While I like to consider myself someone who loves all creatures great and small, even spiders and snakes\u2014 which are common fears for many\u2014don\u2019t terrify me to the point where I run away in fear. However there is one exception that I\u2019d happily banish of the face of the earth\u2026. TICKS!<\/p>\n
Not only are they bothersome and invasive (not to mention enough to make anyone\u2019s skin crawl), but they can also pose real dangers! Ticks can transmit serious diseases like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, so it\u2019s safe to say they\u2019re not the kind of house guests you want to entertain.<\/p>\n
That said, depending on where you live, the season, and whether you have pets, the likelihood of encountering ticks can be quite significant. So, here\u2019s what to do if and when you come across one these tiny blights\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While I like to consider myself someone who loves all creatures great and small, even spiders and snakes\u2014 which are common fears for many\u2014don\u2019t terrify me to the point where I run away in fear. However there is one exception that I\u2019d happily banish of the face of the earth\u2026. TICKS! Not only are they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5309,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5307\/revisions\/5309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}