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Title: questions for smart people
Post by: RonLongshaft on June 01, 2009, 08:45:15 PM
so i work outdoors and in my free time like to fish so naturally i see ticks from time to time and fracking hate them. once you find one crawling on you you swear for the rest of the day there are like 100 crawling on you.  so my question is why the hell is there not some sort of frontline type stuff for humans? i would be more than willing to take like a pill a day during the summer or something if it kept ticks away from me like it does my dawg.  anyone know why this isn't available or maybe even possible?
Title: Re: questions for smart people
Post by: catdude33 on June 01, 2009, 08:55:41 PM
I think Frontline is for fleas.  Nothing deters ticks. Nothing.
Title: Re: questions for smart people
Post by: Darth Kramer on June 01, 2009, 09:15:24 PM
why take pills when all have to do when u come home from a late night of fishing when you're already smelly and sweaty from catching and cleaning fish. Just go into the garage take off the clothes and leave them out in the garage..then go take a nice long shower..because it's not like you're gonna climb into the sack smelling like that..the shower will take care of the ticks and then u just wash them old fishing clothes the next day to rid of anything left over....
Title: Re: questions for smart people
Post by: PCR on June 01, 2009, 09:16:14 PM
Wear a wide-brimmed hat. 
Title: Re: questions for smart people
Post by: pissclams on June 01, 2009, 10:00:05 PM
i don't know why but ticks have never really bugged me much.  i guess i can understand them better than most people can.  i think it's kinda cool to let them bite you and then see how big they can get  :lol:

girls don't like them though  :lol:
Title: Re: questions for smart people
Post by: jthutch on June 01, 2009, 10:00:47 PM
Some of the insect repellent says it repels ticks too.  I'm not sure this is true.  Make sure you check yourself after fishing, showers won't wash off the ones that have already taken hold.  I have a friends mom who was in the hospital with lime disease caused by a tick bite.