how long can any tick survive in a house without feeding on anything?
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Depends on if its an adult tick or a freshly hatched tick.... if adult how much blood has it sucked on its last feeding? If an average sized tick it could survive for about 1 to 2 weeks... but usually they will find a way out of the house before that time is up, they are so small they can get outside w/o windows and doors being opened....
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Depending on the local humidity, it can live for two days. Otherwise, it lasts for one night only.
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No food if you dint have enough space, tests have shown that a human can survive about 2 months with out food\nWater is essential (spend it wisely if you don't have a river near by)\nSomething to start a fire(matches,candle,magnifying glass,deodorant)\nKnife\nSmall flash light\nCompass (you don't really need it if your dad is 40 yards away)\nRope\nWorm Clothing (on you)\n2 Survivable blankets (something watter proof) and use rope for one to tie to trees above ground and second to put as a mattress on ground\nBook to not get bored ( something to so time passes faster)\nuse leaves as a mattress and pillow
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Tick Removal Procedure:\n\n1) Use fine-point tweezers to grasp the tick at the place of attachment, as close to the skin as possible. \n \n2) Gently pull the tick straight out. \n3) Place the tick in a small vial labeled with the victim's name, address and the date. \n4) Wash your hands, disinfect the tweezers and bite site. \n5) Mark your calendar with the victim's name, place of tick attachment on the body, and general health at the time. \n6) Call your doctor to determine if treatment is warranted. \n7) Watch the tick-bite site and your general health for signs or symptoms of a tick-borne illness. Make sure you mark any changes in your health status on your calendar. \n8) If possible, have the tick identified/tested by a lab, your local health department, or veterinarian. \nIf the mouthparts break off in the skin - should I dig them out?\n\nWe have heard two competing opinions about this.\n\nOne viewpoint states that the mouthparts can cause a secondary infection, and should be removed as if it was a splinter.\n\nAnother viewpoint was shared with us by a pediatrician in a hyperendemic area. He states that parents can do more harm by trying to hold down a child and dig out the mouthparts with a needle. He instructs his families to leave the mouthparts, and that they will come out on their own as the skin sloughs off.\n\nCAUTIONS:\n\nChildren should be taught to seek adult help for tick removal. \nIf you must remove the tick with your fingers, use a tissue or leaf to avoid contact with infected tick fluids. \nDo not prick, crush or burn the tick as it may release infected fluids or tissue. \nDo not try to smother the tick (e.g. petroleum jelly, nail polish) as the tick has enough oxygen to complete the feeding.
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It depends on the species. Large apple snails can live over 10 years. Small pond, ramshorn, trumpet, etc. snails may live 3-6 years but most die before that when they are eaten or due to poor water quality or something else. Trapdoor snails may live 5-10 years. The average run-of-the-mill small aquarium snail is lucky to live a few years with all the predators and dangers in the average tank. But, really there is no definitive answer to your question. I don't know that anyone's done real studies on this. It's just word of mouth as to how long someone's snail may have lived.
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not all ticks cause lymes disease.  Deer ticks are the ones to be concerned with and they are so small you cant see them any way.  Wood ticks are big and cause no problems really.  (they can but rarely)  just remove with a tweezers and then put some anisepitic on.  watch carefully and you sould be fine.  if you are really concerened after removing the tick store it in a vile or something so if  you have to go to the hospital take the blood sucker with you so medical has some idea what they are working with.\n\nYou are not screwed cause one latches on.  I have had them on me and removed them from my kids and dog.  All are fine.\n\nhttp://www.lyme.org/ticks/tick.html\n\nlook at this website.  lots of helpful info.
