Ticks (Knoxville: house, neighborhood, living in)

[SnowBunny]

Are ticks a problem here? We are new here, and we seem to be having a problem with them, my daughters and mom have found them on them in the house, do you have to spray your yard or something?

[mjb62676]

If you're finding them in the house, do you have dogs?

If so, I'd get the dogs treated..keep an eye on the kids..keep the grass mowed, and have the yard and house treated.

This is from last year, but it's still pertinent.

Spring is the season for lyme disease, ticks

I don't know about a "problem", but they are around i'm sure.

And, just remember that Lyme is pretty rare in this area. From what I know, you're much more likely to get Rocky Mtn. Spotted Fever, and even that carries a pretty low chance.

We use FRONTLINE on our cats and dogs...that stuff is amazing.

[SnowBunny]

I know it probably sounds strange, but we haven't found anything on the dogs, but we have found a few on the kids, luckily caught them quick enough that they weren't really attached (or in).

[Kitties of Domination]

Originally Posted by SnowBunny

Are ticks a problem here? We are new here, and we seem to be having a problem with them, my daughters and mom have found them on them in the house, do you have to spray your yard or something?

I live in the burbs and rarely encounter ticks (knock on wood). Do you live in a woodsy area?

[anothertntony]

I grew up in a more remote area and it was pretty standard to check yourself (especially your head given that they can be concealed by your hair) after having been in the woods or areas with high grass, etc. I rarely saw ticks in Knoxville proper though.

[hiknapster]

Living in northern Knox County for three years, we found a few ticks on our daughter's hair. Haven't found any since we moved to Knoxville proper. We are in a heavily wooded neighborhood with 23 trees on our lot!

[Servpro Will]

Snow bunny,

Being an avid a outdoorsman for the last 30 years, I can't tell you the number of ticks I've had to yank off before they started their 9-5 on me. East TN is graced will some beautiful land and scenery, but with the good always comes the bad. Most often, I've never found them in well manicured areas or highly developed areas. Seems the most problematic spots are wild fields, wooded forests, or overgrown yards with weeds, woodpiles, wooded lots, etc. As mjb stated, keeping your yard mowed is a good preventative measure. Below is a great article from UT about the nature of ticks, the specific kinds we have in East TN, and preventative measures. Genral rule of thumb for me, if I've been doing contact yardwork, any hiking/biking, or walking anywhere with a lot of low hanging branches/brush, I'll give a quick run through the hair and lower legs to check.

http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publi...iles/PB726.pdf

[Honeycrisp]

Good article, am wondering if they can fall out of trees, we have a doggie area where the lawn is always short and there aren't any bushes yet occasionally I'll find a tick on my dog - yesterday I had one crawling on me (ugh) - sometimes we'll walk them near a lake but we didn't yesterday (when I noticed it in her ear) but the grass there isn't particularly high (although some may be) - she's a small black dog so it's hard to find a tick - isn't out for long at all but is in and out a few times during the day - am just wondering if they can drop off trees b/c we have some branches that overhang near the cyclone (chain link, not wood) fence.

[Servpro Will]

I don't think so...but I'm no tick expert.....there's a section about ticks and trees about halfway down....don't know about this site, but they say no

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[SnowBunny]

Originally Posted by William Sold

Snow bunny,

Being an avid a outdoorsman for the last 30 years, I can't tell you the number of ticks I've had to yank off before they started their 9-5 on me. East TN is graced will some beautiful land and scenery, but with the good always comes the bad. Most often, I've never found them in well manicured areas or highly developed areas. Seems the most problematic spots are wild fields, wooded forests, or overgrown yards with weeds, woodpiles, wooded lots, etc. As mjb stated, keeping your yard mowed is a good preventative measure. Below is a great article from UT about the nature of ticks, the specific kinds we have in East TN, and preventative measures. Genral rule of thumb for me, if I've been doing contact yardwork, any hiking/biking, or walking anywhere with a lot of low hanging branches/brush, I'll give a quick run through the hair and lower legs to check.

http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publi...iles/PB726.pdf

Thanks. We do live in a woodsy area, we didn't even have a back yard when we moved in, so we just got done planting it. I wonder if we could have disturbed them when we raked out all the leaves etc.,