Top Tips For Avoiding Ticks

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When you are out and about in the hills try to:

 

• Avoid walking through long grass and areas of thick foliage - consider keeping to paths and tracks in heavily infested areas.

• Leave no exposed skin on your legs, feet, ankles or arms - wear long sleeves, tuck trousers into your socks or wear gaiters, choose fabric which is thickly woven. 

• Spray insect repellent on clothing and socks.

• Wear light-coloured clothing so you can see the dark ticks and remove them - inspect clothing often to remove the ticks.

• Check yourself, your children and your pets for ticks when you get home, especially your hairline, navel, groin, arm pits, between toes, behind the ears and knees.

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