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Well as the Arctic Vortex recedes, it'll be interesting to see if an almost full month of sub -15 temps will have affected the Tick populations.
My wife decided to keep the lads on their Bravecto year round this year because of fears that we were having a late fall and a forecasted early spring.
It's getting worse every year, wonder what will happen if these cold temps don't work to knock them back.
From what I've read harsh winters have very little effect on tick populations as they are dormant anyways.
Your right...I always thought they died off in cold temp, I'm so disappointed...
This guy does a little experiment...his test temp is -16 Celsius.....very unscientific LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kjxgCdnaQM
Those little buggers are like the coxk roaches of the woods, I don't think a nuclear fall out would hurt em, love the guys boots, the good ole black and red rubbers...
Ooh Krappp. Was hoping the extreme cold knocked them down. :angry:
My feet are cold just looking at them, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by bdog
no kiddin eh, brings back memories from about 50yrs ago...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by jlmorgan
The cold must do something to them cause I don’t remember them being around at all when is was a kid. Maybe it needs to be successive cold winters, but for me, I’ve never considered them until these past five years or so.
Ticks are hard to kill, my daughter pulled one off her dog and put it into an airtight pill bottle and forgot about it for over two weeks , when she finally remembered it , it was still alive. Mind you this was during the summer and it was in a hot vehicle .
If they can withstand extreme heat and no oxygen , I am sure that the cold won't affect them much.
Just picked up another Seresto collar this weekend for my dog for that very reason. She will be wearing it year round and I will not take any chances considering the areas I hunt.
it was only for 24 hours, maybe 2 weeks of -10 plus will have an impact, I hope.
Time to spray some pesticides. Sevin is a good product. I have noticed over the years that since spray programs were cut back we seem to have a lot more issues. The emerald Ash borer got a foot hold just a few years after city spray programs were stopped it had actually been around for quite a few years but spraying always kept it in check especially spraying down in the US help to slow it's path up here. There are a few good products for ticks.