ticks

[Annmarie09 5]

If you don't have a tick remover get one. But if its going to take you some time to get one then remove the ticks with your fingers, quickly and smoothly by pinching as close to the skin as you can and twisting and pulling at the same time. Its surprising how good a grip they have. The longer you wait the more time they have to infect your dog, and as has been already said, smothering them will make them regurgitate into your dog and make it more likely to infect it. If the worst comes to the worst and the head gets left in the skin will make a small lump round it and eventually expel it with no side effects as long as you watch it to make sure there's no infection.

 

Last summer was the first time I ever had a problem with ticks and by the time Fly had three within two weeks and I found one inside my bra (eek) I'd had enough. Frontline your dog or put a flea and tick collar on (beware the warnings on the packaging to make sure your dog doesn't have a reaction to it). I used the flea collar last summer and never had a single tick on Fly after I put it on her.

 

Remember to kill the tick afterwards and check yourself too as they can attach to humans. Check your dog all over to make sure you haven't missed any (between front and hind legs etc).

 

I hope this helps, I did a lot of research on them last year after our problems and this is what I learned.

Edited April 19, 2010 by Annmarie09

[Hollie 21]

The ones referring to vaseline, tweezer's and petroleum jelly etc: If ticks are attempted to be removed incorectly and are put under stress they regurgitate their stomach contents back into the host and infect!! (always use a tick removal tool)

 

Wendy Fox the chairperson of BADA-UK is a close personal friend she is paralysed from the waist down and registered blind all because of infections and Lymes disease caused by ticks her future prognosis is worse. BADA-UK a registered charity was set up to raise awareness of tick borne infections and to educate people in the safe removal of ticks therefore avoiding infection and serious sometimes fatal illness

 

Tom

 

Ps: Ticks can carry over 300 types of viral infection, symptoms inc: headaches, aching joints, skin disorders, tiredness, tremors eyesight problems, and the worst scenario Death!!

 

 

 

Quite a bit of dangerous information being handed out in the previous post's

 

Take look at this link: http://www.bada-uk.org/ and listen and learn from the experts and Lymes Disease sufferers

 

Tom

 

Previous post's? Which ones?

 

 

I had NO IDEA they did that, I thought they just suffocated and dropped off when dead

 

I have taken what you have said on board and will forget i ever was told this method

[Kay 3,709]

Every dog owner should have at least one tick picker .......... if you dont have one get on the BADA website & order some ....... they also do a few other things on there like key fobs etc

 

Also ferrets are at risk .i have spoken to a lady recently who has a ferret that was diagnosed with Lyme disease

 

A very worthwhile cause

[scottishlass 57]

My other half was working on sheep today , sheep were covered in ticks and treated for these horrible things , i have to say i mostly pull oot the ticks from my dogs with my fingers but it looks like its going to be a good year for ticks so i have just ordered my tick tool better being safe than sorry

[alimac 882]

Easy to twist off with your fingers, I wouldn't use the hot match head, they may drop off but can only incouragr it to spew blood back into the dog.. Iv found the bigger hey are the easier it is to get them off..

[mexlad 189]

Every dog owner should have at least one tick picker .......... if you dont have one get on the BADA website & order some ....... they also do a few other things on there like key fobs etc

 

Also ferrets are at risk .i have spoken to a lady recently who has a ferret that was diagnosed with Lyme disease

 

A very worthwhile cause

 

 

 

what would happen if the infected ferret bit a human would it pass on?

[christian71 3,187]

hi i have just got in from walking my dog and i have found 3 ticks on his stomach wats the best way to remove them and can they cause any illness?

any adivce will help.

thanks lloyd

 

My vet told me to put some nail varnish on the tick wait a min then pull the tick out

[staffs riffraff 1,068]

you learen something new every day didnt know they did that if you burn or suffocate them i hate them the ugliest things around

[dpb82uk 138]

Tick pickers from the vet £5. Either that, or a sharp pair of tweezers. be sure to grab the head of the tick and remove the whole thing by pulling and twisting in one motion.

sorry i red sumwhere not to twist to just slowly pull it off in 1 motion twisting can rip the ticks head off