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Forget your idiot of a doctor. Something is definitely wrong here. If it isn't Lyme disease you might have an infection. Maybe you did not get the head out. Get to the E.R. right now. Do not play with your health. I'm serious. Stop waiting to see what everyone on yahoo has to say and get to the hospital. I am really worried that something is wrong here and you need medical attention.\n\nI found some info online:\n\nTicks\nThe very worst out there, in my opinion, is the tick. The very thought of having one of these parasites feeding on you is enough to make your skin crawl. It's not so much that they are known vectors of Lyme disease and that they feed by plunging their beaklike mouthpart deep inside you and then secrete a cement-like saliva which literally glues them in place. It's the fact that they prefer dark and moist places on your body to attach themselves to; places like armpits, bellybutton holes, and, you guessed it, your crotch. These are all places I'd rather not have something nibbling at.\nPerforming regular tick checks are crucial in heavily tick infested areas. It's best to use the buddy system for this. Of course, this can get embarrassing at times. I'll never forget when my wife and I, while traveling through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, began our nightly routine of stripping down and checking each other's private parts for embedded ticks, when a group of Boy Scouts paddled by. I tried to explain to them what we were doing, which, according to my wife, made the scenario even worse.\nIf you do find a tick lodged into your skin, make sure not to panic and start yanking away at it. You're just liable to pull the thing in half, leaving its head inside you and increase the chances of infection. The best way is to first spray it with a good amount of bug repellent. This will definitely force it to relax its grip, since the tick actually breaths out of its butt while its head is lodged into your skin. Don't burn it with a cigarette or match like some older guide books recommend. This will just make the tick hold on tighter and become more difficult to get out. After allowing some time for the repellent to take effect, place a pair of tweezers (tick pliers can also be purchased at most outdoor stores), and, without squeezing the tick, reach inside, beneath the body, and gently pull it out. Then disinfect the area with antiseptic or soap and water. \n\nSymptoms of Lyme disease: \n\nA circular red rash forming around the bitten area \nFlu-like symptoms \nPainful joints \nInsomnia \nLocal paralysis \nSkin sensations \nHearing loss\n\nMore info from another site:\n\nLD symptoms can imitate other diseases and can be misdiagnosed.\n\nEARLY LOCALIZED DISEASE\n\nSigns and symptoms of Early Local Lyme Disease often starts with flu-like feelings of headache, stiff neck, fever, muscle aches, and fatigue. About 60% of light-skinned patients notice a unique enlarging rash, referred to as erythema migrans (EM), days to weeks after the bite. On dark-skinned people, this rash resembles a bruise.\n\nThe rash may appear within a day of the bite or as late as a month later. This rash may start as a small, reddish bump about one-half inch in diameter. It may be slightly raised or flat. It soon expands outward, often leaving a clearing (normal flesh color) in the center. It can enlarge to the size of a thumb-print or cover a persons back.\n\nTo be considered local disease the rash must be at the tick bite site with no other major organ system involvement. A rash occurring at other than the bite site in an indication of Disseminated Lyme Disease.\n\nDon't confuse a local reaction to a tick bite, with signs of infection. A small inflamed skin bump or discoloration that develops within hours of a bite and over the next day or two is not likely to be due to infection - but rather a local reaction to the disruption of the skin.\n\nDISSEMINATED LYME DISEASE\n\nSome people do not notice these early
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Leeches are pretty hardy creatures and will survive quite a while if kept in cool, fairly clean water.  In a covered container kept in a refrigerator they will live for weeks or months if you change the water once a week or so.  Keep the container covered or they may crawl out of the container and die without being in water.
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Take live caterpillars.  Isolate them in enclosures with their preferred food, being careful to weigh how much is in the enclosure with each caterpillar.  Let 'em eat for 24 hours.  Remove (and release, if you please!) the caterpillars, and weigh the remaining volume of food.  The difference between the starting weight and the remaining weight should be roughly what the caterpillar ate.  (There will be some weight loss due to evaporation of moisture from the food over 24 hours, but that should hopefully be small.  You could control for that by letting some of the preferred food be in an enclosure without a caterpillar, and find the difference in weight, but unless you need really high precision, I wouldn't bother.)\n\nTheoretically, you could weigh the caterpillars--but there is an additional variable: how much excrement is excreted, which may not be the same from caterpillar to caterpillar on any given day...  Easier to weigh the food.
