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 Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:10 pm
I have found 10 ticks on my dog in the past 2 days! There's problably some more, she just won't let us look for them. Any of you have problems with ticks on your animals? Usually she doesn't have any, so now we're a little freaked out.
Edit: Make that 16. We found a few more. We also picked up some tick medicine, so she should be good now, in case anyone cares.
Edit 2: 17. I found another this morning.
Edit 3: 21. We found a few more.
Edit 4: 22. Found another one on her lip. WHEN WILL IT END?!?! gonk
Edit 5: 24, I think... I lost count. confused
Edit 6: I think we're up to 40 something, but she's getting a tick bath right now and we're getting out house and backyeard sprayed, so i think we're good.
Edit 7: a few months later, and she's tick free!! yay!!!
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:39 am
I'm guessing you live somewhere near fields/uncut grass/a forest? Ticks tend to either wait on the tops of grass blades or stalks for passerby to cling to or sit in the dirt until they feel the vibration of feet on the ground nearby. We had ticks once on our dogs when they were being boarded on a kennal. >.< Some of them we found had been sucking blood for so long that, when we put the baby oil on them, they were too big to back out of where they had bitten. Bleeeh. And the ones that haven't sucked are practically impossible to kill, since they're so flat. I understand that it's not the ticks' faults that they live to suck blood, but it's necessary for other animals' health to kill htem if I see them. Particularly with stuff like lyme disease runnning around.
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:02 am
Yes, I'm also assuming you live near some sort of wooded/outdoorsy area. When you encounter a tick, you should always use tweezers and pull from as close ot the front of them as possible... not their abdomen! Otherwise, you'll be squirting lovely tick guts and disease into the blood of the animal they are sucking. Pull gently and at an angle until the tick comes free; sometimes the mouthparts may stay in, if so, try your best to remove them. Monitor the bite site for any swelling or infection, and especially look to see if your dog is getting sick. If any of this occurs, you should take him to the vet ASAP. The same goes for humans.
A preventative measure would be to purchase a veternarian-grade flea and tick repellent, like Advantage, to use on your dog. The better ones usually cost much more, but they are well worth it and last longer and work better than ones bought at the store. Ask your vet what he or she recommends. Make sure you use the product correctly and you buy the correct dosage, and don't use it on your cats, if you have any! It could kill them.
Good luck!
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:19 pm
Thanks! I live by a forest perserve (my backyard borrders one! xp ), so its not a complete mystery about where they came from, but she's never had a problem with them before. We think that the reason why they became such a problem is because in the forest perserve they burned an area so yea.
We went to the vet and got some K9 Advanticks and put it on. So far, we haven't found any more. yay! Though it was kinda creepy. There was a couple spots where we found a group of them all in one spot! There was a group of three by her ear and a group of two on her body. Eww.
And we do not have any cats. Only the one dog.
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