Yes, families can combine professional tick treatments with yard maintenance and everyday precautions to help reduce tick exposure.
If children and dogs spend time playing in your Northeast Wisconsin yard, then ticks are probably not welcome guests. But unfortunately, these pests have a way of turning up in surprisingly ordinary places. They live in brush, leaf litter, grasses, and all kinds of other vegetation. And when people or animals pass by, they can latch on.
There are a lot of ways you can reduce your exposure. It helps to start with the yard itself. Keep frequently used lawn areas maintained by mowing the grass. If you have a lot of leaf litter, rake or blow the leaves. If you have overgrown landscaping, trim it back, especially if it happens to be close to play areas or walking paths. If your property borders woods, pay extra attention to the place where the woods border your lawn. Ticks tend to gather there.
Another option is professional treatment. Mosquito Squad offers Barrier Treatment Plus, which helps control mosquitoes and ticks around treated outdoor areas. In Northeast Wisconsin, the published service schedule runs for five months, with treatments generally performed every 21 days. How often you need to treat and where specifically the treatment goes will depend on how your property is used. So be sure to tell your technician where kids and pets play and whether the yard contains any areas that require extra attention.
Products used should be applied according to their EPA-approved labels, and children and pets should remain out of treated areas until the application has dried or any longer label-specified interval has passed.
Even with treatment, it’s still wise to take commonsense precautions. When spending time outside, consider using repellent with DEET or picaridin. Dogs should receive their veterinarian-recommended tick preventative. Check people and pets after outdoor activities and remove any ticks you find promptly. This helps lower the odds of falling ill with a tickborne illness.
If you are worried about ticks on your property, Mosquito Squad of Northeast Wisconsin can help. Call (920) 821-1142 or request a free quote online.
