I think the tick population is getting bad everywhere this year <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Bell's Palsy is another transmitable disease that ticks carry, and folks unknowingly develop after the tick is long gone. Have a friend who got it and she did'nt know how until I explained it to her, and she to her doctor. Wet Springs bring on ticks like breezeless forest trails bring on the skeeters <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />