Ticks !

[bucketboy]

i got 2 dozen guinea hens they eat hundreds of ticks a day each

[yellow dog]

i got 2 dozen guinea hens they eat hundreds of ticks a day each

I'm thinking about getting a few myself for the farm.

[Connie2002]

Apparently opossums are great at killing tons of ticks. They are said to kill about 4000 ticks a week. The article I read says that ticks are really attracted to opossums, but they are meticulous groomers and kill about 99% of all those ticks.

Now I can start looking in pet stores for a nice, cuddly possum for myself ;-))

[johny]

As I predicted, we have almost zero tics this year.
A friend and I spent 4+ hours... boots to ground in Div 10 farm land yesterday and neither of got a tic.
Most years, that amount of time would have generate 100+ tics combined.

Long cold winter and very little snow created deep prolonged ground freeze and killed most of the tics

[410001661]

I took a buddy out for one last kick at the can yesterday and pulled three ticks off my pants in a 3hr sit - bringing my total turkey season tick count to 12 (that I found)! This year is definitely worse than last year.

[yellow dog]

Just saw a newscast from the Netherlands with thousands of people protesting Bravecto. Apparently it has killed many dogs, caused seizures and a variety of other illnesses.Forty thousand signatures have been collected so far to stop Bravecto from being sold.

[krakadawn]

That's consistent with what is happening south of the border. They have had numerous 'sick' dogs associated with Bravecto.
Aren't you glad I put you onto the Seresto collars...

On a side note I was in Long Point that last few days judging a retriever trial and most people had found ticks on their body. I sprayed carefully and still found 2 ticks on me.

[yellow dog]

That's consistent with what is happening south of the border. They have had numerous 'sick' dogs associated with Bravecto.
Aren't you glad I put you onto the Seresto collars...

On a side note I was in Long Point that last few days judging a retriever trial and most people had found ticks on their body. I sprayed carefully and still found 2 ticks on me.

Yes very glad !

[canthitathing]

Just saw a newscast from the Netherlands with thousands of people protesting Bravecto. Apparently it has killed many dogs, caused seizures and a variety of other illnesses.Forty thousand signatures have been collected so far to stop Bravecto from being sold.

First I've heard of this. I had my retriever on Bravecto last year without issue and have just started him again this year. I was contemplating going back to the Bayer product Advantix ? that we had him on before last year, but the Vet suggested Bravecto last year, (higher profit margin? lol). May have to investigate alternate products for next year.

[yellow dog]

Personally I wouldn't take any chances.