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DESCRIPTION: Silverfish are small, soft insects without wings. The abdomen has three filaments extending from it.Silverfish are not often seen by homeowners because they are nocturnal and can run very swiftly. Occasionally, they are found in bathtubs. They crawl in seeking food or moisture and can't climb out. These insects prefer vegetable matter with a high carbohydrate and protein content. However, indoors they will feed on almost anything. A partial list includes dried beef, flour, starch, paper, gum, glue, cotton, linen, rayon, silk, sugar, molds and breakfast cereals. \n\nHABITAT: Silverfish normally live outdoors under rocks, bark and leaf mold, in the nests of birds and mammals, and in ant and termite nests. However, many are found in houses and are considered a pest, or at least a nuisance, by homeowners. Usually they are found trapped in a bathtub, sink, or washbasin. \n\nLIFE CYCLE: Adults lay eggs in small groups containing a few to 50 eggs. The eggs are very small and deposited in cracks and crevices. A female normally lays less than 100 eggs during her lifespan of two to eight years. Under ideal conditions, the eggs hatch in two weeks, but may take up to two months to hatch. \n\nThe young nymphs are very much like the adults except for size. Several years are required before they are sexually mature, and they must mate after each molt if viable eggs are to be produced. Populations do not build up rapidly because of their slow development rate and the small number of eggs laid. \n\nTYPE OF DAMAGE: A household pest, they feed on cereals and non-food items such as paste, paper, starch in clothes, rayon fabrics and dried meats. \n\nCONTROL: Sanitation alone will not eliminate an infestation, although it may prevent new ones from starting. A large infestation usually means the house has been infested for some time. \n\nResidual insecticides (use an aerosol) will help to control these pests. Removing old papers, boxes, books, and clothes from the attic to basement will help remove food and hiding places. Moth crystals placed in boxes in the attic will also help.
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The scabies mite is not killed by chemicals that kill lice.\n\nScabies mites will die if they cannot feed (they like to feed on you!)\nCover your matress with an impermeable material (sheet of plastic is OK) for 72 hours. You can happily sleep on the matress.\nSimilarly, any upholstery can be covered likewise - including car seats.\n\nHowever, shielding matresses and upholstery is not usually necessary.
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How High ?\nI used to stay in 5th floor and mosquitos still can suck your blood.\nI'm then move to 12rd floor. Amazingly, there was no more mosquitos problems.\n\nHow long do they live ?\nAverage 1 week for the female mosquitos ( those suck our blood ). \nOf course, for some species, they can live up to 1 month.\n\nDue to mutation, their eggs can stay alive up to several months without water (some species).
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I believe the ones to really worry about are the "deer ticks", at least that is what we call them in the midwest area.  I also have heard that they must be attached for at least 24-48 hours to transfer Lyme disease. I think that most people get Lyme disease from deer tick nymphs, not adult deer ticks.  Deer tick nymphs are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.  Hard to believe, but true.  How are you ever going to spot that?  People describe a "moving freckle", if they are seen at all.
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Leave it alone with a door or window open.  Dragonflys will often move on after a while.
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I go fishing frequently and ticks can occasionally be an issue. It's probably going to be OK. If she was a little older you could use a tiny pair of pointy tweezers to remove the head, but at her age I suppose she wouldn't like that too much. The head is very small (think grain of sand or smaller) and should either work itself out through natural sloughing off of skin cells over time, or more likely will be dissolved by antibodies. Inspect the site periodically for redness/tenderness, signs of an infection, but I doubt you'll have a problem. If there have been cases of Lyme disease in your area, take her in just to be safe. Hope this helped.
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Easy.. I remember those days.. Just stay at home for a short while, away from dust, cold-catching germs, and eat ice cream(without nuts) and chicken soup (without a lot of noodles, meat).. It will pass in no time.
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Some ticks spread Lyme disease.