Tick'd OFF

10/15/2026

📣 Tickd Off Pest – Business Update 👑✨

We will be CLOSED tomorrow as we head out for a very special weekend! 💖 Not only will we be cheering Cathie on at her pageant, but Tamra will be competing in her very FIRST pageant, too! 😬👑❤️

This weekend is extra special for our family, and we are so excited to step away from work for a little family time and make some memories together. Of course, this mama is feeling ALL the nerves and excitement! 😂❤️

We will be back to our regular business hours after the weekend!

Thank you all for your continued support of our small, family-owned business. We appreciate every single one of you! 🖤

Wish both Cathie and Tamra good luck as they take the stage! 👑✨

Chris & Tamra
Tickd Off Pest 🐜🕷️

10/14/2026

🍁🕷️ THE LEAVES ARE FALLING… BUT THE TICKS ARE STILL CRAWLING!

Fall is one of the most beautiful times of year in Northern Wisconsin. Whether you’re enjoying the changing colors, mountain biking, hiking, hunting, or cleaning up your yard, there’s one thing you shouldn’t overlook TICKS!!!

🍂 DID YOU KNOW?

Many people believe ticks disappear once summer ends. That’s simply not true!

Blacklegged (deer) ticks can remain active throughout fall and even during warmer winter days when temperatures rise above freezing.

In fact, adult deer ticks are especially active during the fall months, making October and November important times to stay aware.

🌲 WHERE MIGHT YOU ENCOUNTER TICKS?

🍁 Fall Yard Cleanups: Raking leaves, clearing brush, and working around wooded property edges can bring you into contact with ticks.

🚵 Mountain Biking: Riding through wooded trails and brushing against vegetation can expose you to ticks.

🥾 Hiking & Hunting: Tall grass, brush, and leaf-covered trails provide opportunities for ticks to attach.

🍂 Fall Color Adventures: Even a relaxing walk through the Northwoods can lead to an unexpected hitchhiker.

⚠️ WHY DOES IT MATTER?

Blacklegged ticks in Wisconsin can transmit several serious illnesses, including:

✔️ Lyme disease

✔️ Anaplasmosis

✔️ Babesiosis

✔️ Powassan virus disease

Not every tick carries disease, but prevention is important.

🛡️ PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY!

✅ Use an EPA-registered tick repellent.

✅ Wear long pants and closed-toe shoes in wooded areas.

✅ Check yourself, your children, and your pets after outdoor activities.

✅ Shower after spending time outdoors and inspect hard-to-see areas.

✅ Keep grass maintained and remove unnecessary brush and leaf buildup around frequently used areas.

✅ Talk with your veterinarian about appropriate tick prevention for your pets.

💗 A MESSAGE FROM TICK’D OFF PEST CONTROL

We love everything the Northwoods has to offer, and we want our neighbors to enjoy it safely.

Professional yard treatments can help reduce tick populations in treated areas, but no treatment eliminates every tick or replaces personal protection.

Enjoy the fall colors. Explore the trails. Tackle those yard projects. Just remember to CHECK FOR TICKS!

🍁 TICK’D OFF PEST CONTROL

Locally Owned • Family Operated • Northwoods Proud

10/12/2026

Can’t not stop at the The Crafty Cup while in Mercer today

Happy Monday
Don’t forget to drink your water …… or coffee

10/11/2026

10/10/2026

🍂 FALL PEST CONTROL: HOW DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK? 🐞🕷️

We sprayed your house. So why are you still seeing bugs?

This is one of the biggest misconceptions about fall pest control, and we want to help homeowners understand what they’re paying for!

During the fall, Asian lady beetles, cluster flies, boxelder bugs, and spiders become more noticeable around homes throughout the Northwoods.

As temperatures drop, many of these pests begin searching for protected places to spend the winter.

🛑 HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

✅ Our treatments leave a residual. Professional exterior applications are designed to remain active on treated surfaces after drying. How long they remain effective depends on the product, surface, weather, and other conditions.

✅ Insects must contact the treatment. Simply landing on your house doesn’t guarantee an insect has contacted enough product to be affected.

✅ Results aren’t always immediate. Some insects may continue crawling or moving after exposure.

✅ New insects continue arriving. Asian lady beetles and cluster flies can fly in from surrounding areas throughout the fall season.

✅ Exterior treatments don’t eliminate insects already hiding inside. Some pests may have entered wall voids, attics, or other protected areas before treatment.

🏡 SO WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF A FALL SPRAY?

To reduce pest activity around your home and help control insects as they contact treated areas.

Professional pest control is about reducing pest populations and managing activity, not promising that you’ll never see another bug.

At Tick’D OFF Pest Control, we believe educated customers are happier customers.

🐞 Tick’D OFF Pest Control
Locally Owned • Family Operated • Proudly Serving Wisconsin’s Northwoods

10/07/2026

⚠️ BEFORE YOU GRAB THE ORTHO…

We see this more often than you might think.

A homeowner sees a spider, ant, beetle, or other insect and thinks, “I’ll just hit that area with some Ortho Home Defense. It can’t hurt.”

But if you already have a professional pest-control program in place, it absolutely can interfere with what we’re doing.

Professional products are selected, mixed, and applied according to the label for the pest and situation we’re treating. Many are designed to leave a residual that continues working after we leave.

When you come behind us and repeatedly spray a consumer product over those same treated areas, you can disrupt, dilute, cover, or potentially shorten the performance of the professional treatment you already paid for.

And here’s the frustrating part:

You may be replacing or interfering with a professional application with a DIY product that simply doesn’t provide the same performance or strategy.

The same thing happens with rodents.

We’ll install and monitor professional bait stations based on where mice are traveling and feeding and then find Tomcat bait or glue traps placed right beside our stations.

More bait. More traps. More spray.

That doesn’t automatically mean better pest control.

Pest control is a program, not a pile of products.

If you see activity after we’ve treated your home, call us before spraying something over our application or adding products around our equipment. Let us determine what you’re seeing and whether the treatment needs time, adjustment, or a follow-up.

You hired a professional for a reason.

Give the professional treatment a chance to do its job.

🦌 Tick’D OFF Pest Control
Professional pest management for Wisconsin’s Northwoods.

10/05/2026

🐭 THIS is why regular bait station checks matter.

This is an actual bait station we checked just 10 days after service. Look at the amount of feeding already taking place.

Before we took over, this property’s stations were reportedly being checked only once or twice per year. The problem with that approach is simple: mice don’t operate on a six-month schedule.

Rodent activity can change quickly. Bait can be consumed, populations can increase, and new mice can move onto a property long before the next annual or semiannual visit.

That’s why our rodent program focuses on consistent monitoring, not simply putting boxes around a building and forgetting about them.

Regular checks allow us to:

* Track how much bait is being consumed
* Identify areas with increased activity
* Replace depleted or compromised bait
* Adjust our approach when conditions change
* Catch problems before they become much larger infestations

This station tells the story. Only 10 days, and the mice are already telling us exactly where the pressure is.

At Tick’D Off Pest Control, we don’t just set bait stations. We monitor them.

🐭 Exterior Rodent Control
🔍 Routine Monitoring & Maintenance
🌲 Serving Wisconsin’s Northwoods

Tick’D Off Pest Control
Protecting What Matters in the Northwoods.

10/03/2026

🎉💗 Tickd Off Pest has a special birthday shoutout today! 💗🎉

Help us wish our daughter, Cathie, a very HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY! 🥳🎂 She’s officially entering her teenage era! ✨👑

We hope your day is as amazing as you are, Cathie! We love you!