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Tick Trouble 2022

It’s tick season and time to be aware of the potential

contact we may have with deer ticks.

The height of tick season is upon us–and knowledge is hire a specialist to service your property or you can purchase
power. The more you know about their habitats and ways these products on your own. Tip: Use a hose end sprayer to
to prevent bites, the more you can protect yourself and your increase the volume needed for effective coverage. Target
loved ones. wooded, leaf litter filled and brushy areas (mentioned above)
as well as thick ground cover areas (when they are not in
Tick Habitat bloom). Natural and organic products are also an option but
Ticks prefer shady, densely wooded areas. In our yards, this will likely need more frequent applications to be effective.
includes wooded areas around the property and areas with leaf
litter–particularly the transitional areas between lawn Granular products are also available but must be applied to the
unmaintained areas around the perimeter. Keeping your lawn same areas as the liquid in order to be effective, this may be
well maintained and mowed will do away with much of the difficult depending on the product. Preventing Ticks on Your Pets For our furry friends
shelter areas for ticks, but they will still lurk near the perimeter There are a variety of tick repellents for pets, available in both organic and
if you live against a wooded area. Groundcover vegetation like Take extra caution: Regardless of whether a product is labeled non-organic forms. Some kill ticks on contact, while others are absorbed into the
ivy, pachysandra and bearberry can also harbor ticks. organic, natural or synthetic, do not treat areas near flower, body and kill them once they attach and begin to feed. Talk with your vet about the
vegetable, or herb gardens. Do not spray butterfly, pollinator best choice for your pet.
What to do? gardens and water features!
· Removing leaf piles from under ornamentals in the landscape. Helpful Products natural topicals
· Create a mulch, wood chip, or a gravel border of at least a Daily Tick Checks Jonathan Green
few feet between the lawn and the wooded edge and leaf litter Unfortunately, ticks can be nearly impossible to spot. In the natural scent that kills Spray the perimeter of your
filled areas to help keep them further away from the areas nymph stage, ticks are the size of a pencil dot and can easily be destructive insects yard with a hose-end sprayer
containing an ingredient
you frequent. overlooked for a freckle. Finding a tick on a furry pet is even quickly, and has strong that is labeled for killing, Most vets in our area recommend*
· Add fencing to prevent deer from wandering into your tougher. Give your pet a thorough check daily, especially after repellency to keep repelling and preventing
property being outside in wooded areas. Look between toes, inside ears, insects from coming ticks such as permethrin,
· Clear rodent habitats such as wood piles and leaf piles between legs (in the “armpits”), and around the neck where back. Jonathan Green and bifenthrin.
· Use animal repellents to reduce the spread of ticks into your they often burrow in deep fur. Organic Insect Control
yard will not harm ladybugs, Hose-end sprayers
butterflies or are much easier to
Additional Tips earthworms. apply the product * always consult with your veterinarian to determine the
Treatments · Treating open sunny areas such as mowed lawns is appropriately and best methods to protect your pet from tick-born diseases
Personal protection: not necessary. First Saturday Lime thoroughly than a
· DEET is the most effective and longest lasting product to apply · Ticks do not jump, fly or drop from the trees. They are uses a strong formula hand-trigger sprayer. Good to
to the skin. Always READ THE LABEL of pesticides before typically within a few feet of the ground, waiting to grab derived from eco-friendly
using them. Picaridin is another ingredient that works well. onto hosts as they pass by. products. It has the ability have
· Oil of lemon eucalyptus is another effective more “natural” · Ticks can be brought into the house by dogs/cats. to dry out insects, eggs Cedarcide Tickshield is an on hand
product. (technically it’s synthetic plant oil) · Wear light clothing with long sleeves and pants when out and larvae by clogging up extra strength insecticide
· Botanical products are available but will typically not last as in the woods to better see a tick and prevent attachment to the spiracles insects and repellent made from Avoid folklore remedies such as “painting”
long and will have mixed results. your skin. use to breathe and cedarwood essential oil. the tick with nail polish or petroleum jelly,
eventually
· Permethrin is available in products that can be applied to shoes · Throw your clothing in the dryer 20 minutes for when dehydrating them. Designed for people, pets or using heat to make the tick detach from
and clothing to repel ticks and mosquitoes. It is NOT for use on you come in for the day. This will kill any ticks hiding in and indoor use. the skin. Your goal is to remove the tick as
the skin. There are also some lines of clothing available that are your clothes. quickly as possible–not waiting for it to
pretreated with permethrin. This product works very well and Reduce the population of wild animals in your yard that host detach. Studies done on these “folklore
lasts through many washings. ticks by applying these natural scent-based repellents around remedies” have shown that ticks actually
the yard perimeter and near areas they may be hiding, such attach themselves with greater determination
Yard treatments: as under a deck or shed or in a rock wall. Ticks can drop off rather than backing out. Often times, these
Probably the most effective way to significantly reduce tick of them while the animals are in your yard and can then be methods also make the tick vomit into the
populations on our properties are targeted yard sprays using picked up by you or a pet. Pro tip: Apply repellents every 7 to bite site, thereby thereby transferring
10 days and rotate the types of products for 4 to 6 weeks to
an insecticide labeled for tick control. The most effective really show those critters you mean business! whatever potential viruses or diseases they
ingredients to look for are permethrin or bifenthrin. You can may be carrying.
of Cape Cod