We are On Target Tick Control, and we can get those terrible ticks out of your yard – and keep them out. It’s autumn, the air is crisp, the nights are cold, and the ticks are out in full force. The kids and pets are playing outdoors in the sunshine. Do not put your loved ones at risk for a tick bite – call On Target Tick Control today.
One reason to be concerned is that many more of these creatures have been testing positive for the bacterium that causes carry Lyme disease, Babesiosis and Granulocytic Anaplasmosis. You take precautions, wear light colored clothing, pull socks up over your trousers and inspect your body, use an insect repellent, and remove them safely and quickly when they embed themselves in your skin. These measures may stop some ticks from making contact with your skin, but does nothing to kill them. The nymphal tick bodies are tinier than a freckle and get into your home unnoticed on your pets, your clothes, and on your child’s toys. Until they begin to fill up on your blood, you will neither feel them nor see them. We know you are concerned about the disease ticks carry and understand it is not possible to shut your pets and children indoors.
Seventy percent of ticks can be found nine feet from where the woods meet your yard. If you interrupt their route into your back yard, you may lessen their numbers until On Target Tick Control can get there to treat your yard. Ticks thrive in a humid environment, and live at the edges of woods, in the leaf litter around your yard, around stone walls, in lawns and gardens, and in brushy areas preferred by their hosts. When a tick is ready to latch on to a new host, he will climb to the top of a blade of grass or shrubbery and wait for a warm body happening by. So what can we do to interrupt their journey? You can set up a tick free zone around the perimeter of your yard. Ticks prefer to lie in shady areas of the lawn because they dry up in the sun. When you create a zone edge, a barrier between the woods and your lawn, you have created the first defense in tick control. Let the sun shine in! Trim tree branches, clear brush, vines, weeds and leaf litter away from shady areas in the yard, away from walkways. Keep your grass and weeds cut as short as possible, and keep the borders well manicured.
On Target Tick Control is a family owned, fully licensed and insured company based in New Fairfield Connecticut. We will set up a treatment schedule to keep ticks at bay so your family may enjoy the warm weather out of doors without worry. Call us for an estimate today at 203-746-6638.
