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    Mik
    wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 13:46 last edited by
    #6

    No bueno. You might be right though and the infection was caused by sweat, dirt, etc. Especially since it took a week. Did you have it bandaged and disinfect each day?

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      Horace
      wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 13:47 last edited by
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      I hope it turns out to be nothing LD.

      Education is extremely important.

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        Aqua Letifer
        wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 14:10 last edited by
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        I just had one crawl on my arm yesterday while I was on my couch. WTF? Evil fuckers.

        Yes, please get checked out.

        Please love yourself.

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        • M Mik
          11 Jun 2020, 13:46

          No bueno. You might be right though and the infection was caused by sweat, dirt, etc. Especially since it took a week. Did you have it bandaged and disinfect each day?

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          LuFins Dad
          wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 14:57 last edited by
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          @Mik said in That Bites:

          No bueno. You might be right though and the infection was caused by sweat, dirt, etc. Especially since it took a week. Did you have it bandaged and disinfect each day?

          Doc thinks it’s just an infection, but is sending the tick in to be tested anyway. In the meantime, the antibiotics that he proscribes for a skin infection are the same they use for early stage Lyme. The only difference is length, but the test in the tick will be back by then.

          I was good about using disinfectant on it the first two days, but less so since, thinking that it would have healed over by then.

          The Brad

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            Aqua Letifer
            wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 15:26 last edited by Aqua Letifer 6 Nov 2020, 15:27
            #10

            @LuFins-Dad How big is the tick?

            Please love yourself.

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              LuFins Dad
              wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 15:28 last edited by
              #11

              Meh, not that big. In fact, our tick key couldn’t get it. Had to use tweezers.

              The Brad

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                Aqua Letifer
                wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 15:55 last edited by
                #12

                Was it dark in color? Sounds like a deer tick. In which case I'm glad you're getting it checked out.

                Please love yourself.

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                  LuFins Dad
                  wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 16:05 last edited by LuFins Dad 6 Nov 2020, 16:05
                  #13

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                  @Aqua-Letifer

                  The Brad

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                    Copper
                    wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 16:12 last edited by
                    #14

                    Treat yourself and then treat your lawn.

                    Bug-be-gone in the rotary spreader. Start from the house and work your way out, you don’t want to chase them toward the house.

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                    • C Copper
                      11 Jun 2020, 16:12

                      Treat yourself and then treat your lawn.

                      Bug-be-gone in the rotary spreader. Start from the house and work your way out, you don’t want to chase them toward the house.

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                      LuFins Dad
                      wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 16:29 last edited by
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                      @Copper said in That Bites:

                      Treat yourself and then treat your lawn.

                      Bug-be-gone in the rotary spreader. Start from the house and work your way out, you don’t want to chase them toward the house.

                      We do have the yard treated every quarter.

                      The Brad

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                        11 Jun 2020, 14:10

                        I just had one crawl on my arm yesterday while I was on my couch. WTF? Evil fuckers.

                        Yes, please get checked out.

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                        Jolly
                        wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 17:44 last edited by
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                        @Aqua-Letifer said in That Bites:

                        I just had one crawl on my arm yesterday while I was on my couch. WTF? Evil fuckers.

                        Yes, please get checked out.

                        Cats?

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          Catseye3
                          wrote on 11 Jun 2020, 17:45 last edited by
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                          Yes?

                          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                            taiwan_girl
                            wrote on 12 Jun 2020, 02:14 last edited by taiwan_girl 6 Dec 2020, 02:14
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                            @LuFins-Dad Hope the test result is nothing!!

                            I don't like ticks (but I dont think anybody does).

                            It is amazing that they can sense your temperature and make the jump from weeds, etc to your body as you walk by.

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                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 20:26 last edited by
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                              So the tick wasn't even tested. Apparently it was a type of tick with no known disease associations... It was just a skin infection caused by the bite and me not keeping it covered appropriately. (I really thought that 4 days was good enough)

                              The Brad

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                              • L LuFins Dad
                                24 Jun 2020, 20:26

                                So the tick wasn't even tested. Apparently it was a type of tick with no known disease associations... It was just a skin infection caused by the bite and me not keeping it covered appropriately. (I really thought that 4 days was good enough)

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                                brenda
                                wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 22:43 last edited by
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                                @LuFins-Dad said in That Bites:

                                So the tick wasn't even tested. Apparently it was a type of tick with no known disease associations... It was just a skin infection caused by the bite and me not keeping it covered appropriately. (I really thought that 4 days was good enough)

                                Yay! I love a happy ending.

                                Looking forward to pics of your yard project, btw. 🙂

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