May 18, 2012

As of Wednesday, May 16, we are temporarily suspending our home estimates for new customers until further notice. This has been an unusually busy tick season, and our attention over the next 2-3 weeks will be directed to servicing our current customer base.

We hope to be in position to resume residential estimates in early June. Thank you for your understanding.

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month.

Mild weather leads to more bugs. Watch video produced by WMTW, Channel 8. Click here to view.

Free Educational Tri-fold Brochure

Our tri-fold educational brochure (folded measures 3.75" wide and 4.25 inches tall) includes information on tick identification, removal and submission. Print the full color brochure panels (PDF) or send a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) to Mainely Ticks, PO Box 1608, Sanford, Maine 04073.

Deer Ticks...A growing concern

When talking to people who have been diagnosed with Lyme or other tick-borne diseases, they'll tell you that they wish they had known how debilitating tick-borne illnesses were and how a combination of education & awareness could have lessened the chances of contracting the diseases in the first place.

Mainely Ticks Inc. is proud to unveil its professional ProTickMe tick identification, removal and submission kit which has been several years in development with input from a number of health care professionals. If you've ever removed a tick from yourself, family member or pet, you know how important it is to have the right tools available immediately, whether at home or on the trail.

The ProTickMe kit features an easy to read 16 panel pamphlet which condenses much of the educational information found on our website and includes:

• The life cycle of the deer tick
• Personal protection strategies
• Landscape modifications
• Information on repellents
• Tick-borne disease symptoms
• Diagnosis and treatment protocols

In addition to the educational pamphlet:

• Magnified fine pointed tweezers.
• Two tick submission vials to safely transport removed ticks to your physician or vet for identification or to mail to diagnostic labs for pathogen analysis.
• Tick Identification Guide with removable key tag for your keychain.
• Tick Identification magnet for your home.
• Tick removal and submission information card.
• An assortment of adhesive strips, alcohol and antiseptic wipes.
• Durable zippered nylon pouch. Handy for home, glove compartment or back-pack.

Since 2004, Mainely Ticks has been a leader in promoting tick education and awareness. We have distributed over 50,000 tick identification guides and hosted a number of educational forums and workshops for residents in Southern Maine. Our new ProTickMe initiative extends our educational outreach. We'll be happy to send a FREE copy of our latest guide to anyone who forwards a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE).

When it comes to tick-borne illnesses, prevention is the best prescription!

Testimonials

As professional educators, the work Bob & Barb do in raising the level of education & awareness of tick-borne illnesses is phenomenal and does a great service to the community at large. Remember, the original meaning of the Latin phrase "Docere" means "Doctor as Teacher". Hence, I personally feel their titles should be Dr. Bob and Barb Maurais!

~ Scott Mulliken, ND

We've had a Mainely Ticks identification card for years. I can't tell you how many times we've used it to figure out if what was crawling on us was actually a deer tick. I just got the ProTickMe kit and that very afternoon I found what I thought was a tick on my cat. I grabbed the special tweezers with the magnifier and sure enough it was a tick, which I was able to remove easily-and correctly, thanks to the easy to understand tick removal instructions. Many thanks to Mainely Ticks.

~ Diane Atwood, health and wellness communicator