ade33uk 86 Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 I was checking my kits over tonight and i found a tick on one of them , where it came from i dont understand . the mother had not left the cage for about 1 month before i bred her , the cage was disenfected and all new bedding put in the week before the kits were born . so where do you think it came from . anyway apart from that the kits are doing ok very slow to leave the nest box , 4 weeks old and only now crawling out . ive had kits crawling out at 2-3 weeks before to eat meat or bite it anyway . but only 3 of them so they are big strong healthy kits the one with a tick lovely black nose on this one first time out of the nest and straight to the shit corner Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 I had to tip a cage because everything i put in it got covered in ticks despite me scrubbing it etc Quote Link to post
boothy 0 Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 nice kits though pal Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 When one of my hutches got infested a few years back, I emptied it and gave the hutch a good going over with an insecticide. They're b*****ds when they really get in there, they little ones are about the size of pin heads, and get into all the little gaps between the timbers. Only thing is though, you have to leave the hutch open & empty for a good few hours to allow the insecticide to fully evaporate. Not sure how you'd get on with the kits in there. Maybe wait a few weeks until you can put the kits into a run for a good few hours, of move them to another hutch. Quote Link to post
The one 8,512 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Maybe what your feeding them off rabbits etc? Quote Link to post
kristian 9 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 has one of them kits still got my name on it Found some ticks on my hob again yesterday so i've frontlined him again. He was plastered in them when i had him, I'm thinking maybe there was some left in the cage? Quote Link to post
ade33uk 86 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Yes Kris still got one for you . couldnt get a tick off the rabbits as mine are all frozen for a month or so to kill all the worms and things . I was wondering if it could have been in the bedding i bought from a pet shop . Had ticks before but its always a day or two after they have been worked and they been taken care of straight away and frontlined . Quote Link to post
border lad 1,047 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 I was checking my kits over tonight and i found a tick on one of them , where it came from i dont understand . the mother had not left the cage for about 1 month before i bred her , the cage was disenfected and all new bedding put in the week before the kits were born . so where do you think it came from . anyway apart from that the kits are doing ok very slow to leave the nest box , 4 weeks old and only now crawling out . ive had kits crawling out at 2-3 weeks before to eat meat or bite it anyway . but only 3 of them so they are big strong healthy kits the one with a tick lovely black nose on this one first time out of the nest and straight to the shit corner good strong healthy kits, Quote Link to post
rabbit tourmentor 29 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 knocked off the dog? i had my ferrets covered in ticks once like linseeds all over them couldnt get all of them so i frontlined but they were everywere Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 although the ferts get checked after ferreting, its always the way that you miss one, and a week later that one has become a few, so they get checked maybe once a week, these tick pullers are the best Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 If you have a severe problem, use frontline as mentioned and then use a blow torch on all the cracks and crevices of your cage when its empty whilst cleaning... Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Give your cages two coats of one coat gloss, that snaps the legs off the little b*****ds, if they cant walk, they cant get onto your ferrets. Quote Link to post
oxfordblue 0 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Had same problem turned out to be bedding from pet shop. I use vaseline to remove ticks cover them completly in vaseline it stops them breathing kills them fast cheaper then frontline Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Had same problem turned out to be bedding from pet shop. I use vaseline to remove ticks cover them completly in vaseline it stops them breathing kills them fast cheaper then frontline Use a tick picker , if you click on the bada link on my sig they are a charity started by a lady called Wendy Fox who sadly is now a wheelchair user & near totally blind due to not removing tick properly Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 why use vaseline, and then have to wait for the tick to fall off, use the tick puller as kay suggests, and its job done Quote Link to post
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