Dog/cat owners + ticks - be aware and be safe!

EGAR

http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2011/03/09/the-truth-about-lyme-disease-and-ticks-in-ireland/

Please read and pass on. I have had the first two ticks this week on myself - not a single one on the dogs!

Graces7

Interesting; would like to see statistics though.

There was a previous article that averred it is deer that carry Lyme, not sheep

And the problem is that once the tick finds you the damage is done.

Until we moved we were in sheep country and digging around 20 ticks a week out of the cats. And some off us also. It got too much; they fall off after three days anyways.
Already have M.E anyways.

Now no ticks as we are in cattle country. Wonderful.

EGAR

Graces7 wrote: »

Now no ticks as we are in cattle country. Wonderful.

No sheep here, just cattle but it's the deer that drop the ticks everywhere.

Tick Talk

Hi there, there was amention of deer carrying lyme not sheep, in the US it's the deer tick that transmits lyme disease in Europe it's the sheep or castor bean tick. However they don't live only on sheep the samller larvae & nymphs prefer to feed on smaller animals such as rodents, hedgehogs & grounding feeding birds, as they mature they will often target the larger animals such as sheep, cattle, horses & deer (however it's possible to have any size tick on a host at any given time!)

Tick Talk Ireland released a survey recently showing ticks being spotted across parts of Ireland, results can be seen at: http://ticktalkireland.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/latest-survey-results-ireland/

They also have an article called 'Protect your pet from Lyme Disease' at: http://ticktalkireland.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/protect-your-pet-from-lyme-disease/

A conference is coming up soon on lyme disease at Clontarf Castle in June. More details on our site