:25 PM