Ticks

[jamest0o0]

Found out opossums are good to have around, they love eating ticks. About to dump a truckload of them in my woods lol. Anyone know of other natural methods for reducing ticks?

 

[kinyonga]

Where did you get a truckload of possums...or will I be sorry I asked?

 

[jamest0o0]

I know a breeder

 

[kinyonga]

People breed possums?? For what reason??

 

[jamest0o0]

People breed possums?? For what reason??

For their meat

 

[kinyonga]

What does possum meat taste like?

 

[kinyonga]

What does a possum cost? How do I tell a male from a female when it's in my yard and I don't and to touch it?

 

[jamest0o0]

Lol I'm just messing with you! I don't have a truckload of them coming. They are good at eating ticks though apparently.

 

[kinyonga]

Brat! I have them visit my back yard several times every year. And my number one wish is o see a female with babies on her back.

 

[jamest0o0]

That would be somethin, I've never seen babies

 

[kinyonga]

I haven't either...but young ones that are too big to ride mommy's come to my yard.

 

[kinyonga]

Tick eaters...
https://tickcontrol.com/blog/animals-that-help-with-tick-control/

https://www.wideopenspaces.com/thes...credibly-beneficial-to-outdoorsmen-and-women/

 

[jamest0o0]

So it looks like a need a heard of guinea fowl

 

[SourGrape4u]

You dont want to see a mom with babies they get very defensive and attack. Those things are as mean as a chameleon thats shedding! But really they have rabies and are very aggressive with young.

 

[jamest0o0]

You dont want to see a mom with babies they get very defensive and attack. Those things are as mean as a chameleon thats shedding! But really they have rabies and are very aggressive with young.

I've seen plenty of them before, just not a mom with babies. The rabies thing I have read is overblown and it is a mistake to kill them. They play an important role in the ecosystem. If you lived up here, you'd be happy to have anything that removes ticks. This part of the country is rampant with lymes disease. I'm recovering from it, was one of the worst illnesses I've experienced and I caught it fairly early. Kids can get it and it can cause longterm damage. I'd much rather have a few nocturnal possum living In my woods and lessen the chance of having lifelong damage due to this plague of ticks.

 

[SourGrape4u]

I didn't say kill them or anything, just you wouldn't want to get near it.

 

[jamest0o0]

I didn't say kill them or anything, just you wouldn't want to get near it.

Lol oh yeah for sure. Honestly, before the lymes disease or knowing this, I might have killed one... they're pretty freaky.