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A Tick??

  • 28-06-2012 8:09pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭


    I just pulled something out of my dogs skin.It was quite flatish and an oval shape,quite featureless also if that makes any sense.
    There was some green gunk stuck on the end of it when i pulled it out and there is now a red mark and a bump on the dog where it was.There is no discharge though from the site.
    I put some germoline on the dog because its up under her neck,she won't be able to lick it off.
    If anybody has an idea what it was or if I need to do any thing else all advice will be gratefully accepted. :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    It sounds like you pulled a tick out of the dog but left the head behind, this can become infected so you need to keep a close eye on it. Tick also carry diseases and its very important that you don't squeeze the contents of the tick back into the dog. There's a bit of a knack to removing them, you need to twist it as you remove them to make sure you get the head and mouth parts. If you aren't confident doing it the best option is a spot on treatment which kills them and they drop off a week or so later when they die.


  • Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Salt001


    That sounds totally horrible,my poor furry baby,thanks a million for the advice. :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Salt001


    Just had a bit of a google on the whole world of ticks,wish I hadn't bothered now.
    It was quite stomach churning.
    I'm never taking my dog out again :eek:.
    Well not really but we live in the country and there are very few routes where we dont have to jump into the verge if a car comes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭ladyjuicy08


    What color was it? Spotted few reddy brown bugs on my cats past few days brought to vet tonight who have treated them with advocate . But they checked them over couldn't see anything on them no fleas no bugs I don't know what it is. I noticed another when I got home.


  • Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Salt001


    What color was it? Spotted few reddy brown bugs on my cats past few days brought to vet tonight who have treated them with advocate . But they checked them over couldn't see anything on them no fleas no bugs I don't know what it is. I noticed another when I got home.

    It was a pale beige colour.But I think some ticks can be reddish brown.
    Have a google but I wouldn't bother having your supper first :) .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    Salt001 wrote: »
    It was a pale beige colour.But I think some ticks can be reddish brown.
    Have a google but I wouldn't bother having your supper first :) .
    They change in colour and size as they feed off the animals blood, I'm sure you really didn't want to know that though! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭ladyjuicy08


    Do ticks move cos this thing legged it yet vet couldn't find anything


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    Do ticks move cos this thing legged it yet vet couldn't find anything

    Not once they have latched on.


  • Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Salt001


    They change in colour and size as they feed off the animals blood, I'm sure you really didn't want to know that though! :D

    Yeah I gathered that from the google :D .
    Waaay to much information :D.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭ladyjuicy08


    Not once they have latched on.
    I dunno what this thing is den ... I thought mite been from chick crumb I use as litter bt went thru tays can't see anything hopefully this advantage stuff will work cos ewwwwwwwwww


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  • Registered Users Posts: 20 teflonchest


    Fleas and Ticks are always a problem when you have a cat or Dog at home. There is nothing to worry. You can get Flea Treatment easily. There are a lot of names like Frontline, which specialize in Flea/Ticks treatment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    The thing about ticks is that they only stay on the host animal three days then drop off replete. By the time we see them it is usually two days and any damage eg infection will already be done.

    ie they are tiny when empty and that is when they attach. They crawl rather than run, Have had them on me also and not pleasant.
    Like minute spiders.

    We lived many years among sheep fields and the cats used to come in with up to 20 a day. I got used to pulling them out with fingers. You can feel them letting go. But sometimes some would get missed ( long hair on cats) and just drop off. And no they cannot run so if it ran it is not a tick.

    The cats are so good with stuff like that.

    Only once did one attach to one of the dogs, but that is understandable as the cats roam.

    NB we do not use chemicals, as the cats lick each other... We tried once but even when safe it made no difference. Easier to do it by hand

    Horrible things and a relief to be in cattle country where there are no ticks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    The literature has changed in regard to tick removal according to the lyme disease research centre, its recommended you pull the tick straight out without twisting, if you twist you have more of w chance of crushing the tick thus spreading disease. Once the body is removed from the mouth it no longer transmits disease, and the chance of getting an infection is quite low from a mouth part


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    The best way I have found is to use the O'Tom Tick twisters, they look like small crowbars and you slide them under the tick and just twist.
    The tick comes away with the mouth attached and nothing squeezes the tick body.


  • Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭noddyone2


    Get 'Advantage' or similar from the chemist or vet. Easy to apply (back of the neck), lasts a few months. Ticks can spread Lyme disease to humans. Always amazes me to see people walking in the hills wearing shorts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    noddyone2 wrote: »
    Get 'Advantage' or similar from the chemist or vet. Easy to apply (back of the neck), lasts a few months. Ticks can spread Lyme disease to humans. Always amazes me to see people walking in the hills wearing shorts.


    At the last count, Lyme was being caught from deer ticks not farm sheep ticks.

    With us it was sheep ticks.

    We try not to use chemicals/toxins on our critters. Also, our two groom each other.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,596 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    The literature has changed in regard to tick removal according to the lyme disease research centre
    Would you have a link to this info SillyMango? It makes more sense to me to twist and not pull, but would be interested to read the latest news on it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX




  • Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Salt001


    I'm just going to check her every day when we come back for our walks.
    This is the second time she had one on her and both times they were totally flat so I'm hoping that they hadn't been on her that long.
    She gets a whole lot of attention and petting and has a short coat so I reckon we would find them quite quickly.

    I hope!!!! :).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,317 ✭✭✭HigginsJ


    Yea I found one on my cat few weeks back. Managed to remove it with a pair of tweezers and got spoton treatment from vet for it then. She was saying they are seeing alot more animals with ticks than usual this year.

    Once removed and treated your animal should be fine. We are lucky in some ways we dont have the ticks they have in Oz that cause paralysis in animals.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Salt001


    Is it only if there are sheep nearby that you get them?.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    anywhere really in long grass


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    HigginsJ wrote: »

    Once removed and treated your animal should be fine. We are lucky in some ways we dont have the ticks they have in Oz that cause paralysis in animals.
    But they do cause some serious diseases in Dogs and Horses, Tick bites can make them lame and cause them to become very lethargic.
    Plus their joints can swell.


  • Registered Users Posts: 824 ✭✭✭BullBauld


    Ok so I just pulled a tick from my dog earlier, dirty little fecker. I'm not sure if head came out too, I just got rid straight away.

    I didn't put anything on the area, should I have?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,596 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    BullBauld wrote: »
    Ok so I just pulled a tick from my dog earlier, dirty little fecker. I'm not sure if head came out too, I just got rid straight away.

    I didn't put anything on the area, should I have?
    You can put some antiseptic spray around the area and keep the hair off it if you can.If your dog is scratching some hydrocortisone will help with the itching sensation. It can take a week or more for the wound to heal over.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    anniehoo wrote: »
    You can put some antiseptic spray around the area and keep the hair off it if you can.If your dog is scratching some hydrocortisone will help with the itching sensation. It can take a week or more for the wound to heal over.

    We have always been fortunate but maybe ours just got so used to the creatures! Never any scratching so I think their thicker skin works better.

    When I have been bitten by them the itching has been ferocious. They like to attach in warm, moist places.. go figure and yes, there too :eek:.

    Our cats are longhaired here so less visible

    In that house surrounded by sheep; twice I had a tick crawl across the laptop screen while I was emailing in bed. They are rock hard and impossible to crush in their spidery state so the thing was to pick them up with a damp tissue and loo or burn them.

    The ll/farmer claimed he dipped his sheep three times a year and told us to wash ourselves when we asked re the ticks. Claimed HE never got them, but then he lived down in the village well away from them.

    Living among cattle is much healthier! Never a tick here in the 2 years. Not even in the long grass.


  • Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Salt001


    I'm keeping the furry baby away from grass outside the fields were sheep are, I'm just hoping this does the trick :D.
    Re BullBauld's post I put germoline on the bite site.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭planetX


    Salt001 wrote: »
    I'm keeping the furry baby away from grass outside the fields were sheep are, I'm just hoping this does the trick :D.
    Re BullBauld's post I put germoline on the bite site.

    Sorry, but I walk through long grass where there are no farm animals and never have been, and there are loads of ticks.
    They've never caused problems for my pets, just pull them out slowly, or use frontline spot on once a month.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    planetX wrote: »
    Sorry, but I walk through long grass where there are no farm animals and never have been, and there are loads of ticks.
    They've never caused problems for my pets, just pull them out slowly, or use frontline spot on once a month.


    That makes sense as they will seek prey of any kind that has blood. So they gather even more where there are sheep presumably?

    Yet here, where no sheep, and long grass, never a tick have I seen in two years. Maybe cattle's hide is too thick for them?


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