I’ve never heard of it. I hope I never have to deal with it either. Is there anything (pesticides) that keep the bugs away?
This is what I told you about about 6 months back.
Yes I have heard of it, it is real bad in the area of Texas I hunt. It is moving from South to North and I heard good freezes are hard on the bugs but I have not seen actual scientific proof of this.
The disease can be passed multiple ways and the most common is from feces usually from water pales. The bugs will try and drink and defecate in the water then your dog/s will drink it. From my understanding is it can kill a dog real quick, or slowly, or not at all and lay dormant as I know of dogs that have tested positive and never show any symptoms nor adverse affects.
This is why dogmen in areas where the bug is prevalent are starting to use lickers, build above ground kennels, and use cedar chips instead of hay in their dog houses. There are a few other tricks as well but I am not trying to write a book. There are some experimental treatments and but no pier reviewed accepted ones yet. Google Mexican Kissing Bug and you can see what they look like.
I go back and forth between South Texas and Central Texas and had never seen them at my Central Tex house until last year. I found a couple for the first time.
