ferret with a tick

[tomas 9]

I have found a tick on my ferret near her head. I have pulled it out with twezers with out thinking but I think I have left some parts in. Can someone give me some advice I use cat spot on for them. I will be bathing her wound in salt water. Any advice would be great ta tom

[Froudy 40]

I would be careful putting cat spot on, the vet put it on a mates cat once and put to much on and it killed the cat, strong stuff

 

Atb

 

Froudy

[tomas 9]

What I should I use itis what I was told to use. Any ideas on how to get thr rest of the tick out?

[The one 8,477]

Its to late now but when you pulled it out if you had of sat in in your palm you would of seen if you had got it all out

[tomas 9]

Ok what should I do now then? Its the first time iv had a problem with them

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

I would not pull them out, i cover the tick in vaseline. It smothers them so they let go, so no head left in. Might take an hour or so but it will work.

[tomas 9]

Iv ordered a remover now just needing to now what I need to do now

[Rake aboot 4,935]

I would not pull them out, i cover the tick in vaseline. It smothers them so they let go, so no head left in. Might take an hour or so but it will work.

 

Here we go,, !

 

Do not listen to the above advise for fecks sake,,

 

Have a read here

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/236511-ferrets-and-ticks/

 

As for now,, just keep the area clean and look for signs of infection. Use a mild antiseptic cream on the area where the head was left in.

 

And read the above for future events.

[tomas 9]

I have read the above link that is why I have now ordered a tick tool. I have bathed it in salt water and will do for the next week or so. Would sudicream work? Also would you advise a trip to the vets tomorrow it was them that sugested the tweezers

[smiffie23 67]

insect bite cream works when they are in your leg cos thats what i did years ago and it fell off,i spotted it after driving 100 odd miles to go fishng so when no one knew what to do i covered it in it and went fishing ,end of the day let dog out of the car for a pee and it brushed it off, anti,s at the docs just in case..

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

I would not pull them out, i cover the tick in vaseline. It smothers them so they let go, so no head left in. Might take an hour or so but it will work.

 

Here we go,, !

 

Do not listen to the above advise for fecks sake,,

 

Have a read here

 

http://www.thehuntin...rets-and-ticks/

 

As for now,, just keep the area clean and look for signs of infection. Use a mild antiseptic cream on the area where the head was left in.

 

And read the above for future events.

[Rake aboot 4,935]

I would not pull them out, i cover the tick in vaseline. It smothers them so they let go, so no head left in. Might take an hour or so but it will work.

 

Here we go,, !

 

Do not listen to the above advise for fecks sake,,

 

Have a read here

 

http://www.thehuntin...rets-and-ticks/

 

As for now,, just keep the area clean and look for signs of infection. Use a mild antiseptic cream on the area where the head was left in.

 

And read the above for future events.

 

 

I know loads of people that do this on their dogs, ferrets etc.

 

http://www.dogster.c...h/thread/708746

 

What this does, is stress the tick by suffocating it, this can cause the tick to void it`s contents back into the host, increasing the risk of infection and transmition of disease.

 

The way I always put it is like this,

 

would you do the same if your child had a tick ? Nope,, then don`t do it just because it`s a ferret.

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

Read your link. Fair play learned something there, i have used vaseline before and after reading that i wont be again. I look after my animals 100% but did not realise that although it comes off it can infect your animal, so as i say wont be using it again.

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Good man,, it`s just fair to the ferrets that you minimise the risk.

 

As to the OP, just keep it clean and I`m sure it will be fine, buying an otom is a must with dogs and ferrets,

 

Theres plenty good info on here, but you have to watch out for some funny ideas,, vaseline is a common one, but is far from the worst, there are a few on here that use lit fags, glue, petrol ! you name it.. common sense is all you need

 

ATB

[B.P.R 2,798]

got an o'tom tick remover for a fiver at a fair. seen the damage these ticks can do and wifes uncle contracted lymes desease from a tick!

 

use this remover only once but its in the tool box should i need it. then im safe in the knowledge ive removed it correctly.

 

heres the tick remover on the BADA website. 5.50 posted for peace of mind

 

http://www.bada-uk.org/products/tick_products.php