[NatureNS] Re: Ticks!

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From: Bev Wigney <bkwigney@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 14:25:13 -0300
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I posed this question on the Eastern Ontario NatureList last week to initiate some discussion pertaining to ticks.  Several people responded, in particular a couple of people who do a lot of fieldwork.

For the record, several people in that region also remarked on high numbers of ticks.  

I am now in Nova Scotia now and finding them here at my place at Round Hill.  I think they may have been worse two years ago, bit then I have done quite a bit of brush clearing and keep the lawn mowed.

Anyhow, I am interested in hearing what others do when they have been bitten by a tick.  I have my dogs vaccinated for Lyme and hopefully they are protected.  I have not been bitten by any in Nova Scotia - have always noticed them before they were on me for a few hours.  However, on my way home from Arizona, while camped at a prairie tall grass reserve, I was bitten on the top of my head and did not discover the tick immediately.  I removed the tick, put it in a sealed bag and continued on with my journey of camping my way across the country.  I figured that if I felt at all ill, I would see a doctor, but I seem fine at several weeks out, so am assuming the tick was not carrying any serious pathogens.  However, being bitten is definitely a risk when you are hiking or doing field work in many regions.  I don't see that it would be practical to be going to the doctor each time you are bitten, but that does seem to be the recommendation in a lot of literature.  Opinions anyone?

Bev Wigney
Round Hill (in summer)
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