How to Reduce Ticks in Your Backyard Garden or Park Area
First. Where do the ticks seem to be and live ? Where are the ticks of greatest incidence that you note either with children or pets? Identify and Treat those specific targeted areas at the same time you attempt to control the infestation.
The areas around the yard needs to be cleared of any tall grass or weeds (ticks like climbing vertically). Mow down or weed the tall grass and grasses as well as the weeds as low as you can. Clean up any yard debris (leaves, pruning debris, and wood piles) ticks hide and breed in such areas and will utilize if available.
Treat the whole yard thoroughly with liquid "Sevin" (carbaryl). Carbaryl is a contact insecticide and only works if it comes in contact with the pest target. (That is the pesky ticks themselves) You can find the insecticide product Sevin or Cabaryl at pretty much any large garden center like Wal-Mart and Home Depot. Be sure to spray in the areas that the dog frequents a lot. . It is fine to use the Sevin (Carbryl) on plants and shrubs also. Always. Always mix according to the directions and no more!
Ensure that you treat the areas where your dogs and other pets like to sleep. Ditto dog houses, blankets and baskets. The areas around the house foundation will need to be sprayed as well (nooks and cranny's) Repeat this total yard spraying every two weeks for about 3 applications to control the growth stages of the tick.
All of the dogs bedding will need to be washed in hot water if this applies. You can buy a home bug bomb to treat the inside of the house as well. Shampoo old' "spot" with a "pyrethrum" containing shampoo. This is the safest product to use on pets; however, it has no long lasting control. It only kills ticks that it comes into contact with and does not keep the dog from being reinfected two days down the road.
Remember a tick is a most dedicated creature. The tick patients devotes its whole life just to wait patently on a blade of grass for just the right moment when the moister,, carbon dioxide and heat is correct for it to move to and latch on that prey - all for a blood meal for its brood. Reduce your incidence of ticks and your chances of contracting this vector for the spread of Lyme disease will reduced if not eliminated in your garden park area, Lake Cottage or back yard. After all many of the people who suffer from Morgellons Disease started off with Lyme Disease.
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