Thread: Ticks & Lyme Disease

FFS dont use tweezers, you will get infected, use a tick twister such as the O Tom!

Had to get 1 of my dogs eyelid the other day, what a fiasco!! 1 hour later, job done and covered in sweat, i think it was more traumatic for me!

Unless your on day release from a local secure unit dont go swimming about in Woodbury Commons gorse bushes, been a few croaked after rooting round in there.

I'm still traumatised from my jungle course in Belize in the eighties. A stripey nicknamed BOG (Boring Old Gareth) presented his splayed buttocks, resplendent in a weeks worth of congealed sweat, fluff, toilet paper fragments and a dark, scary musky odour in my face with the words ' Bud, check out my butt, I've got a tick in there somewhere'

I've now got a tic in my face along with an accompanying twitch everytime I think of it.

Originally Posted by FiveAlpha

I'm still traumatised from my jungle course in Belize in the eighties. A stripey nicknamed BOG (Boring Old Gareth) presented his splayed buttocks, resplendent in a weeks worth of congealed sweat, fluff, toilet paper fragments and a dark, scary musky odour in my face with the words ' Bud, check out my butt, I've got a tick in there somewhere'

I've now got a tic in my face along with an accompanying twitch everytime I think of it.

Ummm i think i will skip lunch

Originally Posted by Count.Dracule

Originally Posted by FiveAlpha

I'm still traumatised from my jungle course in Belize in the eighties. A stripey nicknamed BOG (Boring Old Gareth) presented his splayed buttocks, resplendent in a weeks worth of congealed sweat, fluff, toilet paper fragments and a dark, scary musky odour in my face with the words ' Bud, check out my butt, I've got a tick in there somewhere'

I've now got a tic in my face along with an accompanying twitch everytime I think of it.

Ummm i think i will skip lunch

Funny that because reading it made me want to tip a cold lamb madras into a hollowed out malt loaf and lick it out again

Originally Posted by FiveAlpha

I'm still traumatised from my jungle course in Belize in the eighties. A stripey nicknamed BOG (Boring Old Gareth) presented his splayed buttocks, resplendent in a weeks worth of congealed sweat, fluff, toilet paper fragments and a dark, scary musky odour in my face with the words ' Bud, check out my butt, I've got a tick in there somewhere'

I've now got a tic in my face along with an accompanying twitch everytime I think of it.

Billy Liar......no WAY would that traumatize you!!!he only twitch would be in your grundies :D

To be honest, staring into the depths of his ricker was preferable to looking at his face as his other nickname was 'Bivvybag Head'

were you not even tempted to just give it a little tonguey tip-tickle? Just for the experience like??

Nope which in itself is surprising as a mere 2 weeks later I was going down on whores in San Ignacio.

You big HERMER :D

Originally Posted by sillyboy

Originally Posted by Count.Dracule

Originally Posted by FiveAlpha

I'm still traumatised from my jungle course in Belize in the eighties. A stripey nicknamed BOG (Boring Old Gareth) presented his splayed buttocks, resplendent in a weeks worth of congealed sweat, fluff, toilet paper fragments and a dark, scary musky odour in my face with the words ' Bud, check out my butt, I've got a tick in there somewhere'

I've now got a tic in my face along with an accompanying twitch everytime I think of it.

Ummm i think i will skip lunch

Funny that because reading it made me want to tip a cold lamb madras into a hollowed out malt loaf and lick it out again

That was the funniest thing I have read all day

Me mam and dad have got a cottage in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, and I noticed that when I was out walking there were thousands of little things running through the grass at the top of the hills around there. After parting the grass (With my feet, not hands x/) and catching a fleeting glimpse of one I assumed they were spiders. However, I have never seen such an abundance of 'spiders' in any one place, especially in grassand on the top of massive hills :/ Could these be ticks? And if so what kind of repellents would get them to stay the hell away?

(seriously I am paranoid now. I searched for images of ticks and managed to completely freak myself out ¬_¬)

Iv'e noticed a huge increase in tick numbers in the past few years. Heres hoping that this winter has decimated them! I got two on my bellend last summer, one right on the edge of the japs eye. I had a worrying week or two watching a rash develop where it had been. There are millions of tiny little red ones crawling all over the hill here. I had been told they were the young ticks looking for their first meal. It's not unusual to find 50 or so of them creeping up your legs!

Oh god why did you have to tell me that...

Bastard ticks!!!!

Mind you, I used to really panic about the damned things, like the opening poster on this thread:

http://www.arrse.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic/t=124576/.html

I seem to have got pretty complacent over the past year. I remember removing one that had attached to my ear (in 2009) and going to see the nurse at the GP surgery, to check out the Lymes Disease precautions. This area has been alive with the buggers all winter. I've found them running around on the dog, even in the coldest periods ..... a few of them have attached to him. There are so many deer in this part of the country.

Yesterday I had to remove one that had attached to MY chest. I don't find those 'O' Tom things much use. The tick's body isn't robust enough for the jaws of the gadget not to just slip over it. I removed it with my thumb and finger nail. I have a small swelling (like a mosquito bite) and I trust I won't see that ominous red, bullseye pattern, indicative of Lymes. :D