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That’s right "Chigger" and you should see the size of the one I cut off my pup.... I will post the pic later...

It is a monster, the size of a dime !!!!

In case any one doesn’t know what a chigger is, it is a over grown tic, deer tic, spotted rocky mountain tic.

They are nasty, by far worse than any bee sting. If you get one that bite you do not try to knock it off, the results can be devastating to your health.

The best way to knock it off is to use fingernail polish remover from your wife’s {or your own} beauty kit. Better yet put a bottle in your tackle box and hunting vest.

If you do end up knocking it off get to a doctor clinic or hospital "ASAP"

When they bite they burry their heads below your skin and anchor in. knocking it off will result in the head disconnecting from the tic body and can cause really terrible infections...
In addition to this, these nasty little critters also carry lime disease from deer and mice in the woods. And the spotted rocky mountain variety is poisonous.
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Hi there davetclown,

I heard that if you consume a pint of Jack Daniels they will drop off, stagger around and start singing 'show me the way home' with an ancore of 'how dry I am'.

JapanRon
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I too heard of that remedy. The one in particular that I liked the best is with the Tabasco sauce. The poor little chiggers walk off after biting you and start smoking.[url "javascript: addTag('cool')"][cool][/url]
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when i lived in the midwest, chiggers were the little buggers that burrowed under your skin after a merit badge session at camp, tiny things that made red welts on your thighs and calves - yah we painted our legs with clear nail polish to suffocate 'em

sounds like you are describing a tick ???



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I've always remembered chiggers the same. Tiny little bugs that live under your skin, make you itch like crazy until they die a week later.

What Dave is describing sounds like the "Elephant Tick".

Is there such a thing?
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i've seen em really big on a dog before that nobody was taking care of, they're really gross when they burst and have babies . . .

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Here's what I found on "chiggers".

http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/chigger.html
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that is a good site for chigger info. thanks.

deffenantly not what I pulled off my pup.

I am sure what I pulled off is a tic.

I was rough housing with her when I found a lump under her heavy fur, further investigation reveiled the bugger when pulling all her hair back and seperating to find that it had already planted its head in to her...

sure explains whey she could not get comfortable when laying down...

I placed it in a pill bottle for further Identification. the last tic I saw was nearly 30 years ago. a buddy of mine go it on him, he ended up with a nasty feaver after having it removed.
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I can't wait to see the size of the tick that you pulled off your puppy.

This may help with identification. Not sure though.

[url http://www.pestproducts.com/ticks1.htm]Tick biology, habits, identification, elimination[/url]
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[center][/center][center]this is a deer tic. [/center] [center]it dose not look like the tic I have but of couce as you said this one may not be of the explocive condition just yet.[/center]

the one I have is Oval in shape Pea soup green in color and its legs will not suport its weight, it cant carwl around but it has tremendous holding on power. it has two antena like tendicals which can reach out and rap around hair and not let go.

here is a link to a deer tick bite picture that caries lime desease

[url "http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/frankd/Emrash2.jpg"]http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/frankd/Emrash2.jpg[/url]

here are links to the rocky mountain spotted fever [ol] [li][url "http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rmsf/"]http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rmsf/[/url][/li] [li][url "http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/rocky.html"]http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/rocky.html[/url][/li] [li][url "http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/iac/greentip/gt1145.pdf"]http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/iac/greentip/gt1145.pdf[/url][/li] [li][url "http://64.233.161.104/custom?q=cache:z1jfGZ_JEEkJ:www.michigan.gov/documents/mda_tickborneillness_10349_7.pdf+tick+species+michigan&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=pub-2406544432486146"]http://64.233.161.104/custom?q=cache:z1jfGZ_JEEkJ:www.michigan.gov/documents/mda_tickborneillness_10349_7.pdf+tick+species+michigan&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=pub-2406544432486146[/url][/li][/ol]

