I saw my first tick today. What's more, it was inside my home: uninvited.
To think, I've had these tick born infections for over 20 years and I've never seen a tick before. Sure, I use to play outside constantly as a youth, but I never thought to look for them before. Then, today, on a piece of firewood, there one was. Just sitting there looking hungry.
It was such a small little bug to cause such big problems. I should have thought to keep it and send it off to the lab for testing, but I was so offended by this critter that it got smooshed as soon as it was identified.
There is snow on the ground and the ticks are already out playing in my wood pile. I never would have thought it.
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2 comments:
I'm not even in your shoes, but just knowing that you found a tick in your home brought up a lot of emotions - my first thoughts were that it is (among other things) scary, frustrating, and insulting, all at once. Be careful.
I have heard of ticks coming in on firewood...in fact I read of one family who got lyme from the ticks that came in on the Christmas tree.....ticks are evil!
Lets hope it is the only one you see in the house!!
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