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Reddit_in_her_voice t1_j9ag62y wrote

Just stay out of brush, look at your trouser legs every few minutes when you're in the woods, and spend a minute checking yourself in the bathroom when you shower after the trip.

I have kids and go out innawoods and I only ever found one tick on me after the fact (still crawling around), and my son once had one in his skin after a camping trip.

It's not a big deal.

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fighting_gopher OP t1_j9ak4sn wrote

That’s good to hear. Thank you!

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it_is_decidedly_so t1_j9ast6n wrote

As far as checking yourself… ticks love to attach to the weirdest places such as in your armpit or worse. I think most of us around here could tell you a story on that. I’m sure you’ve read that they can be as small as the tip of a pencil or poppy seed in the nymph stage making them tricky to find sometimes. Your pets will need to be checked often. Even with the flea and tick medicine, you will still find ticks crawling around on them and even attaching.

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