Lawgirl Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 I am very far from being a fan of 'nope ropes', especially living in Australia, where we have more than our fair share of the most dangerous ones, but even I felt sorry for this one. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-14/nike-the-carpet-python-riddled-with-ticks-recovering/10711112 He was apparently named Nike after the tick shape in the Nike brand (what Americans call a check sign). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainDrops Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 That's so sad. I am a big fan of snakes. It is nice that it was able to get help. Last year we found one in a city park that had apparently become stuck in bird netting earlier in life and was terribly constricted with the netting embedded in the skin. We were able to cut it off and the snake was probably okay after the nasty wound healed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urge to herd Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 Ticks are nasty, nasty things. Poor snake, hope it's doing better. R & G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawgirl Posted February 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 Just thought I would update: Nike the snake has made a full recovery and has been released back into the wild! Fortunately for my peace of mind he lives half a continent away from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleLake Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 Not a snake but an equally gruesome scenario with moose in Vermont: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/ticks-can-take-down-800-pound-moose/583189/ Just reading it gave me the heebie-jeebies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchhand Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 @Lawgirl, @GentleLake- had no idea that ticks like snakes! I had heard of the moose affectation. This account from a year ago hits close to home for herders- https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/02/27/588408433/asian-ticks-mysteriously-turned-up-on-a-new-jersey-sheep It‘s scary to think about the scourge we could be seeing in the next few years due to their ability to reproduce asexually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleLake Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Yikes! Y'know, I really feel sorry for the younger folks who'll be inheriting the mess we've created. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawgirl Posted February 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 I know that in America you have ticks that carry Lyme disease, but proving the theory that everything in Australia is trying to kill you, you need to Google paralysis ticks. I may have mentioned them on another thread before. Trust me when I say that you do not want any of them showing up in your country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchhand Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 12 hours ago, GentleLake said: Yikes! Y'know, I really feel sorry for the younger folks who'll be inheriting the mess we've created. @GentleLake- I guess that would be topic for debate... I just don’t think civilization is necessarily the sole causative factor, IMHO. The moose situation, for instance- if they eliminate more moose to control the problem, the ticks will just feed on another species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchhand Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 @Lawgirl- will have to look that up. As with many, many other transplants, this one may also just be in a matter of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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