Ticks have become more and more of a concern for homeowners in recent years. While their bites are always annoying, uncomfortable itching is the least of your worries if a tick bites you or your pets. Ticks carry diseases such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Alpha Gal syndrome, so they’re a serious health hazard. Proper tick control can help you combat their presence, but our team at Brown Pest Control also wanted to share some of the things that may be enticing ticks to your yard so that you can take steps to reduce their presence in the first place.
The first thing to understand is that ticks love shady, humid areas. Overgrown grass, leaf litter, and low-hanging branches are ideal resting places for them to hide and wait for a host to pass by. If your yard has dense vegetation or lots of shady, moisture-prone areas, these places are likely hotbeds for ticks. Keep grass cut short and other vegetation properly pruned and consider implementing drainage methods to help with your tick control efforts.
Wildlife is also a big factor in tick presence. Deer, rodents, and even neighborhood strays can carry ticks into your yard. Features like bird feeders and open compost piles attract wildlife, so consider carefully before putting them on your property. Adding wildlife control to your tick control efforts to keep away pests like mice and squirrels can help provide a comprehensive defense.
Ticks often linger at the edge of forests, tall grass, and walking paths where humans and pets tend to travel. If your yard backs up to a natural area, you’ll want to invest in professional tick control treatments to keep them from encroaching on your yard.
By treating tick-prone areas and offering insight into what may be attracting ticks to your yard, our team hopes to help combat the spread of tick-borne diseases and keep you and your household safer and more comfortable. You can take action by trimming back overgrown areas, keeping grass short, and removing leaf piles. From there, we’ll help with targeted tick control treatments tailored to your unique property.
