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There is a new way to treat your property: https://lymeshield.com/ https://lymeshield.com/ It uses the original Lyme vaccine (which worked but which was withd
by rapjr9 2y ago
There is a new way to treat your property:
https://lymeshield.com/ https://lymeshield.com/
It uses the original Lyme vaccine (which worked but which was withdrawn because nobody was buying it) to treat mice. You put out a bait station and the mice eat the vaccine laden bait and it kills Lyme in the mice. Ticks overwinter on mice, so if the mice are immune the ticks also get immunized. It's not perfect but they claim a 75% reduction in Lyme in ticks. Lymeshield seems to only have limited release and requires a licensed pesticide expert to install the bait station (not sure why, it seems trivial, but that's the only way the are selling it, maybe to prevent people from trying to vaccinate themselves by eating the pellets?)
- leobg 2y agoIn DE, we have “Zeckenrollen”. [1] They are filled with cotton material that mice will carry to their nest. And it’s treated with some tick killing substance. [1] https://zeckenrollen.de https://zeckenrollen.de
- goda90 2y agoProbably treated with permethrin. I've seen lots of guides about soaking cotton balls in permethrin and sticking them in cardboard tubes to place where mice might be nesting.
- leobg 2y agoGreat idea. Those Zeckenrollen are quite expensive, especially when you have a large area to cover.
- rapjr9 2y agoIn the US we have Damminix: https://ticktubes.com/ https://ticktubes.com/ Same thing, it is indeed permethrin on cotton balls in cardboard tubes. I've used them for several years. They help but they aren't a complete solution. Another thing I've tried is to attempt to control mice (remove wood piles and other places they nest) which also helps a little. There are a -lot- of mice in the woods if you live in a rural area. The owls in the area help too by eating the mice. A neighbors guinea hens used to roam my yard once in a while. Nothing has worked as well as Met52 so far. As far as I can tell there are no federal or state attempts to stop the spread, the problem has just been growing year after year.
- tikkun 2y agoWhat's the pricing, if you know? I see a request pricing form, it doesn't state the info.
- rapjr9 2y agoI haven't been able to find out, it isn't offered by any of the licensed pesticide services in my area yet.
- goda90 2y agoReminds me of efforts around edible rabies vaccines that they have dropped in the wilderness to vaccinate wild animals. The big hold up there is how to get the bats vaccinated too. I've seen some studies into vaccines that are designed to stick to the bat and that will spread to its friends while they groom each other. It would be great if governments put a bunch of effort into eradicating these diseases.
- rapjr9 2y agoI've heard of some experimental attempts to apply permethrin to the necks of deer using bait stations where the deer have to put their head+shoulders into a narrow treated area to get to the food. Doesn't seem to have seen commercialization.