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A single tick almost ruined my summer. It was small, silent, and already drinking from my ankle before I even knew it was there. I thought I was safe in my own backyard. I thought Mochi was safe too. I was wrong. What I discovered about the lone star tick that day still makes my skin cr\u2026<\/p>\n

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That backyard moment forced me to see my \u201csafe space\u201d differently. I started double-checking Mochi\u2019s fur after every trip outside, inspecting my own skin like a crime scene, and reading everything I could about lone star ticks. Learning that they don\u2019t just wait but actually hunt for hosts was unsettling, but it also gave me back a sense of control.<\/p>\n

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Now I mow in long sleeves and pants, spray my shoes, and keep the grass trimmed low around the edges of the yard. I know the risks\u2014diseases, allergic reactions, long-term complications\u2014but I also know awareness is my first defense. That tiny black dot on my ankle became a warning I\u2019ll never ignore again, a quiet reminder that even in the comfort of home, nature deserves both respect and caution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A single tick almost ruined my summer. It was small, silent, and already drinking from my ankle before I even knew it was there. I thought I was safe in my own backyard. I thought Mochi was safe too. I was wrong. What I discovered about the lone star tick that day still makes my…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntienews.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}