Guest guest Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 How interesting. Please tell you you get vermectin laced soybeans. I just purchased and put out an expensive order of Damminix tick tubes, which are supposed to work by reducing the ticks next year if you put them out this year. I want the ticks and bugs to die NOW! I am trying everything! both in my body (well, almost everything) and in my yard and the woods beyond. This site has been great. The internet is great - well mostly, except for that bit about one dose of antibiotic preventing the disease. > > > > I just put out 5 doses of Ivermectin laced, processed soybeans. Within a > couple of weeks my 200 acres of woods will be essentially tick free. Before I > began this regime a couple of years ago I would get ticks just taking out the > trash. Now, no ticks. > > The USDA has a report out detailing the effectiveness of their discovery > that this animal wormer works very well keeping ticks off wildlife. When the > ticks have no place to feed, it means no ticks. I would have had the control > put out earlier but it has been so rainy that there was no point. Now it has > been placed and the cure is eagerly anticipated around here. > > _http://www.wildlifeprotein.com/index.cfm/fa/categories.main/parentcat/16705_ > (http://www.wildlifeprotein.com/index.cfm/fa/categories.main/parentcat/16705) > > My neighbor is an 80 acre Girl Scout camp. I will give them some of the same > material on Monday so that their efforts will help my cause and theirs. > > Neal > > > > > > **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music > scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! > (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 To get rid of the ticks in my woods and fields I put Ivermectin on some wildlife feed of any type. Sometimes I use processed soybeans, sometimes I use corn. The method is exactly described by USDA on the following web page: _http://www.wildlifehttp://www.whttp://wwwhttp://www.wilhttp://www.wildhttp:/_ (http://www.wildlifeprotein.com/index.cfm/fa/categories.main/parentcat/16705_) In a nut shell you want to apply 2ML of Ivermectin pour on for each pound of corn, or other feed carrier used. You should count on using 1lb of treated corn for each 100 lb of deer or other species you expect to feed. So if you think that you are feeding 10 125lb deer to treat them for ticks, you should apply 12.5lb of treated corn where the deer and other wildlife can get at it. When that is gone, do it again. You are not likely to overdose the wildlife with Ivermectin since it does not readily cross the brain blood barrier in mammals. As stated in the Ivermectin literature, the pesticide causes the parasite to stop breathing more or less instantly, leading to death. However, Ivermectin has been found to have adverse reactions with collie dogs and should not be applied where they might consume it or come in contact with it. Also it should not be placed near ponds or creeks since fish are not one of the intended species for consuming Ivermectin. Ivermectin is inexpensive and found in most farm stores. USDA recommends the pour on variety, although I sometimes use the injectable type. USDA reports 100% reduction of all forms of ticks within a short while of feeding the wildlife in a given area. I hope this helps. **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 I was assuming you were using this for mice but does it work for deer and other animals as well? I am anxiously awaiting your reply to both my posts. This seems monumental to me, and a cheap and easy and quick solution to a serious serious problem. I notice from a quick look at the web that farmers use vermectin for their livestock. Please send all the details, because I want to try this yesterday. > > > > I just put out 5 doses of Ivermectin laced, processed soybeans. Within a > couple of weeks my 200 acres of woods will be essentially tick free. Before I > began this regime a couple of years ago I would get ticks just taking out the > trash. Now, no ticks. > > The USDA has a report out detailing the effectiveness of their discovery > that this animal wormer works very well keeping ticks off wildlife. When the > ticks have no place to feed, it means no ticks. I would have had the control > put out earlier but it has been so rainy that there was no point. Now it has > been placed and the cure is eagerly anticipated around here. > > _http://www.wildlifeprotein.com/index.cfm/fa/categories.main/parentcat/16705_ > (http://www.wildlifeprotein.com/index.cfm/fa/categories.main/parentcat/16705) > > My neighbor is an 80 acre Girl Scout camp. I will give them some of the same > material on Monday so that their efforts will help my cause and theirs. > > Neal > > > > > > **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music > scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! > (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Liz, we do not sell the Ivermectin product. While we do produce and sell wildlife feed and fish attractant that is not why I posted the information on tick control. We managed to make use of the USDA information for our own properties and I wanted to make it known more widely so that ticks can be controlled by others as well. There is no particular reason to use our feed ingredient. Buy the cheapest you can find. Whatever feed you decide to use to get the Ivermectin into the deer you will find that mice, squirrels, foxes, raccoons, and other wildlife will also consume it and rid themselves of ticks Since all woodland animals carry ticks to get good control they must all be treated. This is the reason that killing all the deer on an island, for example, does not reduce the tick population. Mice are one of the biggest tick carriers. They will eat the feed and get the medication in their systems and be tick free in a day or two of consuming it. I hope this helps Neal OK, I see by going to the website you can buy the deer blocks, which I still have to ascertain that they have ivermectin already in them. It still seems to me that you could do the same for the mice. What do you mean by 5 doses, though and where do you put them? **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Many thanks! That's great information! > [ ] Tick control > > > To get rid of the ticks in my woods and fields I put > Ivermectin on some > wildlife feed of any type. Sometimes I use processed > soybeans, sometimes I use > corn. The method is exactly described by USDA on the > following web page: > > _http://www.wildlifehttp://www.whttp://wwwhttp://www.wilhttp:/ > /www.wildhttp:/_ > > (http://www.wildlifeprotein.com/index.cfm/fa/categories.main/p > arentcat/16705_) > In a nut shell you want to apply 2ML of Ivermectin pour on > for each pound of > corn, or other feed carrier used. You should count on using > 1lb of treated > corn for each 100 lb of deer or other species you expect to feed. > > So if you think that you are feeding 10 125lb deer to treat > them for ticks, > you should apply 12.5lb of treated corn where the deer and > other wildlife can > get at it. When that is gone, do it again. You are not > likely to overdose > the wildlife with Ivermectin since it does not readily cross > the brain blood > barrier in mammals. > > As stated in the Ivermectin literature, the pesticide causes > the parasite to > stop breathing more or less instantly, leading to death. > However, Ivermectin > has been found to have adverse reactions with collie dogs and > should not be > applied where they might consume it or come in contact with > it. Also it > should not be placed near ponds or creeks since fish are not > one of the intended > species for consuming Ivermectin. > > Ivermectin is inexpensive and found in most farm stores. USDA > recommends the > pour on variety, although I sometimes use the injectable type. > > USDA reports 100% reduction of all forms of ticks within a > short while of > feeding the wildlife in a given area. > > I hope this helps. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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