The other morning, my human was petting my head and massaging right between my eyes. And she THOUGHT I had some mud or bit of goober stuck near my eye. She didn't look at it but felt it and went to pull it off and heard a "thwack" sound as she pulled off the object. At which point she REALIZED what she had pulled off with her bare fingers - a TICK. And she had dropped the half-pea sized thing. She immediately spotted it on my back and grabbed a tissue to pick it up. Ewwwwwwwwww. She panicked and took the thing outside to the green bin. She came back in and thoroughly examined me from head to tail for any other critters. She did the same with Einstein and the FG. No signs of any other vagabonds.
It didn't REALLY surprise my human that I got a tick - as I am the one who loves to nose around in tall grass. And it actually had crossed her mind the other night while we we walking, and she pulled me out from the tall grass on the side of the road.
About two hours AFTER she disposed of the creature, she started thinking about it in the green bin. And she started thinking that it would simply escape - and be free to attack again. So she went out, dug through the bin, found the paper towel it was in and low and behold, the bugger was still there. So she proceeded to PERMANENTLY rid us of the problem. It involved a rock and a great deal of obsessive smashing. That tick is with us no more....
So now the dilemma. What to do? Last year, we tried garlic tablets - and all summer, I was the ONLY one who had two ticks. Wait - Einstein MIGHT have had one. But that was it. So I guess we'll try that again. That and Diatomaceous Earth. My human KNOWS that lots of people use chemical warfare against the Lyme bearing critters - and she MAY resort to that. But we'll TRY the natural route for NOW and keep our paws crossed that it works. Ticks. The main reason to love sub-freezing temperatures, ice and snow! Ugh.
Have a bug free day....
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