Blacklegged ticks (misnamed deer ticks), acquire the spirochete bacterium from white footed mice and about another dozen or so small mammals and even birds.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Seed Ticks? Seed ticks are deer ticks at least around here ---- Lorrie <[email protected]> wrote: > What are seed ticks? I know about the big dog ticks and the tiny > deer ticks. The deer ticks are very small, so are these what you > call seed ticks? > > > On 08-25, [email protected] wrote: > > > > It is now August an boy do we have seed ticks all over the place. > > I had been using Revolution on my cats because of heartworm (I live > > on bluff over a river and lots of ponds in our area, so lots of > > mosquitos) but I took Homey to vet for sturivite crystals in urine > > and she had some blood also. Vet gave her a long lasting > > antibiotic shot and now he is back to her normal self, but they > > called and said she was loaded with seed ticks. I check them every > > time they come in and I never noticed any s now everyone got a dose > > of tick treament. I have since found a lot of them on myself, seed > > and regular ticks. Anyone else haeing a big problem with them? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
