According to the Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) 2016 is going to be a banner year for ticks, with the CDC listing 15 different tick borne diseases (TBI’s) which range from debilitating to fatal.
The council sates that they thrive everywhere from wooded areas to gardens, landscape plants and even backyard grasses with most people coming into contact with them in their own backyards.
The article states a big help in lowering the tick population is by deterring deer from your living area by planting vegetation deer don’t like to building a tall fence, although they can jump over fences as high as 10 feet. They state a foliar spray such as Bobbex Deer Repellent is effective year-round and supposedly safe for use around children and pets and won’t wash off from rain or snow. It was found to be 93% effective in deterring deer when compared to other like repellents.
According to Sam Telford, a professor of infectious diseases at Tufts, “One or two years of severe weather may depress their numbers, but remember….the successful feeding of one female tick on a deer translates to 2,000 eggs.”
Many believe that ticks are not active in the winter. Unfortunately, this is a myth.
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/01/20/polar-vorticks/
Madison Area Lyme Support Group 