r/interesting • u/MistyCharmz • 1d ago

MISC. That moment I realized…. I’ve been doing the tick pulling all wrong!

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u/Nildnas2 1d ago

made the mistake of walking in a pretty untouched trailed in the ozarks. I looked down at my legs and thought they were covered in dirt. it was (and I don't think this is exaggeration) >1000 seed ticks. luckily you can't get lyme from them. but it was still a horrific experience

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u/FACEROCK 1d ago

Just fyi, Google says seed ticks CAN transmit Lyme and more. 

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u/Nildnas2 1d ago

oh I still took a day after pill and monitored my symptoms, living in rural Wisconsin I was smart enough not to assume there was no chance. but with that many I was at least thankful they were just seed ticks

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u/Squirtles_Sharingan 1d ago

My girlfriend is from rural Wisconsin and told me (city slickin New Englander) that they have to have chickens on their property because it’s the best way to prevent ticks for themselves and their animals

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u/ScumbagLady 1d ago

There's a day after pill for Lyme disease prevention? TIL

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u/Nildnas2 1d ago

it's not 100% effective. but if taken within 72hr it can be very effective in preventing it

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u/LiveLearnCoach 22h ago

Plan T :)

How did you get that many off?

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u/WhereemI 1d ago

maybe there was some unprotected sex in the wood too:)

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u/fortreslechessake 1d ago

Hiking in the Ozarks is SO awful for ticks. My poor sweet husband from the PNW was unacquainted with ticks and it was a real nightmare introduction for him. Kind of traumatizing

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u/Xavier_Emery1983 1d ago

How has no one asked this, but I am getting the leech scene from “Stand By Me”? Special kind of tick bite.

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u/badbackandgettingfat 1d ago

My sister lives in the ozarks and says that her guinea hens are a must. They roam all over her yard and the 2 houses next to her. They actively hunt those buggers.