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Frontline isn't so effective at the moment as a lot of people have been using it and not ensuring all the ticks are dead causing reccuring infestations with ticks more resistant to the poision in Frontline. Try using Advantix or Revolution (remember Revolution doubles up as Heartworm prevention as well so can't be used if you are also feeding Heartgard or have the yearly/bi-yearly heartworm injections). You can also mix a small amount of Bayticol into your mop bucket to treat the general area (Bleach also works to help deter ticks).
Often if ticks keep coming back over and over again after you clear them off your dog, it is because there is a dog in the area that is infested with ticks. It is often worth mentioning to your neighbors with dogs that it is tick season and that you have spotted a few around, check that they have been using some kind of prevention (of course do this in a friendly manner and don't accuse them of giving your dog ticks lol).

I find a preventative measure such as the 'Spot-on' products are more effective than bathing with Bayticol all the time. Although using Bayticol often is not harmful to your dog (as long as it is used correctly, used incorrectly it can be extremely dangerous which is why i never recommend pet owners use Bayticol to bath their dogs themselves), a Spot-on product gives a longer barrier to ticks.

Although yes, Ticks can hibernate for a long period if there is no food present, generally if you find that there are constantly ticks in your compound despite treating both your pets and the surroundings, it is most likely because there is an infested dog somewhere in the area (Ticks can also travel an alarmingly long distance in not a long period of time, if there is a large infestation on a dog, many of the ticks will go off in search of a new host). I have seen multiple situations where there is 1 dog within a housing area which is not treated for ticks and has a severe infestation. Despite continual treatment and preventative methods, other dogs in the area will constantly be under attack until the dog with the infestation is controlled.

Of course tick season is also a thing as mentioned earlier and generally everyone will find 1 or 2 floating around, however quick dose of spot-on as soon as you notice the little suckers will be enough to deter them.

Finally I think it was quite clear that i was suggesting treating the house and compound with bleach and not your dog, sorry if it wasn't .

A tick will definitely not survive if you manage to swallow one...but that is pretty unlikely to happen. It is possible for a tick to crawl into a body cavity (such as ear or nose) but this also is pretty rare...ticks will generally avoid humans unless they are really really desperate for food in which case they might bite you. I wouldn't worry too much and if a tick does happen to bite you, just pick it off like you would on your dog.

I found that adding a small amount of bayticol to my washing machine when washing bed sheets and stuff seems to help deter ticks from the house. When i had a really bad infestation, we sprayed the mattress with frontline and left it in the sun for a couple of days.
I also find that wiping bayticol around the door frames (in every room) seems to really help. When we were having big problems i would use a small paintbrush and just spread diluted bayticol around the door frames once a week (open all the windows for a couple of hours after and you won't even notice). I also found that de cluttering as much as possible and packing everything unnecessary in plastic wrap in the store room helped end the infestation as there were fewer places for the ticks to hide. However ultimately we had a constant battle to keep ticks out of our house due to our neighbor having a very very lax attitude to tick control (as in they just didn't bother).

This post has been edited by Divas: Jun 11 2014, 08:34 PM

Advantix works well from what i have seen so far. It was a bit iffy for a while but seems to be back on track the last year or so. I always advise switching between tick prevention brands in the same way you should for intestinal worm pills, if everyone rotates the tick prevention they are using (and ensures that all the ticks in the area are dead and not simply hibernating/moved to another animal) the tick situation would be much less serious than it is in some areas.

We are unlucky that we do not have cold winter weather once a year to kill of a large portion of the tick population, so it is up to us a dog owners to try and keep tick populations under control through proper management, something that a lot of people fail to take care of until there is already a massive infestation (usually due to lack of information rather than a lack of caring, although sometimes more the latter).


As far as what kind of garden surfacing holds more ticks. I honestly never pay too much attention to that side of things, as long as your dog is treated regularly, ticks will stay away as there is no food and therefore no desire for them to be there in the first place. While you technically could tailor your garden and house to be as un-tick-friendly as possible...if your neighbor has ticks, they are still going to be close enough to come over to your dog anyway.