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[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 25 points 1 month ago

We get lots of bunny visitors at my place as well, but I noticed a couple have crazy big ticks around their ears. Luckily we haven't gotten any in the house or anything, but has def made me less "pro-bunny" lately.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 month ago

That shouldn't make you less pro-bunny. It should make you more pro-possum. It's an ecosystem. We threw it out of wack, but there are things that help keep tick populations down.

[-] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago

Possums don't actually eat ticks (but we should still be pro-possum for other environmental reasons)

https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks

[-] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 month ago

Turns out they will eat ticks in a study that only fed them ticks.

[-] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

And they don't even have proof that they ate those ticks- odds are the ticks were all embedded in their skin lol

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately the thing about opossums, as well as chickens and guinea fowl, being tick control may not be empirically supported.

https://extension.psu.edu/do-chickens-guinea-fowl-or-opossums-control-ticks

I would love to be proven wrong if anyone else has other info :(

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Also chicken right?

[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 2 points 4 weeks ago

Don't want to say where I'm at, but we don't really have possums in my area :/

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

The rabbit in my yard had a pretty big tick on it. I just don't walk where the tall plants are.

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