What's bugging Tommie? - Infestation edition

[BlueArmedDevil]

Turns out that Tom has some sort of insect infestation in the hovel. I mean, that is apparent to anyone looking at the state of it but today he admitted it. I would suspect fleas, perhaps acquired from attempted wooings of street dogs. It coudl also be lice, bed bugs, or some other type of critter that I am not familiar with. Whatever it is, it's making him itch.

 

[Gone Ham]

Let us select multiple things on the poll

 

[BlueArmedDevil]

Let us select multiple things on the poll

Done friendo

 

[Easy J]

That's odd. Years of wearing a layer of unwashed filth on his skin should've callused or killed those nerves. Sorta the way dumpster stench, smoke & body odor dulled his sense of smell. Maybe his dumpster-hardened constitution is finally collapsing.

 

[repentance]

My write-in vote is scabies.

 

[blablabla]

shitty unwashed asshole

 

[draggs]

I vote nits

 

[BlueArmedDevil]

I vote nits

That's the egg/larval form of lice

 

[draggs]

That's the egg/larval form of lice

That's why lice is one of the 4 I voted

 

[Space Cooter]

Another distinct possibility that maybe should be added to the infestation poll: Troons

 

[Coldgrip]

Ringworm or other fungal infections could be a possibility as well. Or all of the above.

 

[BlueArmedDevil]

Whoever had fleas you're a winner

 

[Chan the Wizard]

He says sand fleas but I think he means regular fleas. Sand fleas, as far I’m able to discern are crustaceans that live on coasts. He’s go the normal fleas that suck blood and live on dogs.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

He says sand fleas but I think he means regular fleas. Sand fleas, as far I’m able to discern are crustaceans that live on coasts. He’s go the normal fleas that suck blood and live on dogs.

Now, how would he get dog fleas?

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

Now, how would he get dog fleas?

How did the dog get Tom fleas?

 

[Exuvia]

Sand fleas can also refer to Tunga penetrans, a parasitic insect which causes the disease Tungiasis (fair warning, be ready for gross photos if you look it up). It's rather rare in the United States, but as far as climates where they can live go, Arizona could fit the bill.

 

[BigTodd]

He says sand fleas but I think he means regular fleas. Sand fleas, as far I’m able to discern are crustaceans that live on coasts. He’s go the normal fleas that suck blood and live on dogs.

Yeah, sand fleas are those things you see digging into the sand after the surf pulls back.

 

[Coldgrip]

I feel bad for them, having to drink Thomas' disgusting blood. Even mosquitos and ticks don't deserve that.