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Why is it that tick problems seem more prevalent up north vs. down in the south?
After all, we have warmer weather year round compared with the northern states.
We have ticks down here, but seemingly not that many. Additionally it seems as if few people in the south are stricken with Lyme disease compared with those up north. Not sure how accurate that comment is, but it seems that way.
We moved back in February to the Poconos, Pa., and at just about the highest elevation here. Our property borders State Game Land Woods. Lot of deer, but also a lot of wild turkeys in our backyard.
If chickens are your friends, I would imagine wild turkeys are also. They roam wherever they want.
Yea, but turkeys usually leave when you're out in your yard.
Why is it that tick problems seem more prevalent up north vs. down in the south?
After all, we have warmer weather year round compared with the northern states.
We have ticks down here, but seemingly not that many. Additionally it seems as if few people in the south are stricken with Lyme disease compared with those up north. Not sure how accurate that comment is, but it seems that way.
I was treated for two tick diseases when I lived in North Carolina.
Why is it that tick problems seem more prevalent up north vs. down in the south?
After all, we have warmer weather year round compared with the northern states.
We have ticks down here, but seemingly not that many. Additionally it seems as if few people in the south are stricken with Lyme disease compared with those up north. Not sure how accurate that comment is, but it seems that way.
The NPR show had a caller who was a cattle rancher near Tampa. The ticks were costing him 20% of his herd. Otherwise, Florida is more concerned with mosquitoes and the diseases they can transmit to humans. And the South also has a problem with fire ants and are more affected by termites than up North.
The NPR show had a caller who was a cattle rancher near Tampa. The ticks were costing him 20% of his herd. Otherwise, Florida is more concerned with mosquitoes and the diseases they can transmit to humans. And the South also has a problem with fire ants and are more affected by termites than up North.
fire ants probably do a good job of taking care of ticks from what I hear.
This sounds like fear porn. When I go out in nature, ticks are the least of my worries. I think that people with Lyme Disease, also greatly exaggerate their condition. If these tick borne illnesses are so horrific, then why isn't everyone that goes out into nature regularly, camping, hiking, mountain biking etc. coming down with it and being afflicted to the point where they lay in bed all day for months/years and contemplate suicide? For the record I've known a handful of girls that claim to have had Lyme Disease and that is pretty much what I concluded from what they told me about it.
This sounds like fear porn. When I go out in nature, ticks are the least of my worries. I think that people with Lyme Disease, also greatly exaggerate their condition. If these tick borne illnesses are so horrific, then why isn't everyone that goes out into nature regularly, camping, hiking, mountain biking etc. coming down with it and being afflicted to the point where they lay in bed all day for months/years and contemplate suicide? For the record I've known a handful of girls that claim to have had Lyme Disease and that is pretty much what I concluded from what they told me about it.
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