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My horses are gettin ticks tel me ur worst tick problem
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TotallyI guess the worst tick problem would be the possibility of Lyme disease. A great tool for getting ticks off your animals is an O'Tom--totally cool! Plus of course, monthly flea/tick prevention.
The wierd thing is none of my other 6 animals are gettin themOH MY GOSH! You read my mind! I was coming here to complain about ticks! The past two or three years, ticks have been bad in this area. Not only are they thick, they come out early and stay late.
To add to my problem, ticks are becoming immune to the monthly-flea-and-tick-treatment.
To add another layer to my problem, people don't have monthly flea-and-tick-treatment.
My dog and I go hiking all over, all the time. Regardless of having treatment, my dog gets ticks on her. So do I. Regardless of tick-check, sometimes we don't see one until it is the size of a grape.
Recently my dog had a knee injury, while she was sedated for the xrays, they took blood work. They soon found she is positive for Lyme disease.
In hind-sight, joint deterioration is caused by Lyme, primarily in the knees.
She is now on a month of antibiotics - and the struggle to give them to her, and the digestive problems after.
However, it made me think that perhaps I have Lyme too. I am always with her out hiking. The same ticks bite me. I have been feeling lethargic and have had the same cold/flu for over two months. I am ache-y and run down. All of which is very unlike me. I am "that person" who never, ever gets a cold or flu. So it is strange that I have one at ALL, let alone that it has lasted two months.
So I went to get my blood tested. In humans, they have to send it out of state, so I have to wait five days. I may be able to find out tomorrow.
So I am having to force-feed pills to my dog, which sucks. She can't run or jump which sucks. I don't even want to run or jump the way I have felt lately, which sucks.
Well, that is my worst tick story.
I've also had abcesses on myself and animals from tick bites which have left scars. If "show" were an issue for you this would be another tick horror story.
Anyway, I call my doctor tomorrow and get to see if I get to take antibiotics with my dog.