[center]all are a must read for every outdoorsman and parrent, it just may save a life...[/center] [center] [/center] [center]here is another link to the life cycle of a chigger[/center] [center][url "http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/hgic/diagn/pest/chigger.html"]http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/hgic/diagn/pest/chigger.html[/url][/center] [center] [/center] [li][url "http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/hgic/diagn/pest/chigger.html"]Chiggers[/url] (Includes several chigger picture links)
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland [li][url "http://ag.arizona.edu/urbanipm/insects/chiggers.html"]Chiggers[/url]
Univ Arizona [li][url "http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/arthopo/chiggers/"]Chiggers![/url]
Nina Bicknese, Missouri dept conservation [li][url "http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/pests/g07398.htm"]Chiggers[/url]
Richard M. Houseman, Bruce A. Barrett, Univ Missouri extension [li][url "http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/L-1223.html"]Chiggers[/url] (For treating chigger bites, scroll to "Reducing the itching")
Phillip J. Hamman, Area Extension Entomologist Texas A&M University System [li][url "http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IG085"]Chiggers[/url]
P. G. Koehler, F. M. Oi, Univ Florida cooperative extension service [li]MEDLINEplus Health Encyclopedia : [url "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001333.htm"]Chiggers[/url]
A.D.A.M. / National Library of Medicine [li][url "http://medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/derm/nitrous/20bi.htm"]Chigger bites[/url] (Includes several pictures of chigger bites)
John L. Bezzant, Univ Utah [li][url "http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html"]Chiggers[/url] (For treating chigger bites, scroll to "Control measures: Skin care")
William F. Lyon, Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet. [li][url "http://www.oklahomapoison.org/general/chiggers.asp"]First aid for chigger bites[/url] (Treating chigger bites)
Oklahoma Univ [/li]


[#ff0000]Needless to say this tick and chigger business is serious stuff... dont take chances....[/#ff0000]
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[center]you asked for it so here it is.[/center]
[center]Brace your self !!! [/center] [center]Grab a Chuck bag !!!![/center] [center]Be propaired to be grossed out !!!!![/center] [center]!!!!!! YOU WILL BE !!!!!! [/center] [center] [/center] [center][#ff0000]AFTER DOING RESEARCH I FOUND THAT I NEED TO TAKE THIS LIVE SPECIMEN TO MY LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF HELTH AND WELLFARE FOR TESTING OF POTENTIAL VIRAL CONTAMINATION[/#ff0000][/center] [center][#ff0000][/#ff0000] [/center] [left][font "Arial Narrow"][black]ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON ONE OF THE RESORCE PAGES I PROVIDED ABOVE IF YOU ARE BITTEN BY A TICK YOU SHOULD CAPTURE IT AND HAVE IT PROMPTLY IDENITFIED. SPOTTED ROCKY MOUNTIAN FEVER IS WIDE SPREAD ACROSS THE LOWER 50 STATES MEXICO AND SOUTHERN CANADA[/black][/font][/left]
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That thing is cute! Gonna keep it as a pet?

I've never seen one that big before. The closest I've seen in the past, the legs were on the side of the body and couldn't touch the ground no matter how hard it tried.

Hmmm, fish bait?
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that thing is big enough to give a man night mares, It probably dose when the fever kicks in....

my puppy is so happy to be rid of it...

no not a pet or bait. It is just common pratice for me to save any thing that bites to have it properly identified...

the body is hard so I doubt you could get a hook in to it.

if the body pops and you get the innards on you you will need medical attention to another of the reports from above. there are a number of virouses these critters cary....
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Kinda makes you wonder how something small that's loaded with a virus can live so long when that same virus can kill off a human fairly quickly.
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one of the tid bits I read was that the tick and chigger are related to the spider "Arachnoid" [font "Monotype Corsiva"][black][size 1]{check spelling}[/size][/black][/font]

kind of reminds me of that species movie where the blood of the bug is alive and kills....
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Arachniphobia was a great movie. Just wish I woulda seen it on the giant screen. Hehe.
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I saw it the first time at the drive in...
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Perfect place to see it. Surrounded by the woods. []

Just like "The Blair Witch Project". Perfect location to watch it was the drive-in movies, surrounded by the woods.
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That's almost the size of the Palmetto bugs in FL.......Almost. Actually the Palmettos get to about the size of your fist!!!!!

Holy smokes they are huge.[url "javascript: addTag('shocked')"][shocked][/url]
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ya I seen them palmeto bugs while fishing once, a 20inch large mouth howg jumped out of the water and one of them things swooped right down and flew away with it like a hawk[url "javascript: addTag('shocked')"][shocked][/url]
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