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Posted: **Thu May 08, 2008 12:52 pm**

kiery wrote:Ticks, the bane of all gammies lives! And they are getting worse up the glens; thanks cimate change with the wetter and warmer weather they seem to be around for longer and in greater quantities (now there is a useful PhD!)

Is being done!

http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/projects/proj ... php?302362

Posted: **Thu May 08, 2008 7:42 pm**

Is there a human equivalent of Frontline? I know of people who have used this in extreme situations, but I'm not sure it is recommended!

Posted: **Fri May 09, 2008 4:47 am**

The Riff-Raff Element wrote:Is there a human equivalent of Frontline? I know of people who have used this in extreme situations, but I'm not sure it is recommended!

same here I know shepherds who use 'Spot On' but I don't fancy that at all who Knows what it will do to you in 20 years time

Me I work on the theory that if I get bitten enough times my body will build up some kind of immunity or at least tollerance, though as with most things I say it's probably cr4p as I've certainly not built up any immunity or tollerance to the dreaded Scottish midge which arrived yesterday

Cheers, Paul

Posted: **Fri May 09, 2008 9:01 am**

the thing to look for aparently is a bull's eye shaped welt where one has been bitten by the tick. it's vivid red in the middle, then has a ring of white or normal flesh colour, then a red hives like rash. this means there's a high change that tick was carrying lyme disease; at that early stage it IS treatable, but welts like that can often be hidden by hair.

(who else watched scrubs last night?!)

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2008 1:40 pm**

I am really scared of tics now