I can't stand the horrid yucky things! It seems that the battlefield park should be issuing a warning to people waking through that they have an epidemic of tics!
A couple of years ago my cats kept coming home with ticks on them. I had to start combing them with a flea comb before I would let them come inside. Those nasty loose ticks have sticky little feet and it is very hard to just shake one off. They defy gravity! You can't just crush them like a flea either. They have shells as hard as steel!
I only walk Gracie in areas where there are no ticks but I have to keep the cats combed out so they don't bring any inside.
They really should warn people when a public area like the Gettysburg Battlefield Park has an infestation. |