Ticks, Ehrlichiosis, and Vet Care

Back off, buddy!

As usual, I have to make the disclaimer that when I talk about any situation, I refer only to what I know.  Sometimes that’s just Potrerillos, sometimes that includes David, sometimes it’s the country as a whole.  I usually try to make it clear how narrow the focus is.

In talking about the vet [...]

Ticks and Ehrlichiosis, Part 1

Photo  of red (or brown) dog ticks taken from Lyme Disease Foundation Website, tick identification page.

This post became so long that I’ve split it up into two parts.

Where we lived in western Washington, there were no ticks, but fleas were a really bad problem.  Very reluctantly, we used one of the insecticides on our animals [...]

Rainfall Update

Lloyd Cripe lives in Palmira, which is close to Boquete.  Our climates are not the same; we’re hotter and if I listen to the locals here, wetter.  Lloyd just emailed rainfall data for May, including a breakdown of yesterday and the past week.

Yesterday:    9 inches
Past 8 days:  26″
May so far:  40″

So I figure this [...]