Check for tick bites

Just a reminder not to get too casual about checking for tick bites when you've been in great out -of -doors.

Avril Lavigne , ( and we can imagine how much time she spends in the bush), was bitten and now has Lyme disease; has spent the last 5 months in bed. Long term effects are common.

(I had a bite last year and went to emerg to get the doxycycline pill within 24 hours.)

http://www.people.com/people/article...912791,00.html

Good post Sharon very scary.

Good post, especially with turkey season approaching.....those things give me the creeps !!!!!

good reminder, Sharon.
The big part of the problem is that most drs have no idea what Lyme is...
So, check for ticks, look for the bull's eye redness and take doxy ASAP if you see it.
and I still have a bottle of concentrated Permethrin for sale if anyone wants it :)

We started the dogs on their protection already, we had ticks the end of Apr last year. I'll pick up a can of Ultra Shield Horse Spray this week for our cloths, a quick spray before we head out for a walk keeps them from jumping on.

My wife religiously tucks her pant legs into her socks before we go out. I'm thinking of looking for those old pant clip type things we used to wear to ride our bikes as kids :)

Just read this in the morning paper....Do what you need to do to prevent Ticks from biting you !!!

http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/04/03/...-medical-limbo

They are out already. picked one off the dog Saturday, couldnt believe it. Prince Edward County.

Very scary!

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Originally Posted by MikePal

Just read this in the morning paper....Do what you need to do to prevent Ticks from biting you !!!

http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/04/03/...-medical-limbo

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Months later, a doctor of naturopathy sent his blood samples to a lab in California, which diagnosed him with Lyme disease.

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As I said before, the scariest part, you're on your own in ON with this scary . Doctors need to catch up.
Look up the article I posted before on how Mr. Magnotta died from it. He had the money, but drs just failed him.

I was talking with my wife who works in the ER and she says they automatically (policy) give you the doxycycline pill if you come in with either the tick still in you for removal or in a jar a sample of what bit you.

She's like to see it rolled down to the Pharmacist to be able to give the doxycycline pill as an over the counter when you have been bitten.

One of the few things that Elizabeth May has ever done...good for her !!!

http://elizabethmaymp.ca/parliament/...ct-bill-c-442/

How fast do you have to catch it to treat it with doxycyline?

within 72 hours for people but for dogs see below:

( edited due to incorrect info)


http://www.uptodate.com/contents/wha...ond-the-basics

Thanks Sharon...good link/info. !!

Thank you Sharon. So how does a vet go about treating a dog that comes up Lyme positive but was bitten longer than 72 hours ago?

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Originally Posted by last5oh_302

Thank you Sharon. So how does a vet go about treating a dog that comes up Lyme positive but was bitten longer than 72 hours ago?

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doxy for 2-4 weeks or longer

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Originally Posted by vom Dufenshmirtz

doxy for 2-4 weeks or longer

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Thank you. I'll be seeing the vet soon enough anyway for spring check up, which reminds me, I haven't received a notice from the vet yet. I usually start the meds in May.

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Originally Posted by last5oh_302

Thank you Sharon. So how does a vet go about treating a dog that comes up Lyme positive but was bitten longer than 72 hours ago?

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I think the 72 hrs is in ref to 'people' being treated after being bit...

Most dogs don't get tested and treated till till after symptoms appear.

and from what I read , many/most dogs test positive anyway and you don't even know it unless symptoms appear.

"In Lyme-endemic areas of the country, veterinarians test regularly for the disease even in healthy dogs. And what they are finding is that a large percentage of dogs are seropositive, meaning they have the Lyme-related antibodies in their blood from exposure to the disease. However, they have no clinical symptoms of infection." quote

http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites...ly-benign.aspx

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Originally Posted by Sharon

"In Lyme-endemic areas of the country, veterinarians test regularly for the disease even in healthy dogs. And what they are finding is that a large percentage of dogs are seropositive, meaning they have the Lyme-related antibodies in their blood from exposure to the disease. However, they have no clinical symptoms of infection."

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That happened to my Great Dane ...cost me $125 for the treatment and still tested positive after, so that is what they concluded.

14 days on doxy for dog and people, done that for both.....100mg, same pill.

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Originally Posted by MikePal

We started the dogs on their protection already, we had ticks the end of Apr last year. I'll pick up a can of Ultra Shield Horse Spray this week for our cloths, a quick spray before we head out for a walk keeps them from jumping on.

My wife religiously tucks her pant legs into her socks before we go out. I'm thinking of looking for those old pant clip type things we used to wear to ride our bikes as kids :)

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Where do you get the spray? TSC? My mom picked up a deer tick today stepping one step off the driveway into ankle high grass. They are getting terrible around their place. My dog got a tick and Lyme last year just playing on their lawn.

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Originally Posted by chris1395

Where do you get the spray? TSC?

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I buy it at the livestock feedstore that has a feed/stuff for horses, any Tack store should carry it. . I don't know if they carry it at TSC, but they do sell horse stuff there.

Thanks MikePal. I found a product at TSC with the same ingredients and % as the Ultra Shield. I just say TSC because I drive by it all the time.