Blooming animals are forever picking up ticks - just found a fat juicy one behind one of Lladdies ears. The 50p tick remover that we invested in several years ago has well and truly paid for itself. I think this year that is Lladies second, Gizmo has picked up four, Pepper one and Hilda the cat has picked up three.
Luckily though, no humans have picked up any - always wearing boots or wellies and jeans, very rarely have any bare skin showing. If you do get bitten by a tick be aware of Lymes disease - Many people with early-stage Lyme disease develop a distinctive circular rash at the site of the tick bite, usually around 3 to 30 days after being bitten. This is known as erythema migrans. Follow the link to the NHS website for further symptoms and as long as it is picked up early it is treatable.
However, it doesn't appear to infect the animals - it is just an irritant whilst it sucking their blood.
Blog of a llama owner! Living in the far west of North Devon, I own a 2.5+ acre smallholding with my wife Vicki and currently have 2 llamas, 15 pygmy goats, 20+ chickens, 3 dogs and a cat.
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