Since deer ticks are so small, how would you even know if you had one?

Question

You're supposed to check yourself after a day in the woods...but they're the size of a pin head. You wouldn't even know if you had one..........would you????

Answer 1

Good point, and most professionals have no idea that a tick may have caused flu-like symptoms, until it's too late.

I know I can't see my back, so it helps to have a partner you can get nekkid' with and check each other out for ticks. :D

If you're generally healthy, and then just get hammered with those flu-like symptoms, after a day in the woods, I would look in all of the usual places ticks hide...VERY CLOSELY!

Answer 2

deer ticks like to get around ankles ,wrist and the neck .if you take a piece of masking tape and put it around your ankles after being outside and quickly pull it off you will see them atached to tape .when my kids was growing up we lived in thecountry and when they played in woods i always found them in time using this method.also if you apply rubbing alchol if you find them it kills them

Answer 3

They don't stay small for long. They swell up once they start feeding on you!