They sure grow 'em big around here. Found this one under the pups collar this morning. Gave her a bath on Sunday too and didn't have any signs. Heading to Petsmart now for some supplements.
Anyone else running into them more frequent while out and about?
It's looking like a banner year. I got one Sunday and didn't find it until Monday night. I went to ER to get it out because it was in so deep and the doctor knew way less about dealing with them than I do. I'm on my second round of antibiotics for this in two years, cause Lyme desease is no fun.
All in all, it's way easier to get them off the dogs when they've been on long enough to look like the one in the picture, but can't say I could wait thatlong for one on me own self.
That guy is so big because it has been chewing on your dog for a bit and is gorged with blood. I have noticed that they are getting pretty thick out there though (in populations).
Yeah I pulled three off my dog yesterday after a real short walk on the path in our neighborhood. They are everywhere this year. Luckily I have not found any on me yet from riding, but I think I might have just junixed myself...
Ticks, poison oak and rattle snakes... As a surveyor I encounter them all way too often From what I've seen already it's going be rough summer for me between the early blooming po and tall grass for ticks to hide in. Anybody hiring? Lmao
The nymphs (really fn tiny ticks) are the ones to look out for and give you the best chance of getting lyme. If one beds in and you pull it out, keep it alive in something so it can be tested if you start showing symptoms.
I hope you have a big trunk... cause I'm gonna put my bike in it!
Really. Tell me about it. I have my youngest home with me sick and we sent pic to her sisters who are now freaking and threatning not to come home after school. One can hope right.
Ugh, I have poison oak right now and I pulled a tick off me a few weeks ago after it bit. First time in years I've had one actually lock in. My wife found it while at dinner with friends in city. She pulled it off at the table......kinda awkward. It hurt quite a bit for a couple of days after and there is still a small bump where we pulled it out. It appears to have healed and no rash so though, so I think I'm going to survive.
To answer original question: banner year for both ticks and PO and there hasn't been a really warm day in months. Wednesday whining done.
We're looking for a surveyor in Houston, wanna relocate . Kind of joking as I see you're in Lake County. I grew up in Ukiah and not too sure you could handle the culture shock, but if........ shoot me a pm.
I found 6-7 of them on me while riding Ft Ord 2 weeks ago. Just yesterday I found one in my shower hanging out on the wall. Not sure if this one ever bit me. I was riding the Pleasanton Ridge 24hrs earlier.
They sure grow 'em big around here. Found this one under the pups collar this morning. Gave her a bath on Sunday too and didn't have any signs. Heading to Petsmart now for some supplements.
Anyone else running into them more frequent while out and about?
That guy kinda resembles CHUM when he hasn't been riding much...
Or was it, he resembles the bugs CHUM picks up because he crashes too much after not riding for awhile?
In either case, when I ride with him, I let CHUM go first to crash into things and pick up the ticks.
I found 6-7 of them on me while riding Ft Ord 2 weeks ago. Just yesterday I found one in my shower hanging out on the wall. Not sure if this one ever bit me. I was riding the Pleasanton Ridge 24hrs earlier.
dang i ride there all the time...i have never been bit, but have not been riding more than a year!.whats the best way to prevent getting them?
The OP's pic shows the tick filled with food. It takes a few days to get that big. It is gross. I rarely walk my dog in tick territory just because of those things.
Stay home. Then again if you have a cat they drag em inside for you. Seriously though, stay out of tall grass and don't rub against trees or brush. Bright and light colored clothes really help for spotting them on yourself. There are days at work I stop and do a tick check like once an hour. Evil evil things!
I hope you have a big trunk... cause I'm gonna put my bike in it!
Our Vet just told us that we dont need to vaccinate our dogs for Lyme as it never happens in NorCal, we live in the LG foothills with lots of ticks, Ive yet to find one on me--No idea if this is accurate--Thoughts?
Not true, rare, but it happens, to me in fact, got it from a tick in Coe prolly around 10 years ago, got the classic bulls-eye rash and went on a two week regimen of antibiotics, key is to treat as early as possible.
Our Vet just told us that we dont need to vaccinate our dogs for Lyme as it never happens in NorCal, we live in the LG foothills with lots of ticks, Ive yet to find one on me--No idea if this is accurate--Thoughts?
Got a tick in me from QS/LG area last year and the Doc sent it off to get "tested'. It came back positive. I got to start antibiotics right before a trip to Mexico. You are supposed to stay out of the sun while taking the antibiotic. It was awesome.
Our Vet just told us that we dont need to vaccinate our dogs for Lyme as it never happens in NorCal, we live in the LG foothills with lots of ticks, Ive yet to find one on me--No idea if this is accurate--Thoughts?
