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Tick Control for Yards and Other Properties

Finding a tick on your property is enough to make anyone feel anxious and uncomfortable. Ticks are not just a small nuisance — they’re also well-known vectors of diseases that can be a major threat to your family. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ticks carry and transmit diseases like Lyme disease, Powassan virus, Borrelia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

Ticks can be detrimental to your own health and the wellness of your family members and pets. Read on to learn how tick control and prevention methods can reduce the population of these unwanted pests so you can enjoy your outdoor space with peace of mind.

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What attracts ticks to your property?

Landscape

Ticks thrive in moist environments. Standing water near wooded areas, as well as leaf piles and firewood stacks, are some of the most common tick attractions; if you live in a wooded neighborhood, you’re more likely to find ticks in your landscaping.

Wildlife

Deer ticks attach to the type of wildlife that they consider their host — which is most commonly deer or mice — to be carried to their next location. If deer roam your property regularly, your likelihood of tick exposure increases.

Where do ticks live?

Ticks are found all over the U.S. but have a larger footprint in heavily wooded regions like the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast. The CDC outlined where ticks are most commonly found:

  • American dog tick: East of the Rocky Mountains and certain areas on the Pacific Coast.
  • Blacklegged tick, or deer tick: Eastern U.S.
  • Brown dog tick: Across the U.S.
  • Gulf Coast tick: Coastal areas of the U.S., mostly along the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Lone star tick: Southeastern and Eastern U.S.
  • Rocky Mountain wood tick: Rocky Mountain states such as Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Utah.

When should you treat your property for ticks?

Any evidence of a tick habitat should be treated immediately to protect yourself, your children and pets.

Not all ticks are obvious to find. In the springtime — between May and June — ticks are in the nymph stage of their life cycle, which is considered the most dangerous. This is when they are at their smallest but still able to latch on to humans. Their size makes them very threatening because they’re more difficult to see, but they’re still just as harmful as adult ticks.

Between late August and September, ticks are looking to mate and get their blood from a host. And while not as common during the winter months, there’s potential for them to be highly active at this time.

Treating your property during each stage of the tick life cycle is important. That’s why we have all-season treatments available to control the population of these disease-ridden pests in your landscape.

What are the best options for protecting against ticks?

At SavATree, safety is a key component of our core values, and we understand the importance of protecting your landscaping and family from ticks. We bring a blend of research, experience and integrity to deliver that result.

SavATree tick control treatments that target both the lawn perimeter areas and tick-carrying mice and deer provide the greatest protection by quickly reducing the number of active ticks on your property. Our tick habitat treatments and  organic tick repellent and landscape treatments are effective solutions because they target the tick population head-on and provide a solution that’s equally humane as it is efficient.

Organic Tick Repellent and Property Treatment

SavATree is pleased to offer our organic tick treatment for yards. Our solutions use cedar oil as the active ingredient to eliminate ticks on contact and provide residual control that lasts between 30 and 60 days.

To decide if you make a good candidate for our organic tick control, one of our arborists will:

  1. Come evaluate your property.
  2. Check for potential habitats or ground cover evidence of mice, deer and tick presence.
  3. Ask if you want to treat the specific habitat or the entire property, then provide a treatment option from there.

To perform the application on the entire property we start with the ecotone area that divides the yard and tree line. This particular area is known to be the preferred habitat of deer tick. After covering the impacted area, the arborist sprays the light, organic mist over the rest of your property. It’s as simple as that.

Why choose SavATree tick control for yard?

SavATree is proud to offer organic cedar oil-based tick control treatments.

Our organic treatment can give you peace of mind, protecting visitors on your property using an environmentally sensible, humane and effective solution. Are you ready to free your property of ticks? Contact us today to schedule your complimentary consultation with one of our certified arborists.

SavATree provides the following services:

Organic Tick Control

Lawn care

The increasing incidence of tick-borne illnesses—Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Babesiosis, and others—has understandably ratcheted up homeowners’ anxiety. The CDC now reports 16 different tick-borne pathogens affecting humans, a handful of which have been discovered in the last several years.

Lyme Disease Prevention

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It is important to protect yourself from the risk of being bitten by the Deer Tick that transmits the infective spirochete bacteria that cause Lyme Disease. Here are some simple precautions you can take to reduce your exposure to Deer Ticks while enjoying outdoor activities.