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That tick problem sounds terrifying! I'm glad you were able to get a handle on it. Sheesh.Something I would recommend is that if your property is contaminated I would spray your entire property with permethrin. No permethrin will not kill tapeworms, but it will kill the insects that carry them. When we moved here we had to go scorched earth and sprayed three times a year with permethrin. Our property was infested with ticks and sand fleas which both carry tapeworms so I wasn’t messing around. Not to mention the ticks were so bad my dog had 40 ticks on her just from being outside for 30 minutes (she had just taken her flea and tick med a week before). My kids couldn’t play outside without being doused in deet and still I would find ticks on them. I couldn’t do chores without being covered in sand flea bites even with jeans and boots on. It was horrendous to say the least. We now spray once a year in the spring and haven’t had any issues.