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Any tips for getting rid of ticks on wooded property? (Vanity)
11/10/2011 | BuckeyeTexan

Posted on 11/10/2011 9:40:38 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan

Does anyone have recommendations for treating heavily wooded property for ticks? My one-year-old basset hound (Sophie) is an indoor dog, but she has free access to a little over an acre of heavily wooded property. (300+ oaks and pecans.)

I've tried every treatment I can find to put on Sophie to prevent ticks, but I'm still finding them on her once every few days. She sleeps on my daughter's bed, so I'm worried about a tick dropping off in the bed. She's a lemon basset hound so the ticks are easy to see unless they're really small.

Is there anything I can do to treat the property? I don't want to poison the land or kill the trees, so I'd prefer something natural, but I'm not strictly opposed to pesticide if it'll work.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Gardening; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: basset; oaks; ticks
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Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Tex

1 posted on 11/10/2011 9:40:42 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Chickens

Positive all around - they clean out the ticks plus you get eggs.


2 posted on 11/10/2011 9:42:19 AM PST by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Guineau Hens? Supposedly those eat ticks when they forage. You see them around farms and such, so they seem to stick close. Maybe somebody else can amplify.


3 posted on 11/10/2011 9:43:19 AM PST by Tallguy (You can safely ignore anything that precedes the word "But"...)
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invite iran to use the property as a nuclear test ground?


4 posted on 11/10/2011 9:43:45 AM PST by ken21
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Fire


5 posted on 11/10/2011 9:43:50 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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6 posted on 11/10/2011 9:44:00 AM PST by Dem Guard (Obama's 57 States = The Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC).)
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Bring in a truck load of fire ants, Tex.


7 posted on 11/10/2011 9:44:05 AM PST by grumpa
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Not that I know of.

I don’t like to give my dogs a lot of crap but I’ve found that I tend to check them over multiple times during the day and find ticks before they become attached.


8 posted on 11/10/2011 9:45:21 AM PST by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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If you can channel all of the illegals through your property as they ingress, they will pick up most of them to eat; the rest they wear.


9 posted on 11/10/2011 9:48:02 AM PST by arrdon (Never underestimate the stupidity of the American voter.)
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http://www.dirtworks.net/Diatomaceous-Earth.html

Pets:
In case a bug decides to take up residence in their fur. You can protect them and yourself with Fossil Shell Flour (diatomaceous earth). When lightly rubbed into their coats it is very effective against fleas, ticks, lice, and other pests on pet dogs, cats, and their premises. You can puff it into the soft furniture in your house, the rug and all over the basement too.
Diatomaceous Earth Kills Pests Naturally - It is a mineral dust mined from quarries that kills the insects when they come in contact with it and it does vaporize or go away over time. Once it’s in place it works every time and it’s nontoxic.

Good remedy!


10 posted on 11/10/2011 9:48:08 AM PST by fullchroma
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Does anyone have recommendations for treating heavily wooded property for ticks?

Clearing out the underbrush and keeping the weeds cut short will help a lot.

11 posted on 11/10/2011 9:49:01 AM PST by fso301
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I’ve had success with a non toxic spray called Cedarcide’s ‘Best Yet Biting Insect Spray’. It smells good and makes his blonde coat shiny too.


12 posted on 11/10/2011 9:49:32 AM PST by nuancey
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Keep wild grassey areas cut as short as you can get them and make sure you have nothing that will attract deer.Deer are notorious tick carriers.

The only other thing you can do is spray the area with insecticide but that’s one thing I would not do.since I’d be affraid of poisoning the water supply.


13 posted on 11/10/2011 9:49:53 AM PST by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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Chickens or Guinea Fowl. The Guinea Fowl are more hardy left on their own, they are great foragers. You can train any of them to come to a shed at night with a little bit of feed.


14 posted on 11/10/2011 9:50:19 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: PeteB570

Ditto on the chickens - my sister-in-law has them & there are NO ticks to be found around their place or on their two dogs. The fresh eggs are a really nice bonus - she shares! :-)


15 posted on 11/10/2011 9:50:24 AM PST by MissMagnolia (Obama 2012: Debt Man Walking.)
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There are pro and con on this but I feed my border collie a tablespoon of olive oil with a half teaspoon of garlic. Never had a tick and she lives on six acres heavily wooded and deep brush. She’s in it all the time.


16 posted on 11/10/2011 9:50:44 AM PST by SkyDancer ('If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate ")
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To: BuckeyeTexan

No ideas for the property but you might try putting some apple cider vinegar in the dog’s water dish. That will help prevent fleas and ticks from getting on the dog.


17 posted on 11/10/2011 9:51:24 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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Guinea Hens: eat ticks all year round. You have to train them in the spring when they are chicks, but it is well worth it. Never had ticks on my dogs.


18 posted on 11/10/2011 9:51:48 AM PST by siamesecats (God closes one door, and opens another, to protect us.)
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Get a pair of Guinea hens. They will keep 2 acres free of ticks. They are tick eating machines.


19 posted on 11/10/2011 9:52:16 AM PST by Lando Lincoln (But that's just me.)
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To: grumpa

Got the fire ants. Check. Got ground-burrowing wasps too. Doesn’t seem to help.


20 posted on 11/10/2011 9:52:39 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
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