Ticks Control
Burwood

The Dangers of Ticks

Enjoying nature and spending time during fall? While those warmer seasons are a good time for you and your family members to enjoy some fresh air outdoors, ticks might be there also, hiding in the foliage of your backyard and are geared up for a bite.

In fact, ticks belong to the arachnid family, hence, they are associated with lions and other eight-legged creepy crawlers. They are a pretty interesting pest too. When they feed on blood, they have anti-clotting agent mixed with their saliva that prevents the blood from coagulating. If you notice, if you squeeze a tick, you will notice that the freshness of blood coming out from it.

Ticks have beak-like projections that plunge into the skin of the host. Based on its kind, a tick can also feed the host’s blood for hours, days, or even weeks. Tick-borne illnesses include lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, rocky mountain spotted fever, anaplasmosis, southern tick-associated rash illness, tick-borne relapsing fever, and tularemia. Out of all arthropods, ticks spread the widest collection of disorder-causing organisms.

Ticks are ectoparasites that reside on the blood of mammals, and individuals. Usually, an infestation of ticks in the garden causes something from a slight infection to severe rashes and fevers with aches and pains.

Extreme cases of tick bites can even result in respiratory arrest and different sorts of life-threatening allergic reactions. The aggravation of tick bites may be prevented through the know-how of tick biology and habitats along with strategies of tick control.

There are seventy (70) species of ticks in Australia. Tick-borne bacteria exists that can spread disease and cause allergic reactions that can sometimes be life threatening.

Your chances of disturbing the tick increase by scratching it or trying to remove it, often resulting in the injection of toxic saliva. This is what can cause allergic reactions. In some cases, these can be life-threatening and very rarely, cause paralysis and death.

How do you get rid of ticks at home?

There are several things you can do to eliminate ticks if you catch the problem early enough.

Here is some tips to keep those ticks away:

Garden Maintenance

It’s important to keep garden foliage trimmed back away from verandas, paths, clotheslines and other areas frequently used. Reduce dense ground covers, and prevent large amounts of lead mulch/organic matter and wines which cover fences.

Personal Protection

It is important to wear protective clothing when working in the garden. Put on a long-sleeve shirt, long jeans, a hat and boots. You will likewise need to employ a private insect repellent to any areas uncovered.

Utilising Approved Pesticides and Insecticides Only

The active constituent pesticide is Bifenthrin, a synthetic pyrethroid. This product is diluted with water before being applied to the grass and foliage of your garden. Treatment may also include the application of this insecticide onto garden furniture and the exterior of your property. This treatment will provide a knockdown of the ticks in your backyard at the time of treatment.

Worried about ticks in your home?

No one wants to deal with ticks or lyme disease. They could affect your loved ones and your pets’ health, that’s why it’s crucial to seek help from skilled and licensed technicians who can get the job properly done.

Another factor is when you notice pepper-like things that stick into your pets’ fur. If you are seeing engorged insects burrowed on your pet, it’s the best advised to remove them immediately.

Treatment for ticks is not the same for fleas. Keep your family and pets safe with powerful tick remedies from us, too. This usually involves a broadcast treatment to outside surrounds and garden mulch areas with synthetic pyrethroids.

If you don’t own pets but have experienced imagined tick bites inside and around your home, we advise that you contact a pest control expert that will help you deal with the circumstance.

Frequently Asked Questions

My pets in the household will be affected by the products you apply?

The security of your pet is extremely important to us. You may rest assured that the constituents active they may come into contact with, either when it’s still wet or by inhaling or ingesting the substance, is very small.

Does the spray pose problems to humans?

The spray we apply is usually used in public places such as schools and hospitals and has no adverse effects to humans.

What do I do if I happen to touch one of the areas that have been treated with a spray?

This is only a concern if the sprayed areas are still wet. If this happens, wash with soap and lots of water as fast as you possibly can. After a relatively short period in time carrier tap water has gone out of the water and won’t be harmful to you in any way should you come into contact with the surface.

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