New Posts For Thread: Ticks - Watch out !https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30984303/ticks---watch-outUseful info in the comments.https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2018/jan/25/forget-ebola-sars-and-zika-ticks-are-the-next-global-health-threat#comment-111302016Since the beginning of our species we have been at war. It’s a continuous, neverendWell it's bollocks but it is the Guardian.The big one IMHO is antibiotic resistant nasties, barreling down the road towards us and not nearly enough being done about it.Bigger threat than Global Warming in many ways, we're creating this mess, and inhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30984303/ticks---watch-out?post_id=553439179#553439179Well it's bollocks but it is the Guardian.The big one IMHO is antibiotic resistant nasties, barreling down the road towards us and not nearly enough being done about it.Bigger threat than Global Warming in many ways, we're creating this mess, and inFri, 26 Jan 2018 19:00:38 -0600Always use a tick removal tool (small plastic fork, twists the tick out without squeezing it, costs a quid from the vet's). Never, ever remove one by hand, because you'll end up squeezing the contents of the tick into the dog's bloodstream. Plus, youhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30984303/ticks---watch-out?post_id=553438549#553438549Always use a tick removal tool (small plastic fork, twists the tick out without squeezing it, costs a quid from the vet's). Never, ever remove one by hand, because you'll end up squeezing the contents of the tick into the dog's bloodstream. Plus, youFri, 26 Jan 2018 16:07:16 -0600Got a mosquito bite once in Malta that saw my calf double in size. I had to hop down to the car, get to the doctors and have IV antibiotics and what felt like half my blood taken for tests. Nothing comforting in seeing once doctor after another comehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30984303/ticks---watch-out?post_id=553434333#553434333Got a mosquito bite once in Malta that saw my calf double in size. I had to hop down to the car, get to the doctors and have IV antibiotics and what felt like half my blood taken for tests. Nothing comforting in seeing once doctor after another comeFri, 26 Jan 2018 05:03:19 -0600I've twice had insect bites that became infected and required antibiotics. One of the hazards of gardening in an area with lots of wildlife.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30984303/ticks---watch-out?post_id=553434311#553434311I've twice had insect bites that became infected and required antibiotics. One of the hazards of gardening in an area with lots of wildlife.Fri, 26 Jan 2018 05:00:02 -0600I had to lever one off my dog once. I had it on my worktop to take a few snaps of it, and wherever i put my hand on the surface the Tick would do an immediate about-turn and head straight for my handhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30984303/ticks---watch-out?post_id=553433541#553433541I had to lever one off my dog once. I had it on my worktop to take a few snaps of it, and wherever i put my hand on the surface the Tick would do an immediate about-turn and head straight for my handFri, 26 Jan 2018 02:11:58 -0600Yep. Tuck your trousers in your socks when out in the fields !!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30984303/ticks---watch-out?post_id=553433379#553433379Yep. Tuck your trousers in your socks when out in the fields !!Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:15:19 -0600Useful info in the comments.https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2018/jan/25/forget-ebola-sars-and-zika-ticks-are-the-next-global-health-threat#comment-111302016Since the beginning of our species we have been at war. It’s a continuous, neverendhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30984303/ticks---watch-out?post_id=553431163#553431163Useful info in the comments.https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2018/jan/25/forget-ebola-sars-and-zika-ticks-are-the-next-global-health-threat#comment-111302016Since the beginning of our species we have been at war. It’s a continuous, neverendThu, 25 Jan 2018 11:05:25 -0600