Though I'd say it's "not" not so rare. Bro in law got it from working around livestock (sheep shearer). It's not a good thing to have. I think he opted for non-antibiodic way of curing and did a life changing regimine to health and diet, fasting/cleansing/lottsa garlic . Not saying that's "the" way just what he's been doing for the last few years since contracting the disease.
I didn't think you ever got rid of it in your system?? Maybe TBC can elaborate??
I didn't think you ever got rid of it in your system?? Maybe TBC can elaborate??
If treated right away it is curable and gone from your system from what I understand if left untreated for a long time (You might not even know you have it before it's to late) then it can become chronic and difficult to deal with. Been awhile since I've researched it so my memory may not be 100% correct.
I also understand that most of the time if the tick is removed properly within 24 hours the likely hood of transmission is very low.
Our Vet just told us that we dont need to vaccinate our dogs for Lyme as it never happens in NorCal, we live in the LG foothills with lots of ticks, Ive yet to find one on me--No idea if this is accurate--Thoughts?
Your vet needs to go back to vet school.
I just stumbled across a meeting for clumsy people.
Got bit by a little guy on my ride on Tuesday night in Granite Bay. Something was hurting/aching on my left inner ankle and I saw him. Stopped and got him out before he dug in very far. There's hardly any tissue on my leg there, just skin then vein and bone. And he was diggin' for the vein! The spot is still sore with just a little red bump where the bite was. Think there's any chance on Lyme? Just keep an eye on it?
Yeah he was kind of DR anti-vaccine--Ive been vacinating my dogs for Lyme forever, hes the first vet that said I didn't need to and that it didn't work well--weird. We use frontline for the dogs--but even with that the occassionally auger in.
My wife was diagnosed two years ago and has been fighting Lyme ever since.
By the number of patients the local Lyme docotrs have It doesnt seem that uncommon.
Got bit by a little guy on my ride on Tuesday night in Granite Bay. Something was hurting/aching on my left inner ankle and I saw him. Stopped and got him out before he dug in very far. There's hardly any tissue on my leg there, just skin then vein and bone. And he was diggin' for the vein! The spot is still sore with just a little red bump where the bite was. Think there's any chance on Lyme? Just keep an eye on it?
PM Finch Platte to suck out the nasty stuff and you should be good
I typically pull around a dozen out a year then just keep an eye the area for a couple weeks. I'm no Doc so take my advice with a grain of salt, but definitely contact Mr. Platte
My wife was diagnosed two years ago and has been fighting Lyme ever since.
By the number of patients the local Lyme docotrs have It doesnt seem that uncommon.
How long was tick in and how long did symptoms take to show up?
We don't know how long the tick was in. It was found in her belly button...
I think it was 2 or 3 years before she started seeing symptoms; seemed like stress brought them out.
At the time she was planning our wedding, working full time and then some, finishing up her masters degree/teaching credential, and still riding a horse four days a week.
After diagnosis she was on a bunch of orals before getting a PIC line and going the IV route.
So I needed to re-install a sign for this weekend's Volunteers for Outdoor California on the Jim Donnelly Trail at Coe; I had literally only gone one step up the trail and was into ticks---I first noticed one on the sign after I had knelt down to pick it up.
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Checking my person I found about a half-dozen of these little buggers already crawling around. I figured this would be a good time to try to photograph the ticks in their "ambush" position; no problem---every other clump of grass had ticks on it:
The weather must have been perfect for the ticks in this location; these were concentrated in a mostly shady area for about 15' along the trail:
The next 100 yards up the trail I only saw a couple of ticks. Returning back down Hunting Hollow Road I found some out in the sunshine; quite often the ticks seem to be stacked up in clumps---is this when they are having sex!?!?:
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Evil evil little f'n bastards!!! Wife found one on our daughter last night, didn't bite her... but pulled it off and flushed it down the toilet. Guess what I found crawling on the toilet seat this morning!
I hope you have a big trunk... cause I'm gonna put my bike in it!
Thank god I haven't gotten any, no medical insurance, but I have been using a repellent spray with 25% DEET and so far nothing and I try to get out and ride 3-6 days a week (Granite bay and Lake natoma)
Great pix pliebenberg. Yuck! I flicked at least 40 buggers off me today in a place near my house that I've never ridden before. I mostly picked them up on a h-a-b section, and after flicking 20 off me, I was truly looking for them on the tall grasses, but never saw any (like your photos show). 4 hours later, I still feel like they are crawling all over me
Our Vet just told us that we dont need to vaccinate our dogs for Lyme as it never happens in NorCal, we live in the LG foothills with lots of ticks, Ive yet to find one on me--No idea if this is accurate--Thoughts?
I know of two NorCal cases where it effed both women up bad for years. Rare, but it happens.Both two beautiful women I have known whose lives have been altered dramatically.
caught 2 crawling on me at salmon falls, and found one had bit earlier this week. Then brushed a few off in auburn yesterday, but came home to this one that had bit. No red rings yet, scary **** tho.
