“Ticks pray on any warm-blooded animal, humans included,” said Dr. Alix McGrath, the Idaho Humane Society’s director of shelter medicine.
“This is the time when ticks that have been dormant all winter are starting to come back out and their eggs are starting to hatch and they’re ready to start taking blood meals and reproduce on their own,” said Dr. Alix Mcgrath, the director of shelter medicine at the Idaho Humane Society.