Who'da thunk it?
Since we've been using the fireplace at night to heat, we've been bombarded with ticks in the house.
First, we began seeing them on our dog. We thought he was bringing them in from outside.
Then, I finally put 2 and 2 together and figured out where the %&$@&% things were coming from after I put some more wood on the fire and came away with a tick on my leg and on my night gown.
Today, there was one imbedded in my little boy's head and when I stripped him down for his bath, he had one crawling on him.
I finally get the kids down for bed and sit down to catch up on some TV, and look down to see one crawling on the dog.
The dog is always laying right in front of the fireplace, so he's getting a lot of them, but sheesh...
Now, we really need to use the fireplace to keep the heating bills down. I've got 8 full cord sitting out there that we've busted our behinds splitting and clearing!!
Does anyone have ANY ideas on how the heck we can combat this?
Thanks-
Em
Since we've been using the fireplace at night to heat, we've been bombarded with ticks in the house.
First, we began seeing them on our dog. We thought he was bringing them in from outside.
Then, I finally put 2 and 2 together and figured out where the %&$@&% things were coming from after I put some more wood on the fire and came away with a tick on my leg and on my night gown.
Today, there was one imbedded in my little boy's head and when I stripped him down for his bath, he had one crawling on him.
I finally get the kids down for bed and sit down to catch up on some TV, and look down to see one crawling on the dog.

The dog is always laying right in front of the fireplace, so he's getting a lot of them, but sheesh...
Now, we really need to use the fireplace to keep the heating bills down. I've got 8 full cord sitting out there that we've busted our behinds splitting and clearing!!
Does anyone have ANY ideas on how the heck we can combat this?
Thanks-
Em