Duck, duck, MOOSE

[a.k.a. Rodney]

I was walking DerbyDoodle this afternoon, and on my neighbors drive was a full sized male deer.
Man, did I take a double take. He was standing quite still...and his antlers were fuzzy and looked immature ...as if they were growing
I prayed DerbyDoodle. Didn't make a sound or freak out when she saw him..she did neither, but here's the kicker.....how dangerous are they? Could he have charged us? Think you have a tic problem....we have at least a dozen living in the small wooded area near our house. That's why I a.m. In con flight over using a flea/ tic preventative

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

My understanding is that most of the danger is when your car hits them.  Other than that, I think they are timid.  

Cathy K- your story is incredible!  when you said fresh venison, I got concerned!  but re-reading-I got it! 

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

And I thought Deer Tick come mostly from Rodents, not Deer

[F, Calla & Luca]

They are found on deer and certain mice.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Ahh thank you

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Just last night, a neighbor told me that she had taken her dogs walking at a nearby forest preserve yesterday, and after returning home, discovered two ticks on one of the dogs. She had never seen a tick before; neither have I.  

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

My very first post on DK was I found a tick on Spud. I put out an URGENT MESSAGE! I then rushed Spud to the vet :) I think the DK community was laughing at me
In all my days, I had never seen one either

[Marnie, Stanlee's Mom]

No, they were thinking what a lucky dog Spud was to have a mommy that worried about him. 

 

Ticks gross me out.  Aeons ago as a vet tech there were three things I had difficulty handling: abscesses (smell) anal glands (again smell) and ticks (because....EEWWWW)

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Here was my original discussion < embarrassing>

http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/help-from-ohio-and-i-dont-...

Thank you, Marnee

[Joanna, Zoe & Bender]

awwwwww "but my handsome dog has this hole in his head"  

 

[Marnie, Stanlee's Mom]

Joanne, the GROSSEST thing I had to deal with was a HUGE bot fly larvae we had to remove from the flank of a GSD.  It was literally the stuff of horror movies. 

[Kyoko]

I had one tiny one on back of my tigh last summer after hiking with Charlie. Gross.... I was wearing jeans, too you know?

Charlie had none! I didn't know what to do, and had to ask my 18 year old son to get it out!! ( I went to PCP after to make sure whole thing was out.) Yuck. We should spray tick reperant as well if we are going to the woods to hike...

[a.k.a. Rodney]

what about Lyme vaccine, Karen?