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We have (had?) some ticks in our backyard and I came across these which I thought was a clever attack angle: tick tubes. Permethrin-soaked cotton balls in a tu
by kbaker 3mo ago
We have (had?) some ticks in our backyard and I came across these which I thought was a clever attack angle: tick tubes.
Permethrin-soaked cotton balls in a tube, mice find them and build nests out of the freely available cotton, ticks that the mice have gathered while walking around die when they come back to the nest.
- felix-the-cat 3mo agoIt does work a little, but it's even more effective to just get some chickens. I did find permethrin works great on clothing - when I used to go hunting a lot I'd get ticks on me every time, and the thing is they climb off of your boots in the car and go under the seats or wherever so you don't get bitten until three days later when you're driving back from grocery shopping or whatever. After I started using permethrin and sprayed the floor of my car with it I never saw another tick again.
- greenavocado 3mo agoWow this is extremely insightful. I need to spray my car floor since I live in tick country.
- mrWiz 3mo agoChickens are very effective at removing ticks, but “just” getting some chickens is a little bit more work than tossing tubes outside.
- PunchyHamster 3mo agoThat's like saying "to stop having to weed the garden just get some goats"
- tclancy 3mo agoWould want to be careful if you have cats. Also appears to not be readily available in the EU? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permethrin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permethrin - see other animals, I can never get anchor links to copy on mobile.
- blitzar 3mo agoThen I am going to need some snakes to take care of the mice.
- sellmesoap 3mo agoNo jugement, but I'm seeing an up-tick in pro snake activities on this site!
- abc123abc123 3mo agoYou should really get a mongoose to take care of the snakes after that. Highly recommended!
- jordanb 3mo agoThis seems like a good way to encourage ticks to develop a permethrin resistance because the cotton will stay in the rodents nest and gradually be reduced in concentration. Ive been treating my car, hiking clothing and gear with permethrin and haven't had a tick since doing that. Reapply every time you go to the woods or every two weeks if you're in the woods continuously and keep the concentration up. If my house was in the woods I would also treat the den/mud room. If you have a rodent problem then control the rodents: manage habitat, trap/kill them, encourage predators like hawks etc.