06-10-2014, 01:50 PM
I'm in HPP, 3rd & Makuu, and there are definitely ticks. My neighbor doesn't treat his dogs at all, and I am ALWAYS finding ticks on them. Sometimes many at a time. The neighbor just pulls them off, steps on them, and shrugs.
I have 2 dogs. One has had one tick in the 5 years we've been here, but we treat the dogs with Advantage Plus. One dog has had fleas (when he was on Sentinel), but not bad at all; just an occasional one that I hold betw my fingers and drop some rubbing alcohol in there and it is immediately pau.
I have a friend who moved here from the mainland with Lyme. She says there is no Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever OR Lyme on the island. But lots of tall grass and roadside plants where Mr. Tick awaits your pooch.
Neighbor's dogs also have those grayed eyes from LFAs, and one of my dog has an eye that's starting to show it in one eye. Vet said definitely LFA sting.
Some people mix peanut butter, ant poison, and some liquids so it's sprayable, and spray up into the trees. I think it helps, but nothing gets rid of them. Luckily, I don't react with giant red areas anymore. Still, it itches like a bltch.
I have 2 dogs. One has had one tick in the 5 years we've been here, but we treat the dogs with Advantage Plus. One dog has had fleas (when he was on Sentinel), but not bad at all; just an occasional one that I hold betw my fingers and drop some rubbing alcohol in there and it is immediately pau.
I have a friend who moved here from the mainland with Lyme. She says there is no Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever OR Lyme on the island. But lots of tall grass and roadside plants where Mr. Tick awaits your pooch.
Neighbor's dogs also have those grayed eyes from LFAs, and one of my dog has an eye that's starting to show it in one eye. Vet said definitely LFA sting.
Some people mix peanut butter, ant poison, and some liquids so it's sprayable, and spray up into the trees. I think it helps, but nothing gets rid of them. Luckily, I don't react with giant red areas anymore. Still, it itches like a bltch.