probably not........I see a vid of a guy being arrested in Cali for feeding squirrels in his back yard........neighbours ratted (or squirelled) him out.
probably not........I see a vid of a guy being arrested in Cali for feeding squirrels in his back yard........neighbours ratted (or squirelled) him out.
DIY tick tubes used to control ticks through rodents. Basically use toilet paper, paper towel or pvc tubes and treat cotton or dryer lint with permethrin. Starting in early spring. The rodents use the treated material for nesting coating them selves with it and as ticks emerge and are looking for a host they are poisoned with contact of the mice.
Instructions
If using paper towel rolls, cut each roll into 3 sections.
Put on your gloves and protective eyewear.
Combine 4 parts water with 1 part permethrin (ex: 4 cups water and 1 cup permethrin) in your mixing container. This is super easy if you’re using a container with ratio measurement lines.
Add the cotton balls to the solution in your mixing container and stir them around a bit using your tongs so they soak up the solution.
Using your tongs, transfer the cotton balls from the solution to your empty plastic container and allow them to dry for a few hours.
Once your cotton balls are dry, put your gloves back on and stuff 3-5 cotton balls into each toilet paper tube. You just need enough that the cotton stays in there.
Scatter your assembled tick tubes every 10 to 15 feet around the perimeter of your yard.
https://grassrootsfunctionalmedicine...og/tick-tubes/
Thanks for posting this. I had read that chipmunks were the worst spreader of tick larvae. I used to have them in my back yard due to the prev owners of my house building decks around all the trees making great nesting sites.
When those were in place I had a really bad time with ticks needing to spray the yard every couple of weeks in the summer.
After removing all of them the munks moved on and the tick problem reduced greatly.
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Permethrin is neutralized by human skin contact according to a google search so that is why it is applied to shoes and clothing instead of skin in humans. Believe the main ingredient is all natural seem to remember reading it is also produced in a flower that people plant in their garden as natural pest control.
I don't hunt deer, but I've got a dozen that make daily passes through my land and near my house. Got my first tick yesterday. I'm in NW Arkansas and have them bad every year. I haven't been feeding the boogers but might start. Oh. We've had mice in the old house 6 out of 7 years we've been here and zero have had ticks on them.... just sayin
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Permethrin isn’t really an insecticide well Kinda it interrupts the growth cycle and doesn’t allow juvenile techs to emerge as adults. With that being said you still have adult text to deal with
Sorry disregard what I just said write it off to a brain hiccup. Permethrin is actually a man-made insecticide that mimics a plant based natural one like Marigolds. It has replaced a lot of more toxic insecticides. Like I said sorry I was thinking of something else should’ve kept my big mouth shut
I was actually thinking of Precor! Hey I’m old what can I tell you
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poppy You are one of the few who would actually say you made a mistake and I congratulate you on being a honorable man . hell we on here are all old for the most part .
Not only is feeding wildlife illegal in many states but using products like ivermectin for off label uses is also illegal. There is no way to effectively dose wild animals since there is no way to control how much treated feed each animal consumes. Also there is no way to control other species like turkeys, etc. from consuming it. I know I will get some flack , but this is not a safe, effective or legal method of tick control. Not speaking as an amateur as I have a degree in wildlife biology and spent 32 years working for the NYSDEC as a pesticide and agricultural chemical regulator.
When we had to quit burning fields in the Spring the ticks became a nuisance. Never had any before that. Went Trout fishing on our stream and by the time I got home I picked off 43 ticks! My wife said you're taking off your cloths outside not in the house!
I am pretty sure Permethrin is a poison of some sort since I use it on all of my jeans and it works great. Also out of the yellow bottles. It lasts an entire summer through many washes. At the end of the season last year I picked a tick of of a branch that I spotted and sat it on my pants on my leg and watched it. It ran like crazy for no more than a minute and then it started to stumble and spasm and in 3 minutes it was dead. These pants had been treated 3 months prior and had been washed many times.
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