ticks advise pls?

[Guest alastair]

just got 2 new adult ferrets and after a couple of weeks i noticed alot of them blood sucking tick b s,on top of head and behind ears.do i use stronghold for the dogs?what else?thanks ali

[Hob&Jill 258]

I use Bob Martin spray, seems to work well.

[Guest alastair]

thanks all

[guinness 0]

Frontline seems great (but £19 from vets ) I spray it onto some rubber gloves and rub the ferrets all over. I do it about every 3 weeks unless I see any. Usually the more I work them the more they get. I try to avoid round the face but I,ve noticed thet after they've worked they get them on and in the ears and between the toes and on the muzzles but not on the body anymore.

I've got a little bit of cord with a frayed end which soaks up the fromtline(sprayed in the top) and can then be dabbed right on the tick..they seem to drop off overnight.

[foxlamper 5]

my best is duramitex its cheap from and farmers shop around you and put abit on some cotton wool and dap it on the tick

[Guest midnight_runner]

cover the ticks in vassaline they will drop off in within a day or two

[Guest trill]

i use a tick picker myself, whilst out with my old lurcher josie a good many years back we came across a stray ferret, it was covered in ticks i strayed it with that nouvan top and set about it with my tick picker it took my a couple of days to get them all out of the poor sod

Edited November 21, 2006 by trill

[Kay 3,709]

i use a tick picker myself, whilst out with my old lurcher josie a good many years back we came across a stray ferret, it was covered in ticks i strayed it with that nouvan top and set about it with my tick picker it took my a couple of days to get them all out of the poor sod

That nouvan top gear was good stuff in it's day but the vet's round this way stopped selling it a while back..

Millet

 

I used nuvan top but it is no longer made for some reason, i now use frontline

[Guest trill]

as millet said the vets stopped stocking it a few years back, i know you had to be careful with it in case you over dosed your ferrets.

Edited November 22, 2006 by trill

[Yokel Matt 918]

Try one of these mate... called a tick twister. Should cost about a fiver from any pet shop.

[Guest Jane Russell]

or get them online ...

 

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/petshop/cats/cat_...ray/29986/20042

 

Jane

[jacob 28]

take midnight runners advice,tried and tested ,one of the tricks of the trade,

[Guest Jane Russell]

I've burnt them off with a cigarette but you have to be so careful not to catch the animal and small ticks are impossible so I don't advise it. I've used vaseline too as previously mentioned.

 

Jane

[SeanTheHawker 0]

ferret had them last year, frontline has kept them away now

[maty j 6]

covering the tick in anything like vaseline, alchohol etc evetually makes it spew up into the blood stream. keep them topped up regulary with frontline and youll never have any problems. bought the first lot when i had my first ferret (about 2-3yrs ago) of a rescue centre, came home and found it had fleas. still using the same bottle now and ive had a few additions since then aswell.