TICKS!!

sandi_84 said:
Both smothering them in any substance and pulling them out can result in them regurgitating their stomach contents possibly resulting in Lymes disease so please don't do either!
Wait for them to drop of naturally and get some stuff from the vet, I use spot on for sheep (recommended and given by my vet), you use a very small amount dribbled down their backs and it lasts for a month. Ticks don't come near my horse now since I've used it and he was getting eaten alive before and then taking chunks out of himself trying to scratch them :(
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Letting them drop off naturally is the quickest way to spread Lyme's disease - they need to be got off BEFORE they have had their fill of blood. The longer they are on the animal or human the more likely they are to spread disease.

Anyone ever used a basic pyrethrum fly spray?
 
Tnavas said:
Letting them drop off naturally is the quickest way to spread Lyme's disease - they need to be got off BEFORE they have had their fill of blood. The longer they are on the animal or human the more likely they are to spread disease.
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Oh :o That's what I was told :o I still wouldn't cover them in anything though and I'd be very careful of getting them off without squeezing them.

Tnavas said:
A tick whisperer!!! :D
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Ha ha! :D
 
sandi_84 said:
We use 10ml drizzled along their backs and it works really well :)
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Be VERY careful using 'pour on' on horses - we had one pony accidently get sprayed with it and it blistered her back dreadfully - she was a coloured pony and all her white areas were affected so it may also be related to the colour of the underneath skin which in this case was pink
 
Tnavas said:
Be VERY careful using 'pour on' on horses - we had one pony accidently get sprayed with it and it blistered her back dreadfully - she was a coloured pony and all her white areas were affected so it may also be related to the colour of the underneath skin which in this case was pink
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We've got a little plastic measuring syringe thingmajig so we can't accidentally put on too much ;) It gets measured and then dripped along their backs in a line :) Neither of ours have had a bad reaction to it.
 
sandi_84 said:
We've got a little plastic measuring syringe thingmajig so we can't accidentally put on too much ;) It gets measured and then dripped along their backs in a line :) Neither of ours have had a bad reaction to it.
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I think it had much to do with the pink skin - I know that some horses can be photosensitive after being wormed with the mectin wormers and I think that this was a topical reaction
 
I love the tick removers - very satisfying unscrewing the little blighters out!

As others have said please don't try to just pull them out with tweezers etc as you run the risk of leaving the head in there. Also don't 'panic' the tick by suffocating it etc as it will regurgitate its innards into the animal leading at best to a stinking great abscess!

Just to add - my experience with ticks is with cats and dogs as a SA RVN - I have yet to encounter the little suckers in an equine capacity, but the basic rules still stand. :)
 
I use pour on, but for ticks I have to mix 10mls pour on with 500 mls warm water shake and sponge all over. But it only lasts 2 weeks. For lice ect it will last 4-6 weeks and just pour 10 mls down back. But for ticks I've tried everything and this is only thing works for me.
Why is there not a horse product on the market for ticks its 2013 and we have to use sheep and cattle products. Ticks are awful
 
My stepdaughter pulled one off her leg tonight on the way home after we walked the horse round the fields. Will be telling her mum to contact doctor as not sure what to do in the case of humans? Haven't noticed any on our mare yet but get the odd one on the dog; what is the best deterrent for dogs?
 
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