Hey everyone, Gunny here!
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Have you ever had a tick? Well, I have. I like to root around in the bushes and apparently that’s where they hide. Sometimes I get them when we hike in really tall grass.
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Oh well.
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To me it’s not a terribly big deal. Although, I don’t like when they get big – they feel weird on my skin.
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But humans get ALL freaked out. I mean, yeah, they are ugly.
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So let’s talk getting rid of these pesky little guys.
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First things first: If I have a tick, have your human grasp the little guy with their fingers on either side and rip it out. Throw the corpse in the toilet and FLUSH.
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Then
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Please
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I mean, REALLY
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Please
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DO NOT dig!
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I’ve heard people say: there’s some left in. And they dig.
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O
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Dog!
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Do you know how much that hurts? Like, have you done it to yourselves?
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No? Okay, then please. Stop.
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Once you’ve ripped off the body it’s dead.
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Now…
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Maybe there’s a remnant of something in there .
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(Maybe not. Might be inflammation from your digging into my flesh.)
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My mom puts oregano essential oil straight on the spot. She says oregano essential oil is anti-biofilm. I don’t know what that means, but I guess it should help with disease. Like the stuff ticks can give you.
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I have heard you humans talk about tick disease.
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What is it called?
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Lemon? Lime? I can’t spell, but AI spell check says it’s Lyme. And I guess there’s a couple of others. (I looked them up, you know, cuz I can’t spell. I am a dog.)
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Ehlicchia.
Anaplasma.
Babesia.
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(Last one sounds like an episode of the planet of the apes)
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But people freak out cuz if I have ticks I might bring them to you and one or both of us might get one of those weird tick diseases- like lemon. I mean Lyme.
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Anyway…
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What I wanted to talk about is to please rip the body out of my flesh then please DON’T dig for the next 30 minutes. It hurts. BAD.
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And.
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I like the way those essential oils smell. They usually help repel the critters. But, since I don’t have thumbs, you humans have to apply the oils to me before I go outside. Every time.
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Thanks for listening. Talk soon.