ticks on ferret

[Guest lamper/gatherer]

checked my ferret earlier,hes picked up a few ticks since our last trip.whats the best way of removing them.i normally just rip em off with eyebrow tweezers,sometimes leaves bits in though,perhaps you guys/girls do it a better way.?

[mole catcher 1]

As ticks breath through their humps ive found the best way is to put a blob of vasolene so it covers them and when they die they drop off no messing. cheap and harmless

[Hob&Jill 258]

I spray em with Bob Martin or something like that, cant remember the name.

 

Went to the vets a few weeks ago a brought a tick picker though, was only 30p so thought I would get one, they any good?

[Guest JRTman]

The O Tom tick picker is a good tool .I use Teatree oil on the feckers it seems to be effective either spotted out of the bottle or dabbed on with a cotton bud.

[Hob&Jill 258]

O Tom, thats the one I got Got 1 big one and a smaller 1.

[dougie_s410k 1]

tick pickers work well .... check there ears too as they seem to hang around in there frequently.you can use frontline on them from the vets or the flea and tick vials monthly....they work well.

[Ossie 11]

As ticks breath through their humps ive found the best way is to put a blob of vasolene so it covers them and when they die they drop off no messing. cheap and harmless

 

yup, i do that too, on all my critters, the rare occasions they get ticks. works a treat!

[OldTrapCollector 377]

checked my ferret earlier,hes picked up a few ticks since our last trip.whats the best way of removing them.i normally just rip em off with eyebrow tweezers,sometimes leaves bits in though,perhaps you guys/girls do it a better way.?

 

I would not try to pick off a tick as the mouth parts will be left inside your ferret's skin to fester. Any alcohol such as methylated spirits should be painted over the tick, within a couple of small applications the tick should quickly die and in doing so will extract himself from his host, leaving no imbedded parts.

 

An application of antiseptic cream or ointment after the tick has gone will stop any infection at the wound site.

 

OTC

[Guest kiya]

if you have any flea spray, spray a bit on a cotton bud and then rub the cotton bud on the tic.

Tic will fall off in a couple of days, and also if you had any fleas youve killed them as well..

 

HTH

[Kay 3,709]

have got rid of ticks using frontline

[scotty3968 0]

YOU CAN TWIST TICKS OF ANTICLOCKWISE,,,OR IVE USED VASELINE TO SUFFOCATE THEM.

[paulus 26]

the old aftershave you granny got you for christmas works well. makes them smell ok as well.

Edited March 7, 2007 by paulus

[Eggy 0]

Has been covered....Vaseline or nail polsh is a no no

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...wtopic=5297&hl=

 

Cheers

 

Eggy

[earthdog dai 75]

i bought a tick remover from pets at home a couple of years ago- use it for ferrets and terrier is really good! just slides under tick and pulls tick and legs etc out without any fuss

[Guest lamper/gatherer]

i bought a tick remover from pets at home a couple of years ago- use it for ferrets and terrier is really good! just slides under tick and pulls tick and legs etc out without any fuss

found a small animal spot on,used for rats,rabbits,etc,only £1.50 lasts 3 month made by bob martin.