I woke up one morning for work and went into the bathroom. While brushing my hair l noticed a red mark near my elbow. I thought maybe l burnt it with my hot water bottle, but the shape of the mark didn’t fit with the shape of the top of the hot water bottle which was the only thing l thought could of left that shaped mark. I told my daughter and she thought maybe it was a spider bite. I looked it up on the net cause it was circular, a bit like a ringworm but l noticed it had another red spot in the middle. Reminded me of a target. I found pictures on google when looking for insect bites and found a few that resembled mine. It said they were tick bites. I read up on ticks and thought no way. Next day l was sitting in my lounge room next to the window and noticed something crawling on the curtain. I got a tissue and a little container so l could check it out…It was a tick. I put it in the container and still have it. Took months to die. Prayed l wouldn’t have a reaction to meat and l’m good so far. That was 13 months ago so sure l’m right LOL. I am not in Sydney, I am in Flemington Victoria. After l told my sister she checked her yard and found some. She is right across from the racecourse.

Here’s a pic of my tick.

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  • • janecody replied
    • 02 Nov 2017 , 10:52 pm

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  The bite on my arm, looked worse around 48 hours earlier, was very red like a burn.

This is one thing I always used to check my children for. Ticks can so easily be brought in by dogs and cats and fall off their fur if they weren’t properly attached and just hitching a ride then on to the ground and thence to your children. Always nasty things.

I’d never would have expected ticks in a city. I thought they were mainly in rural areas. Good to know about using a repellant that has DEETS as an active ingredient.

wow it’s amazing that this is an issue in sydney. i would have expected this article to come from the more rural areas

Wow. Ok. This is not something you expect. Why have the ticks become more prevelant?

We often go camping so being tick aware is a very big thing for us. We always carry tick removers in the car and in first aid kits. They are a very handy tool that you can buy on eBay- they allow you to remove the tick safely by getting under them to gently twist them out. I highly recommend.

Oh dear, how very awful, thanks for sharing this.

This is something that no-one wants to be affected by!

Wow, I’ve never heard of this before. Only in dogs. Again a great post for awareness of something I didn’t know existing amongst humans.

Strange this article doesn’t mention Lyme disease as well, which you can gets from ticks too. My sister has Lyme disease and very serious symptoms since many years.
Never heard of scabies cream being the best remedy. Am I the only one who doesn’t have that at home ?

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  • • mom90758 replied
    • 20 Sep 2017 , 2:50 pm

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  I don’t have it either!

Having had a tick buried in my back when I was a tween I know the scariness of them.
Wishing this young lad well.

How scary. A friend just found 3 on her dog yesterday and we’re meant to live in an area that doesn’t have those ticks. We’re about 100kms inside the boundry.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 20 Sep 2017 , 7:16 am

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  Apparently ticks like some other creepy crawlies are spreading further into new places due to climate changes.

Ticks are pretty scary little things and I must admit I always worry a little about them after a trip to the beach. I do a thorough check and clean just to be sure there are no ticks. Poor little boy – must have been scary and I hope he manages well with the support and care of his family.

So scary. And I would be so worried about Lyme disease too.