{"id":4507,"date":"2019-12-02T01:56:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T06:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2019-12-02T01:58:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T06:58:34","slug":"fwd-black-legged-tick-got-woody-marjorie-got-it-out-i-held-woody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=4507","title":{"rendered":"Fwd: BLACK LEGGED TICK GOT WOODY…MARJORIE GOT IT OUT, I HELD WOODY."},"content":{"rendered":"

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From: <\/b><\/span>SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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Subject: <\/b><\/span>BLACK LEGGED TICK GOT WOODY…MARJORIE GOT IT OUT, I HELD WOODY.<\/b>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>December 2, 2019 at 12:09:48 AM EST
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To: <\/b><\/span>Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com<\/a><\/a>>
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WE GOT IT\u2026A BLACK LEGGED TICK FULL OF BLOOD<\/p>\n

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alan and marjorie  skeoch<\/div>\n
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featuring Woody, the host<\/div>\n

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\u201cAlan, come quickly, Woody has a tick embedded in his back.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cTweezers\u2026got to get them.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou hold Woody, I\u2019ll get the tick.:<\/div>\n
\u201cRemember\u2026a firm grip then a steady slow but determined  pull\u2026make sure we get the head of the tick<\/div>\n
as well as the body.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat kind  of tick do you think it might be?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHope it is not the BLACK LEGGED KIND.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201csteady Woody\u2026steady.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHold his head.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGet the tick\u2026ugly looking bastard.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSlippery\u2026tweezers keep sliding off.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGet right down to Woody\u2019s skin.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGot it\u2026firm, determined  but not jerky pull\u2026must get the head of the tick as well as the body\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDoes it have BLSCK LEGS?<\/div>\n
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\u201cYES, a Black Legged Tick\u2026worst kind\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCarriers  of Lyme disease.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLove deer best\u2026called deer ticks by some.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow  does it get attached?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe little SOB\u2019s sit on the very tip of plants waiting for Woody to touch the plant\u2026then ZIP!\u2026THE TICK grabs the fur or the skin\u2026<\/div>\n
usually the fur \u2026 then the tick walks its way down to the skin.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWants  blood\u2026sucks up blood  like a balloon.  Ticks  are so tiny they are not noticed until filled  with blood.<\/div>\n
\u201cSome people, like our good Friend \u201cRooter\u201d do not even know they had a tick on them.  Painless\u2026fills with <\/div>\n
blood then drops off and gets ready to lay 3,000 eggs.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cLook at the tick.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSee the black legs?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI also see a  chunk of Woody\u2019s flesh.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAnd some strands of Woody\u2019s fur.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cTicks could be waiting for us anywhere here\u2026on corn stalks or wild grapes \u2026just about any tall plant…<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat should  we do?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCertainly live our lives as normally as possible.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBut check for ticks and get a Lyme disease shot from<\/div>\n
the doctor if  you suspect a tick bite.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cDo you think Woody knew he had a tick?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHe likes to rub  up against us often\u2026saying \u201cGet the tick off my back.\u201d with his eyes.<\/div>\n

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\u201cAnd us?  What should we do?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWell, we should strip and  check our bare bodies  for ticks each night.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSounds like fun.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Begin forwarded message: From: SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com> Subject: BLACK LEGGED TICK GOT WOODY…MARJORIE GOT IT OUT, I HELD WOODY. Date: December 2, 2019 at 12:09:48 AM EST To: Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com> WE GOT IT\u2026A BLACK LEGGED TICK FULL OF BLOOD alan and marjorie  skeoch Nov. 2019 featuring Woody, the host \u201cAlan, come quickly, Woody has a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}