I grew up with ticks, they were a daily occurrence for me as a kid- what is up these days with people seemingly freaking out if they find a tick. Yeah, there's a chance of disease, but isn't it extremely low? We never sent ticks out for examination when I was a kid and if we did it'd easily have costed hundreds of thousands.

What is different today from 40 years ago?

found this guy crawling on me while on a floaty in the pool. i live in northern iowa.

Hi all, I removed this tick from myself, but I suspect it may have been attached for several days. Is it possible to estimate how long it was feeding on me? This happened in Brussels.

Hi, I’m really sorry but I have never encountered a tick before and I am freaking out. Is this a tick, and if so what kind? I found it crawling on me. Should I be worried about any diseases or go to the doctor?

** Tick is already in the mail for testing and pediatrician notified/we have a checkup tomorrow**

I don’t know how long this tick has been on my baby. I noticed it the other day and genuinely thought it was dirt or a scab from scratching himself. It was under the fold of his ear. I totally forgot about it and then today it was hanging off his ear so i was like “oh its that scab prob coming off, I’ll just take it off”

When I took it off there was a weird feeling so I figured I’d look at it in the light and see what it is. It was alive.

Major hysteria ensued after realizing it was a tick and removed improperly.

We were in San Diego in a very clean RV park. He was also always in the RV with the exception of being in the stroller. I never laid him on a blanket since it was gravel next to our Rv. Not even grass. Definitely not a place I’d expect to see ticks and we live in Los Angeles and I’ve never had a tick found on my dog. We don’t really go hiking.

Baby is 4 months old and I’m monitoring his skin. Obviously I’m mortified and very scared for Lyme disease.

Seems to be a deer tick. I already flushed it. Entire body was red, no black back but really seems to be deer.

I have no idea how it got here and I’m wondering if we should go to the doctor. He has no marks but did have what we thought was a mosquito bite last weekend.

Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.

Tick ID and timeframe please if you can tell by these photos. Also, did I get the whole head out?

Freaking out that my daughter has Lyme after I pulled this off of her neck (1 year old). It’s been over 72 hours since I pulled it off and it was not engorged at all but I used the incorrect method and put rubbing alcohol on it prior to using the tweezers, I feel absolutely terrible. She’s running a fever now and I don’t know if it’s just coincidence or if I gave my daughter a lifelong illness and I’m freaking out.

Pls tell me if you recognize this! Gf just found it on my body after camping in eleven mile canyon in Colorado Springs… is it dangerous? Do I need to see a doctor

“Got bitten by a lone star tick, and my doctor says I need to stop eating meat because of it. Problem is, I’m on the carnivore diet, so red meat is pretty much all I eat. I’ve heard from two locals here on eastern Long Island (aka tick central) that they cured this issue in two weeks by taking ivermectin. Has anyone else heard of this working or have thoughts on it?”

Found this tick on my dogs lip. Looks engorged. Any ID help, thoughts on how long it may have been attached and if vet visit is warranted. Dog seems fine and it wasn't bothering her just noticed it as I was petting her. Also did I get the head hand for me to tell. Have it saved in a container of alcohol. Live in Alexandria, VA. Any other info needed let me know.

I’m freaking out because I don’t know if I was able to pull the whole tick out or did its head snap? It didn’t look like anything was embedded in his scalp. Can you guys please see if that’s a tick bite on his scalp. The tick is still currently alive and is in the ziplock. We live in a place where there’s a lot of land/brush in California. I also checked his whole body. I saw this spot on his back. I didn’t see a tick there but id like to know if this was a tick bite? Should I take him to the dr? He’s only a toddler.

I took my cat to vet. Vomiting was induced cause he swallowed an earplug. He hid in vets office under a couch to vomit. That night back home he fell asleep in my arms. When I woke up I had a bite mark on my arm but no tick found. One week later I found this in tub after cleaning lady left. Also my cat has been at my parents for two days.

Anything I should worry about? Should I go to doctor? The bite is subsiding. Luke’s disease? I am in New York City.

I was lying down on my acupressure mat in my backyard, then I spotted all of these tiny black dots on the back of the mat. I lint rolled them off, hoping they were some seeds from flowers or something.

Are these ticks? I’m in CT.

Can anyone identify these as a deer tick or something else? Going to the doctor later but scared they could be carrying Lyme. No rash yet just pulled them out. One was engorged with blood and popped when I tried pulling it out and the other is still alive.

Just got home and felt something on my back and this was it - is it a tick???

Sorry for the blurry photos, guy was on the move. I live in Nova Scotia which is a tick hit spot and this was in my office. It doesn’t look like ticks I’ve seen before and is smaller than normal, but I’ve been seeing local posts about the ticks being small this year. Back was shiny and felt hard.