Tick tick tick

OK, I'm getting really grossed out by all the ticks we are finding. Yesterday we worked out in the yard for a couple of hours. We wore pants and sprayed ourselves with bug repellent. Later that night, I found one very small tick on my daughter, and then another small one on myself. Luckily those didn't hurt at all since they were so small.

Then today, we pulled three more ticks off our dog. We use Canine Advantix on her once a month, but I think we will try Frontline next time because I heard it works better at repelling ticks. The worst one was a very huge tick (a quarter of an inch across) on her lower lip. There was bruising around it and it bled when we removed the tick. Eeewwwwww.

Tick on the boy!

Ewww, I just had to tweeze a tick off my son's shoulder. I knew it would happen eventually, since we've found three on our dog, but it is totally different on a child. It didn't seem to bother him at all, though. He even said it tickled when we pulled it out. It's fascinating to me how something so small can get such a good grip on the skin and how hard you have to pull to get it off.

I guess we should have known when we moved to an area with a mild climate and lots of vegetation, there would be lots of bugs too. Oh well, no place is perfect.