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Old 10-30-2017, 04:47 PM
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Default Beaver beetles .. how do you get rid of them?

hey.. I'm just curious how other people get rid of those little red bugs that crawl out from beavers fur?

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Old 10-30-2017, 06:15 PM
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Don’t worry about them they do no harm.
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Old 10-30-2017, 06:30 PM
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Spray them down with KONK before you skin them. I always thought they were a louse of some sort. Whatever they are they are tough as nails. You can freeze a whole beaver outside, thaw him out and those buggers come back to life.
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Old 11-02-2017, 09:17 AM
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hey.. I'm just curious how other people get rid of those little red bugs that crawl out from beavers fur?

ty in advance
I just give them a short of raid when I bring them into the garage. As stated this little beetles are harmless.

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Old 11-02-2017, 11:39 AM
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you might think they are harmless until one crawls down your arm at the supper table and your wife see's it!!!!
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Old 11-02-2017, 01:48 PM
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Or comes out of your beard at said table
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Old 11-02-2017, 06:26 PM
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you might think they are harmless until one crawls down your arm at the supper table and your wife see's it!!!!
Geez, that makes me itchy! Never been bit by an animal critter but never get used to them either. Can't say I've ever seen an animal that didn't have some type of crawler.

As previously mentioned, RAID always gets a workout once in the garage.
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Old 11-02-2017, 08:54 PM
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Said they were harmless. Didn’t say same about wife. Lol
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Old 11-03-2017, 10:47 AM
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you might think they are harmless until one crawls down your arm at the supper table and your wife see's it!!!!
Haha, been there done that (except She didn't see it). Just quickly squish it and wipe it up with a napkin. The tick that jumped on Her off of a coyote pelt in the garage, well I will never live that one down. Thankfully it just freaked Her out and never bit down!

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Don`t go on Google and search ``red bugs on beavers``. Your onscreen advertising will change dramatically.
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