Pest control for ticks is important, because ticks are known carriers of viruses and diseases such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever that could potentially affect you, your family members or pets for the rest of their lives. It is crucial to have ticks removed from your home and to limit their population in your yard around your home. Ticks might enter your home on a pet or person or might be able to enter through cracks and crevices in the home that allow them entry. Like most other pests, tick populations can be reduced with pesticides. In addition to pesticides, if you have a pet, it is advised they use either a topical flea and tick preventative or wear a collar to keep them at bay. Tick treatments will usually be conducted outside, in order to control the localized population, although treatment can also happen inside if desired.