tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post7568816373132704586..comments2024-03-09T18:27:46.282+11:00Comments on The Nature of Robertson: Paralysis Tick - a danger to local dogsDenis Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-84636117203519275332009-11-02T21:58:13.404+11:002009-11-02T21:58:13.404+11:00Hi Snail
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Thought ...Hi Snail<br />How is your Internet connection?<br />Thought you must have gone off line.<br />.<br />Strange that ticks affect the tree dwellers and the Big Bats. Who would have thought?<br />At least Echidnas (and Swamp Wallabies) seem to to be immune.<br />Cheers<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-71318265982162270622009-11-02T19:05:07.644+11:002009-11-02T19:05:07.644+11:00Urk! Ticks. The seem to favour the possums around ...Urk! Ticks. The seem to favour the possums around here. <br /><br />The spectacled flying foxes suffer very badly from paralysis tick bites when they come down from the canopy to feed on the introduced <em>Solanum</em>.Snailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063904446757916981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-1820948841264968912009-10-22T13:50:38.216+11:002009-10-22T13:50:38.216+11:00Thanks Barbara and Duncan
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Barbara, I hear that s...Thanks Barbara and Duncan<br />.<br />Barbara, I hear that some breeds of dogs, especially Queensland Blue Heelers, are quite resistent to ticks.<br />No guarantees, though.<br />.<br />Duncan, Wombats, Wallabies and Echidnas have all had umpteen millions of years to develop resistance, so that makes perfect sense , to me.<br />.<br />Cheers<br />.<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-75948735950732386112009-10-22T13:46:41.858+11:002009-10-22T13:46:41.858+11:00Duncan, from Ben Cruachan said:
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I've often s...Duncan, from Ben Cruachan said:<br />.<br />I've often seen wombats with heaps of ticks on them Denis, doesn't seem <br />to worry them either.<br />.<br />Cheers, Duncan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-24329294439600356022009-10-22T09:21:41.117+11:002009-10-22T09:21:41.117+11:00Hi Denis, Re "Scrub-itch" a condition I ...Hi Denis, Re "Scrub-itch" a condition I have only once experienced in a relatively mild form. I was told that it was a reaction to a mite....but I have never had any more detailed information. Are 'the mites' in fact juvenile ticks? <br /><br />We had a dog on this property for many years that developed quite a good immunity to ticks but it did take some careful nursing through a couple 'episodes'.<br />Cheers<br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-11687649606714206872009-10-22T07:59:32.174+11:002009-10-22T07:59:32.174+11:00Hi Mick
Nasty creatures, I agree. My own personal ...Hi Mick<br />Nasty creatures, I agree. My own personal dislike is for Leeches.<br />Cannot argue in favour of Ticks though.<br />.<br />Well you have obviously followed the links I gave. Thank you for doing that too.<br />.<br />Cheers<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-1171869296667540542009-10-22T05:29:19.150+11:002009-10-22T05:29:19.150+11:00Yuck! I hate the little "biters" and al...Yuck! I hate the little "biters" and always suffer rather extreme symptoms - the kind they describe as most common with children - nausea, dizziness, sensitivity to light etc etc. Most unpleasant!mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.com