License to Squish (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Independently Published, 2026
Series: Book 2 of 2 - License to Squish
- Softcover
- New
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.Grand Eagle Retail
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Paperback. You don't have a tick problem. You have a moisture problem, a mouse problem, and a deer problem, and they answer different questions.A tick is mostly water and has no way to drink. It cannot fly, cannot chase you, and spends over ninety percent of its life sitting in leaf litter trying not to dry out.That one fact explains everything about where ticks are on your property. Why the shaded woods edge is loaded and the sunny mowed lawn fifteen feet away is nearly empty. Why the north side of the house is worse than the south. And why the most effective tool you own is a rake.Almost every book on this subject answers "how do I not get Lyme disease." That is a real question. It is not the one most people have, which is simpler: I would like fewer ticks in my yard, and I would like nothing attaching to me or my dog.LICENSE TO SQUISH: TICKS is a field manual written as an intelligence dossier, and it separates the levers most books collapse into one. Habitat gives you fewer ticks. Mice give you fewer ticks that matter. Only one of those is free.Inside: Why ticks die of thirst, and how to use that against them with a saw and a rakeSurvey your own property with a bedsheet, so you know whether the work is workingThe three-foot barrier that stops them crossing into the lawnTwo full chapters on the dog: the daily check by body region, and how ticks get from the edge of the yard onto your couchPermethrin on socks, and the reason it is the highest-value thing you can do for yourselfWhy the dryer kills them and the washing machine does not, and why you should dry firstRemoval in four seconds, and every folk method that makes it worseWhat permethrin does to cats, in a chapter instead of a footnoteMonth-by-month calendar and a five-zone regional guide by speciesEvery tactic comes with the reason it works. Every claim gets tested and stamped: CONFIRMED, BUSTED, or PLAUSIBLE WITH CONDITIONS. Tick tubes, 4-posters, guinea fowl, diatomaceous earth, ultrasonic repellers, and the opossum meme each get a verdict, and several of the answers will annoy somebody.No symptom lists. No diagnostic guidance. No treatment opinions. This book covers the yard, the clothing, and the removal, and then it sends you to a doctor holding the tick in a bag with a date on it.No eradication promises. No subscription. A rake, a bedsheet, some wood chips, and a pair of tweezers. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …
Seller Inventory # 9798170960996
- Title
- License to Squish (Paperback)
- Author
- MR Bad Apples
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798170960996
- Series
- Book 2 of 2: License to Squish
You don't have a tick problem. You have a moisture problem, a mouse problem, and a deer problem, and they answer different questions.
A tick is mostly water and has no way to drink. It cannot fly, cannot chase you, and spends over ninety percent of its life sitting in leaf litter trying not to dry out.
That one fact explains everything about where ticks are on your property. Why the shaded woods edge is loaded and the sunny mowed lawn fifteen feet away is nearly empty. Why the north side of the house is worse than the south. And why the most effective tool you own is a rake.
Almost every book on this subject answers "how do I not get Lyme disease." That is a real question. It is not the one most people have, which is simpler: I would like fewer ticks in my yard, and I would like nothing attaching to me or my dog.
LICENSE TO SQUISH: TICKS is a field manual written as an intelligence dossier, and it separates the levers most books collapse into one. Habitat gives you fewer ticks. Mice give you fewer ticks that matter. Only one of those is free.
Inside:
- Why ticks die of thirst, and how to use that against them with a saw and a rake
- Survey your own property with a bedsheet, so you know whether the work is working
- The three-foot barrier that stops them crossing into the lawn
- Two full chapters on the dog: the daily check by body region, and how ticks get from the edge of the yard onto your couch
- Permethrin on socks, and the reason it is the highest-value thing you can do for yourself
- Why the dryer kills them and the washing machine does not, and why you should dry first
- Removal in four seconds, and every folk method that makes it worse
- What permethrin does to cats, in a chapter instead of a footnote
- Month-by-month calendar and a five-zone regional guide by species
Every tactic comes with the reason it works. Every claim gets tested and stamped: CONFIRMED, BUSTED, or PLAUSIBLE WITH CONDITIONS. Tick tubes, 4-posters, guinea fowl, diatomaceous earth, ultrasonic repellers, and the opossum meme each get a verdict, and several of the answers will annoy somebody.
No symptom lists. No diagnostic guidance. No treatment opinions. This book covers the yard, the clothing, and the removal, and then it sends you to a doctor holding the tick in a bag with a date on it.
No eradication promises. No subscription. A rake, a bedsheet, some wood chips, and a pair of tweezers.
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