Cool Animals (Page 12 of 12)

I hate these guys with all my heart. I get a few each summer, sometimes a bunch at a time.
A few weeks ago I found 32 in our apartment. The dog had dragged them in, and they were in our bed, our couch etc. Nightmare.

coae wrote:

Man 32 attachers in an big city apartment, in the freaking bed! What an horror story. I feel for you... I often pick them from my neighbours dogs, this summer one of those juicy f*ckers (big as a small grape) exploded straight in my eye. Luckily I didn't go blind nor did I start a new pandemic. Yack.

Yeah I was pretty shocked. I think we must have have stumbled into a colony of them on our walk. Is it just me who's changed habits, or are they more prevalent now than a few years ago? It feels like I find them everywhere now. Tens years ago it could go several years between my sightings.

coae wrote:

Haven't given it much thought if they are more prevalent nowadays then let's say ten years ago, surely hope it's the (your) habits. Did you have a dog back then? They do love dogs. Sometimes when my neighbours dogs visit they have a couple ticks i the face area other times when they have been in the 'wrong place' they can have 10+. 'Several years between your sightings' i think you've just been lucky i that case.

The dog is new as of a few years, and I guess I am out in the wild a lot more than I used to. Still, I don't remember dragging them in after just walking over a patch of grass in the city centre.