Ticks in the bush

[Ian Montgomery <>]

Wendy,

Do you take Vitamin B tablets?  They are supposed to discourage mosquitos.  Maybe they have a similar effect on ticks and leaches.

Just wondering  . . 
Ian

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Ian Montgomery Townsville North Queensland Australia
Wild bird photos: <http://birdway.com.au>
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On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 11:22 AM, wendy wrote:

> Hi Craig,
> A couple of things on subject from www I hope you find helpfull.
> Anecdotal reference to Lume(sic) Disease = Lyme Disease in the kyak article
> may be worth following up/confirming, I've included a couple of references
> on that for you to consider.
>
> Anecdotally - I have had the interesting life experience that for some
> reason both leaches and ticks seem to not be interested in 'hooking' into
> me. I have met them on plenty of occasions and other human companions have
> been 'got '
> but not me. One theory I have is it's 'cos I'm a long term vego (>20yrs) -
> but I'm very NOT anaemic.
> On one occasion while visiting WA I spent a whole day in some bush to the
> North of Perth macro-photographing wildflowers, which for me involves lots
> of lying on the ground. I was utterly unaware there were ticks about. For
> the next few days I extracted over 40 ticks of various sizes from my
> person - NOT ONE had latched on!!!!!
>
> Wendy Moore
> Friends of Craigieburn Grassland, Victoria