Today, I learned that not only do wood ticks have a habit of dropping off of branches onto you as you walk under them, they also like to hang out in groups of five or six. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went to the Doctor's for a mole my husband had said was, "growing and changing color". It turned out to be a wood tick. My husband knew, but said it was too "icky" to take off himself. FML
Today, I found out the hard way that blood-filled deer ticks can look a lot like black jelly beans. FML
Today, I had a walk-in: a tiny tick, crawling through my bathroom window, looking down at me in the shower, wondering whether I might be tasty. The window was closed, by the way. FML
Today, I found a tick half-buried in my nipple. FML
Today, I picked my dog up and nibbled her ear. On the tip of her ear was a large tick, which burst, sending blood into my mouth. FML
Today, a friend of mine told me, after coming over to my house for years, that she has tiny "bugs" that are attached to her and follow her wherever she goes. FML
Today, I was camping out under the stars on my trampoline. I was just about asleep when I felt a tickle on my arm. Figuring it was an ant, I brushed it off. The rest of the red ants crawling up my arm didn't like that. FML
Today, I walked under a tree and heard birds chirping from above. I stopped and looked up, only to catch a face full of bird shit. FML
Today, whilst out on a walk with the dogs, I decided to explore a different part of the woods. Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my bum. Then another. And another. I realised it was wasps and ran. I've been stung 11 times and have to go back tomorrow for the coat I dropped. FML
Today, I realized that the "pimples" on my back weren't pimples at all. Because I was unable to see how bad they were for the last week, I never caught on to the fact the they were, in fact, ticks. FML
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flopstar 21
When wood ticks have more friends than you
kshark350 12
Make sure you get them all... You should put them in a bag and send them to get analyzed to see if they carry Lyme's Disease. In Alberta, you an send them in through the local Veterinarian. Keep a watch on the areas that they bit... Watch out for any "bullseyes" developing on your skin. My cousin is very active outdoors and got Lyme's disease from a tick... Took them over a year to diagnose it properly so that he could get treatment! :S
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Drosophila82 18
Oh dude get on some antibiotics and get tested for borrelia burgdorferi, ticks transmit Lyme disease, nasty business
Hiimhaileypotter 53
Wood ticks don't carry the bacteria that causes Lyme. Only black-legged (deer) ticks can transmit the disease.
billtronics 2
That is a myth. Ticks do NOT fall from trees, especially 5 or more. They crawl to areas of exposed skin. If you found them up near your neck or head then they crawled there.
sadbuttru95 13
Omg. I feel so bad for you
Mibby 11
Always wear a hat when walking in woodsy areas and use essential oils such as cedarwood on your skin and clothing to deter insects.
Jader1225 0
Yeah that definitely sucks. I live in the sticks and when I say I probably have 50 tick bites so far this year that's no lie. I actually have a garter belt of bites from one tiny tick while I was sleeping. Good dozen or so there.
turdwrangler 18
At least you didn't find one on you're dick.
tigeresscrazy 12
My got so many ticks this summer we started calling him a tick magnet lol