Best way to get rid of ticks

[royboy 5]

Ive just collected a silver jill that has walked into someones kitchen frightening the crap out of all that live there,and fair enough,although they werent even sure if what they had caught was a ferret, they did there best to make it comfortable untill i could pick it up.The poor bugger is underweight and covered in ticks some of which i have been able to remove with a tool i fetched from the local pet shop and although i have kept ferrets on and off for over thirty years this is only the second time i have had to deal with ticks.Do any of you have some advice as to the best way to get rid of these horrible little parasites,and any aftercare other than the obvious.

Thanks

Royboy

[scothunter 12,609]

Ive just collected a silver jill that has walked into someones kitchen frightening the crap out of all that live there,and fair enough,although they werent even sure if what they had caught was a ferret, they did there best to make it comfortable untill i could pick it up.The poor bugger is underweight and covered in ticks some of which i have been able to remove with a tool i fetched from the local pet shop and although i have kept ferrets on and off for over thirty years this is only the second time i have had to deal with ticks.Do any of you have some advice as to the best way to get rid of these horrible little parasites,and any aftercare other than the obvious.

Thanks

Royboy

 

if you got that tool for removing them mate then thats it.

[Kay 3,709]

Have a look at the BADA link on my sig .. it tells you all about ticks

[Jamie m 668]

I got frontline spray and rather than rubing it all over the ferret as it's to strong I put a bit in the lid then dab a cotton wool bud in the frontline and then put it directly on the tiks , I did also read that cider apple vinegar is good for them

Edited September 8, 2010 by Jamie m

[Ideation 8,216]

Frontline spray mate, massage it into the skin and fur with a pair of rubber gloves, make sure you get behind the ears and between the toes. Remove any big obvious ones with the tick remover you have got. Should work with one spray, they all should drop off in a day or so, but if not try again. Obviously watch you dont get it in her eyes or mouth etc. For after care, just make sure she got plenty food and water, somewhere dry to sleep and monitor her.

 

Obviously keep her apart from any other animals.

 

Hope that sorts it.

 

Jai.

[asha 48]

on dogs we just pick of the ones u can.then some place that sells frontline should be able to get the same for cat ferrets ad think.pets at home sells it.

[pistolpete 4]

Ive just collected a silver jill that has walked into someones kitchen frightening the crap out of all that live there,and fair enough,although they werent even sure if what they had caught was a ferret, they did there best to make it comfortable untill i could pick it up.The poor bugger is underweight and covered in ticks some of which i have been able to remove with a tool i fetched from the local pet shop and although i have kept ferrets on and off for over thirty years this is only the second time i have had to deal with ticks.Do any of you have some advice as to the best way to get rid of these horrible little parasites,and any aftercare other than the obvious.

Thanks

Royboy

 

if you got that tool for removing them mate then thats it.

 

i've found that tom o tick works brilliantly, got them from local vets for a fiver.

[RaiderBoy 19]

those frontline spot on serynge things worked for me i used the cat ones and shared on treatment for a cat between three ferrets make sure you put it on the back of the head in between the ears becaue you would be supprised what a ferret can reach on its own body

 

Richard

[terrier s 123]

i use the tom o tic tool and frontline

[Guest fence_hopper]

frontline kills them straight away. no matter how many they have

[Ideation 8,216]

frontline kills them straight away. no matter how many they have

 

 

Aye and takes about 400 years less time and hassle than trying to pull them all off. . . . . .. and you cant accidently leave head in.

[royboy 5]

Thanks for the help lads and lasses,im off to get some front line tomorrow

Royboy

[masterhunter 3]

Ive just collected a silver jill that has walked into someones kitchen frightening the crap out of all that live there,and fair enough,although they werent even sure if what they had caught was a ferret, they did there best to make it comfortable untill i could pick it up.The poor bugger is underweight and covered in ticks some of which i have been able to remove with a tool i fetched from the local pet shop and although i have kept ferrets on and off for over thirty years this is only the second time i have had to deal with ticks.Do any of you have some advice as to the best way to get rid of these horrible little parasites,and any aftercare other than the obvious.

Thanks

Royboy

 

Go to the chemist and get a bottle of surgical spirit massage all over the tick areas and they will drop off in no time. Ticks actually breathe through their skin an old south african remedy is to cover the tick with vaseline which suffocates it and it drops out. Ive done this on my horses nose which was absolutely covered it worked a treat.

regards masterhunter

[Kay 3,709]

Ive just collected a silver jill that has walked into someones kitchen frightening the crap out of all that live there,and fair enough,although they werent even sure if what they had caught was a ferret, they did there best to make it comfortable untill i could pick it up.The poor bugger is underweight and covered in ticks some of which i have been able to remove with a tool i fetched from the local pet shop and although i have kept ferrets on and off for over thirty years this is only the second time i have had to deal with ticks.Do any of you have some advice as to the best way to get rid of these horrible little parasites,and any aftercare other than the obvious.

Thanks

Royboy

 

Go to the chemist and get a bottle of surgical spirit massage all over the tick areas and they will drop off in no time. Ticks actually breathe through their skin an old south african remedy is to cover the tick with vaseline which suffocates it and it drops out. Ive done this on my horses nose which was absolutely covered it worked a treat.

regards masterhunter

 

the problem with covering them in petroleum jelly is they regurgitate there stomach contents right back into the host .. so if the ticks infected then its likely you infect the host with one of the tick borne diseases

[born ferreter 1]

Ive just collected a silver jill that has walked into someones kitchen frightening the crap out of all that live there,and fair enough,although they werent even sure if what they had caught was a ferret, they did there best to make it comfortable untill i could pick it up.The poor bugger is underweight and covered in ticks some of which i have been able to remove with a tool i fetched from the local pet shop and although i have kept ferrets on and off for over thirty years this is only the second time i have had to deal with ticks.Do any of you have some advice as to the best way to get rid of these horrible little parasites,and any aftercare other than the obvious.

Thanks

Royboy

 

i use vasaleen when my ferret get ticks, smover the tick in it and it will simply drop off within 2 days