Ticks are the WORST! 

That is so sad because dogs can get Lyme as well as people if you have it in your area. It is unbelievable the things that ticks can transmit. I went to the CDC once to look up each tick born illnesses and what it does. Very Horrific 😯

❤😢❤so glad you were there

I know you don't need me to say this BIG DOGGIE 💯👣 But you are an incredible person for doing what you did to take care of that dog BIG DOGGIE 💯👣 Bless you, and your family BIG DOGGIE 💯👣

Congrats for your hard work and helping the dog. I bet he is your friend for life now.

Kenan, hopefully you are using a reptile formulated permethrin as permethrin are toxic to reptiles and have actually historically been used to exterminate reptiles. I would also recommend applying at the front via a cotton swab and not spray and in the video you can see that Timmy rub his face after the spray to history RHS. I would also wash it off after it has had time to soak into the mites. I would speak to your vet again. Please be careful

I so often attach a thought bubble to animals that says, "Put me down human!"

Happy Birthday! Was it really the tortoise birthday or yours😂😂😂

Thank you!🤠

Thank you ❤❤❤ I have 50 years of training dogs, 30 of those specializing in German Shepherds. Purina gave me a college scholarship at age 14 and I was also in Dog World Magazine at that age. I have wealth of info to share and sometimes go into a bit of detail, hoping it helps someone. Time, experience and learning from mistakes gives a person a vault of information. I worry people think I'm strange when I don't keep it to a couple lines. You just gave me a lot of info I had been wondering about. So, is it safe for the underbelly of snakes. I have garter snakes in my yard. I have created "hides" for them with the hopes that between them and the birds, they can control the insects. I don't like to uses poison. I have dogs and a Perigrine Falcon that has been coming to my backyard for close to 4 years.

@@gsdmom1194 I often hit "Reply" and instantly I have overwhelming doubts ...."Why did I write all that? " "Nobody wants to hear what I just wrote." etc. But sharing information is enjoyable. I love to learn. So, I am trying not to overthink my own postings and I am trying to reach out to others whose shared knowledge has been good for me to hear. Please keep it up !👍

@sallyrutledge8238 same to you. I didn't know that about diatomaceous earth and diatoms. I shared it with my mom. We both are avid gardeners and oddly have scientists in the family who also pursue entomology as a hobby, but this was new and welcoming info. We understood the basics of what it did but not the real what it was and how it did it. Good to know Mom moved to the desert, but we are planning to move to new territory. I want land for my dogs and to have peace and quiet. Land here is astronomical in price. Our new state is going to be humid, buggy, and full of mosquitoes and ticks. Long ago (in the 70s/early 80s), my grandmother taught me her way of gardening and life skills. I would go stay with her on her farm for a couple of weeks each summer. Because she lived through the depression, she taught me to can, to grow food, how to fertilize it without buying commercial fertilizer (compost), to recycle, and/ or reuse. Later, she developed cancer, and they said it was from pesticide or herbicide exposure. She didn't use those because she was a tight wad. She made sprays from hot pepper seeds in water, blended it up, and added some dish soap and spray. Plant marigolds. Ect. 🦗🪲 She made compost tea to fertilize or use fish. She trickle watered and layered cardboard and straw on the ground in the veggies to hold moisture. But crop dusters flew over her house. If they were as bad then as they are now, I can bet that was what cause the cancer. Because of that, it altered the our lives. My brother became a molecular chemist with the focus on cancer research. I have never used chemicals. But.....a person also needs to think, a tick and mosquito can carry pretty bad illnesses. Can you keep them at bay without chemicals? Which is the lesser evil?

I've used diatomaceous earth in my home when (long ago) we had a flea infestation. Worked great.

I appreciate that! Thank you!

I agree.... I can't help but laugh at those big, strong legs just peddling in the breeze...😂

Thank you!! 😁

Thank you!

Guineafowls are supposed to be really good for ticks.

And those big Sulcatas require a bigger post... and some would require 2 people to lift them into position... might need a hoist for that job !

Agreed Deb!🤠

Thank you Nick!!!

We live in an area with tons of ticks, the free range chickens look after the problem very effectively. In over 30 years living here, we have seen one tick!

​@@blip-2024I agree 👍with free range chickens... However... 😢⏸️ Pause.. Kenan has hawks in his backyard.. he might have to reconsider that approach and he has foxes and raccoons too.. not to mention possums

Mosquitoes 🦟 are easy problem... But these things you see are females that attack us and animals(they need blood for the young) the males(unless they are hybrids...) Only go after flowers and fruits .. Quick tips: remove standing water(cans that fill up etc) Clean your bird and foundation baths at once once a week(dump all the water out and dry them too) Don't wear fruity or sweet based performs or colognes during these time,just a warning cause mosquitoes 🦟 are very attracted to it.. My cousins and I did an experiment years ago(about 15 years ago) when I visited his mother's residence and it was hot summer morning to evening that day: no mosquitoes 🦟🦟🦟 in sight however... I tested a theory by spraying some old spice, Axe body spray and JustForMen sprays outside on the front porch.. his mother thought I was crazy but she knew what was up after I showed her. .. after 5 minutes me,her and my cousins sat outside and could hear thousands of 🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟 mosquitoes buzzing and heading towards the house(we closed the doors,windows and airlocks Admittedly lol) 😈 we were Engolfed by millions of mosquitoes it's was like black cloud 😈.. so fair warning to the wise and experienced try not to wear certain colors and smells(they will find you and quick lol) 😈 The mosquitoes left after 30 minutes,after the previous 5 minutes of spraying the porch 😈

Interesting.... and I bet there are any number of reptiles at Kamp Kenan who would love to help eat the eggs !

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Happy BDay Gemini🤠

yep, been considering it

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