From:
queenbee@dakotacom.net
Date: 2002-11-28 21:01:18 UTC
Subject: ticks on ferret
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5839441.1038517278799.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Are you sure they are deer ticks? When I was in southern Wisconsin one of my boys loved to run out on the grass and through the driveway culvert. Often I would find a tiny tick on him. I sent some to the state entomologist who identified them as a species that lives on ground squirrels (chipmunks) so although I certainly removed them I didn't worry about Lyme disease.
I am now in Tucson, AZ. No grass by my place. They only run out on the enclosed patio.
Carol Owens