Tick Pest Control
If you've spent your summers outside playing on the East Coast, you've probably gotten used to checking for ticks when you come back inside the house. Ticks require blood at each stage of life in order to grow, and female ticks require blood to produce eggs. In addition to simply being unpleasant to think about, ticks can carry Lyme Disease, especially in the East. Ticks are generally found near woods and fields where deer, rodents and humans live, so if your home is near a rural area, tick pest control is something you should investigate. Pets are often carriers of ticks, usually dogs or cats will play outdoors and then return home with ticks.
In particular, the brown dog tick is known for infesting homes after being carried inside on pets. Once inside your home, a female may lay eggs in a crack and after a few weeks, hundreds of larvae will be in need of a host, usually a pet but occasionally a human. Wild animals like raccoons and possums also carry ticks from yard to yard within a neighborhood. The brown dog tick can transmit diseases like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and others to humans, and, it is actually possible to get a bacterial infection from a tick bite.
How can professional pest control protect your home against ticks?
Unfortunately, the surest way to prevent tick bites is to stay away from areas that are infested with tick populations. Of course, depending on the region in which you live, ticks could be everywhere in your backyard or grassy areas near your home. It is a challenge to control tick populations, however an experienced pest control professional can help you treat your entire yard. This can help you fight the spread of ticks to your pets and hopefully, to the inside your home.
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