Though I'd say it's "not" not so rare. Bro in law got it from working around livestock (sheep shearer). It's not a good thing to have. I think he opted for non-antibiodic way of curing and did a life changing regimine to health and diet, fasting/cleansing/lottsa garlic . Not saying that's "the" way just what he's been doing for the last few years since contracting the disease.
oh dear God why? Was he raised in the 16th century? Fasting doesn't kill bacterial infections, neither does garlic.
They have been nuts on Diablo the last few weeks. I have been covered the last few weeks and had two stuck in me last wee. I took the antibiotic, and so far no Lyme symptoms.
I've walked my dogs in the grassy areas daily for 12 years. One thing I have noticed is ticks are more abundant after a rain storm. A couple days of rain/showers, followed by sunshine... it must trigger hatching the tick eggs.
Preventik tick collars are the only thing that have worked for my dogs. We use them and stay out of tall grass a few days after a rain storm.
I got my first CA tick 3 weeks ago at Tamarancho. I didn't see anyone about it because I removed it within an hour and haven't developed any symptoms. I hear most cases of Lyme's come from the tiny nymph or dear ticks, and most people who get Lyme's never noticed the tick. Not to common in this area, but scary stuff. repellant might not be a bad idea - not sure which is worse, the risk of Lyme's, or exposing myself & family to deet on a regular basis.
I have read varying reports on whether DEET actually works on ticks. They seem to be pretty durable buggers and will crawl over stuff regardless. I had clothes with permethrin on it (the type that you are supposed to spray onto clothes and the same stuff in Raid). I put a tick on it on purpose, and it didn't seem to affect it too much. On the other hand, ants and flying bugs that land on that will die within 2 minutes or so.
The best protection I have found is to wear leggings and a tight long sleeve shirt to make sure you are sealed all the way around.
Quick question to those who know more than me, AKA everyone else. I pulled a real tiny one off of me yesterday. Looked like it could barely fit on the tip of a pen. I thought it was a fleck of dirt at first until I couldn't scrape it off my body. I stopped riding about 3 PM, and pulled it off about 8 PM, so I should be fine. Couldn't have been on longer than 12 hours. I pulled it out with my fingers too, so it wasn't in deep. It died within a couple hours when I had it trapped on the counter. I think it got stuck in my waistband so it was like it had just started burrowing when I was getting ready to shower. I can't even tell where it was, but I know the general area to keep an eye out for a red bump.
Basically, do I have anything to worry about? I'm guessing no.
Only a small portion of the ticks in the bay area test positive for the bacteria that causes lyme disease (something like 5% or less, i believe). Regardless, the tick really needs to be on you for 36-48 hours to become sufficiently engorged to begin to reflux bacteria from its stomach into your blood stream (pretty freakin gross right). At 5-12 hours max you are absolutely fine.
If you get a rash that looks like a bulls eye (red rash which begins clearing from the center, you should got get checked out. Otherwise, don't lose any sleep over it.
Must be a problem with trail maintenance "up there"....I live in SoCal and in the 20 years I have been riding, hiking, trail running down here, I have only encountered ticks twice on me. Both times it was on trails that were in wilderness areas and with trail head signs stating some parts of the trail system are not maintained due to low useage...buyer beware and all that! That is pretty good for 20 odd years. We have PO down here, but probably not in the concentrations you guys have up there. I have caught it twice down here. When I used to live in San Jose back in the 60s/70s, I'd catch PO 3-4 times a year on average....not fun.
I posted earler on this forum about my son getting a tick at Salmon Falls. He got Lyme and never showed the bullseye rash. He responded well to antibiotics and is good as new after a couple painfull weeks. A Month later he was back on the bike. We are using Jungle Juice now, riding of hiking. Got it at REI it's expensive for a repellant but it is 98% DEET and it works. My youngest son picked 2 off himself next week while Dustin recovered and that was it we got the Jungle juice. No more ticks. READ the directions you don't want to get this stuff in your eyes!
My mom popped one on my dog trying to get it out after going to wilder ranch. How likely is lyme disease if this happens?
Hopefully your dog is vaccinated for Lyme. It is optional at the vet. It isn't very common around here, but is a possibility. More likely if the tick is in for more than 24 hours.
All these ticks are making me wonder if I should put Frontline on and maybe get the Lyme vaccination.
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Found this one under the pups collar this morning. Gave her a bath on Sunday too and didn't have any signs. Heading to Petsmart now for some supplements.
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Originally Posted by JMac47
From what I've seen already it's going be rough summer for me between the early blooming po and tall grass for ticks to hide in. Anybody hiring? Lmao
