You Know It's Spring Because...

[ankhorite]

You know it's spring because yesterday, I picked up my first tick of the year. *sigh* It took my dearest savant_da_rat ten minutes and two pairs of tweezers to get rid of the foul thing on my knee. Fortunately, we are certain that it was not a deer tick, so probably no Lyme exposure. Bleah

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[labyris]

Um, how can you be sure it is not a deer tick?

Not A Deer Tick

[ankhorite]

Deer ticks be eensy-teensy things, and this was HUGE. And empty! It had just gotten onto me, and so it was all flat, but it was HUGE. Bigger than a capital O on LJ.

Last year, a deer tick bit me on the thigh and it was so small, Savant could not see it. I could feel it, though, and when the tell-tale bull's-eye rash showed up, the estimable Dr. T put me on fierce antibiotics immediately.

:: shudder :: Ticks! Agh! Do your dogs have much trouble? Or you, or your son?

[jehannamama]

I hate ticks!

[elegaer]

"The enormous elderly Newfie came, and sat, and that's about all he did."

That's just *adorable*. I love Newfies!

And I absolutely want one of those pink collars for HObbit!!