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Bawstahn123 t1_j1sdzke wrote

Broadly speaking, so long as it is below freezing, ticks will be dormant (they hide in leaf-litter, to avoid freezing to death).

If your daughter is going to go tromping through leaf-litter, or be out in the woods when it gets above freezing, just spray some insect repellent on her shoes and at the bottom-hem of her pants, and she should be fine

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HeyaShinyObject t1_j1sezgt wrote

Get a repellent that uses picaridan, more effective than DEET against ticks.

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Bawstahn123 t1_j1sqvry wrote

Is that the one that is poisonous to cats?

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heresdevking t1_j1tgn93 wrote

Permethrin is toxic to cats before it dries. There are no studies showing picaridin is toxic to cat.

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GrandmasBoy3 t1_j1uhbvo wrote

I think it's toxic to everyone, I treat it like poison when wet but the stuff works!

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HeyaShinyObject t1_j1sr0iu wrote

Not to my knowledge, it's in many common brands, so it seems unlikely.

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