@whirly lol youre gonna be fucked sooner than later then
pants ends always into socks
regular tick checks (makes you a bit schizo but the schizo is worth it)
no shorts when out and about in the brush (even in the city areas)
~15% of ticks here have lyme, give or take regionally and time of year. another extra 2% have the encephalitis virus of "enjoy a life in a wheelchair if you make it out alive"
a one in 5 chance of permanent crippling per tick bite isnt something im willing to risk with, ive had 4 tick bites in my life and gotten lucky so far (have also antibody checked for the sicknesses). ive found triple digit numbers of ticks on me or so, i dont know how many, a lot