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Cats and ticks

sparkle_23 · 2014-01-20 00:12:34

Hey my sister has just text me saying that she thinks she found on tick on one of my cats in Ireland. Sparkle keeps rubbing it off stuff and tryin to scratch it. What's the treatment do they have to go to the vet or is there anything she or my mam can do? I'm so worried bout her! I don't know if my parents will bring her…

20-01-2014 1:12am

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sparkle_23

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Hey my sister has just text me saying that she thinks she found on tick on one of my cats in Ireland. Sparkle keeps rubbing it off stuff and tryin to scratch it. What's the treatment do they have to go to the vet or is there anything she or my mam can do? I'm so worried bout her! I don't know if my parents will bring her to the vet

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#2 20-01-2014 2:12am

SillyMangoX

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You can take them out without going to the vet, get a tweezers, grab as close to the cat as possible, twist and pull! Just make sure that the tick came out whole and the mouth isn't embedded into the cats skin, then treat with something like frontline spot on to prevent more ticks from attaching. Always hate finding ticks they creep me out more than fleas for some reason!!

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