Tick on my wood

[efoyt]

I was loading my stove last night when I so ( and felt ) a tick running across my arm Will they be dorment enouph after it gets colder that I will at least get the log in the fire before they start running around. I've never thought or cared about the bugs coming into the house with wood before but I HATE ticks.

 

[quads]

They say (in Wisconsin anyway) that ticks can be active almost any month of the year. I don't remember seeing any on the firewood, but the little buggers can be anywhere. Anything you bring into the house could have ticks on it, including yourself. So, I would think that the firewood won't have any greater chance of having ticks on it than your shoes, the pets, the kids........... Ticks are just part of life here.

 

[joe245]

They are nasty. I'm expert, but I can tell you two years ago I was out in late December in the western part of Mass, deer hunting. I don't recall it being that warm. I pulled nine off of me that day, both off my clothing and skin. No body believed me until I pulled three off back at the camp. as well as two more guy's found one each. All deed ticks. We are loaded with them in Mass.

 

[CarbonNeutral]

Any time it's above freezing they can be active - at this time of year it's good that it's the adults, as they are easy to see. They won't survive in the house very long - more than a day now the humidity is decreasing. It's unlikely they will be hanging out in the woodpile normally - they prefer the leaf litter. This little bugger was probably just questing (looking for a host), rather than hunkering down.

 

[efoyt]

I've seen lots of ticks in my area, i've just never brought one in with the fire wood.

 

[TreePapa]

Burn the little suckers!

Peace,
- Sequoia

 

[Bubbavh]

Title gave me a chuckle and reminded me when I was younger and pulled off about 50 or so... and yes many of them from the frank and beans!

 

[billb3]

They are nasty. All deed ticks. We are loaded with them in Mass.

Yes, they all work in the assessor's offices, too.



Is the cure for a tick on your wood the same as a snake bite ?

 

[Got Wood]

"Tick on my Wood" ----> OUCH!

 

[joe245]

I meant to say no expert, and sound's like someone else doesn't believe. The point to the story as others have said. They are active or seem to be year round

 

[Henz]

what did it look like

 

[efoyt]

My wife thinks it's a pacific coast tick, can't remember the exact name. It wasin't a dog tick, could have been a dear tick. I have it in alcohol at my house. We save all the ticks we pull off the dog us or kids incase someone gets sick.

 

[Henz]

haha..I dont know of anyone that would would reference a tick as being "dear"