When ticks are crawling around your yard, it can present a health risk for your family and your pets. These invasive pests can carry Lyme Disease and a handful of other dangerous diseases, making keeping their numbers under control a top priority. But before you take steps to fight ticks, it’s important to know if they’ve made their way onto your property. Below, we’ll go through some helpful tips for determining if ticks are present. And with our effective tick spraying, we help our neighbors spanning the entire West Ashley, SC area fend off these pests.
Tips for Identifying Tick Infestations
Here’s a quick look at some key tips for determining the presence of ticks:
Check Your Pets
If ticks have crept onto your property, it’s likely that your pets will be the first victims if they spend a significant amount of time outdoors. Routinely checking your pets’ fur and paws for ticks can not only help you determine if these pests are present, but it can also help you get them off of your pets quickly if they have latched onto them.
Drag for Ticks
Another tip for finding out if ticks are on your property or not is the dragging test. To conduct this test, simply grab a light-colored towel or sheet and drag it around your yard, paying extra attention to shrubs, bushes, and other dark, covered areas. Once you’re done dragging your yard, take your towel or sheet to your driveway or another non-grassy area outside and check it for ticks.
Manually Search Your Yard
Simply looking around for ticks can also alert you to their presence. Bring a flashlight and check retaining walls, trees, and other covered areas to see if any ticks are crawling around.
Why Choose Our Tick Spraying in West Ashley?
If you spot ticks on your property, it’s important to act quickly. At Lawn Doctor of Charleston, we use top-of-the-line products and equipment to quickly address tick populations and protect your yard against future infestations.
Our proven tick spraying treatments are available to our neighbors in these areas:
- West Ashley
- Charleston
- Mt. Pleasant
- Summerville
- Moncks Corner
- North Charleston
- James Island
- Charleston County
- And throughout the surrounding communities
For tick spraying in West Ashley, contact us today!
