Please help. The little fella currently appears to be.....

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..... a hotel for tics :( :( :(.
Last night we were having a cuddle and as I was stroking him I felt some lumps on him. I moved his fur and found a tic. I searched throw his coat and I pulled around 50 tics off Charlie Brown :eek: and those who know how small he is know thats a hell of alot of tics to pull off him.
He still has loads more on him but they are to small to pull off :(.
What I was wondering is there anyway to stop the tics getting on him? Is there anything out there that actualy works? Or is it best to just keep pulling them off when they get big enough :confused:
Also I was wondering if he could get ill from the tics. A friends horse died of Lymes desiese (sp?) due to tics. Can dogs get that? I'm just so worried about him and realy don't know what to do. Please help. :(
 
You can get tick collars from the vets - they really work well. Horrid creatures, can't stand 'em:mad: You need a proper one from the vets though, not a rubbish one from the pet shop as these don't work so well.

Henry had a Scalibor one a couple of years ago and didn't get a single tick all summer:)
 
Thanks guys.
Spudlet I'll deff enquire about the collar sounds like they are fantastic :D I hate tics. They are such horrid things. My OH has a go at me for pulling them off as he hates the sight of them.
 
You really should remove them all as best you can. Theres little gadgets you can get in any pet shop or vets that removes the tick properly. Most times when you pull them off leaves their mouthpiece still in the animal and pretty much acts like an open door for infection. These gadgets slide under them and lift the tick off...mouthpiece intact. Should only be a few pounds.
Your best bet is to then go to a vet and pick up a good flea and tick treatment. This will be better once all the ticks have been removed. It should deter from new ticks latching on to him too. Agree with the above statements about the collars, definitely pick up a decent one from vets and not a pet shop.
Dogs can get lymes disease too, along with others (learnt this in college but cant for the life of me remember!) so just keep an eye on him in the future and take off any as soon as you see them. Long grassy areas are more prone to having ticks so give him a good going over if hes been in grassy areas of the park or fields.
Hope this helps somewhat and that he gets sorted soon :)
 
http://www.otom.com/how-to-remove-a-tick

This is the tool I think you are referring to for tick removal......can't stress enough how important it is to remove the ENTIRE tick; not to smother it with vaseline or anything else as they tend to vomit in their death throes and that is when they infect their carrier with the lymes disease. Apologies to anyone eating dinner! :D
 
omggg please tell me you used a tick remover :o

little green things you twist and then gently pulll

else you leave the head in and cause infection???

little trip to the vet me thinks - whether you did or not!... thats a lot of ticks! :o
 
Thanks guys.
gunnergundog thanks for the link I've never seen those before I'll deff have to try and get one. :)

NeverSayNever I'll ask about advantix thanks :)

noodle_ I don't use a tic remover but I pull them in the same way by twisting them round and round then gently pulling them out. Thats how I was taught to pull them otherwise as you say you leave the head in. Then I squash the little buggers or drown them. Yuck I hate them so much. I'll deff get one of those remover thingys though they look very good then I hardly have to touch the things :D
 
The hooks are great, you get them from the vets too (you can get them online, but some things you need straight away and something that stops you having to touch ticks is among those things, I reckon):)

ETA I burn the little sods...
 
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