Poor Spud the dog he has a tick in his eyebrow, and we cant find the O’Tom Tick Twister.
We’ve searched high and low, to no avail, we are sure we’ve put it somewhere safe! But where? Worryingly, Spud has only been in our field of late, we’ve never had ticks before, but we did have sheep grazing last Autumn, maybe that is where they’ve appeared from.
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Benjy had one this weekend too! If you can’t find tick remover, smoother the tick in Vaseline as this will suffocate the tick & it will then fall off a few hours later. I have used this method before although I was camping at the time & was sure I would see the thing fall off & dispose of it; I never did find it & then had to spend the night in the van with dog & a dead tick somewhere!! I was quite itchy that night funnily enough!
You’re very technical about tick removal! The method of choice in Manitoba is to grab, twist, and pull. Plan B could involve a hot match to the tick’s bottom to get it into reverse gear. If you’re of the scholarly bent, freeze and package the corpse to send to the prof at U of Manitoba who’s studying the little blighters. If not, an unceremonious dispatch. Regardless of technique – ick – awful creatures. Are they even part of a food chain?
I’m not a fan of unnecessary chemicals for everything, but we use Frontline or similar when spring comes. It keeps our “Coffee” clean, otherwise he is like tick magnet, because springers like to stick their head(or half of their
body) to every bush. Although we used to use alcohol, Vaseline etc to remove them, it’s not recommended anymore. If you have no tool, put some gloves grab the tick from nearest part to skin, twist and pull trying not to leave the head inside. If something goes wrong don’t worry; I believe ticks are more dangerous for human, dogs tolerate them. Coffee had one in same place last year and he had a hairless spot there for a few months after removing it. Good luck
Oooohh,love hearing about tick removal..I think max might have one…
We have had an early year for ticks. They are horrible things. The dog has to have frontline, or he would be covered in them. Our previous dog actually had Lymes’. They think from a tick. Nothing to fool with…..
We’ve topped up Spud’s ‘Frontline’ too ( a licence to print money!)
Very sorry I don;t understand. My Vet told me that this treatment stopped working a while ago. My way of dealing with ticks is to make sure you can see the little sods very clearly with magnifying glass or decent spectacles and then http://www.bada-uk.org/defence/removal/removaltweezers.php .
This might explain the bald patches on doggy.
sorry if i’m being rude.
Ticks give me the heebie jeebies! It doesn’t look like a disease-carrying deer tick, but I still hope you can get rid of it soon for Spud’s sake. Or your own…those heebie jeebies and all.
Job done…
Oh dear, poor Spud indeed! xx
Don’t know if it would work on dogs, but a hill-walking friend swears by tea tree oil – he drips it on ticks and they explode (or something less dramatic, but equally useful). I know it deters and kills head lice, calms mosquito bites, stops midge bites from itching (a big plus in Scotland!), all from personal experience, but I’d check with a vet before trying something new on Spud.
Ignore the above – two minutes on google has revealed that tea tree oil can be toxic to dogs and cats.
In the days when I used to smoke and lived in tick country, a lighted cigarette end was an infallible tick remover.
Toot, we just couldn’t take a lighted anything so close to Spud’s eyes.
Poor Spud. Hope you can get him some relief soon.
Well thank you all for your comments, I can report the tick has been safely removed (following trip to pet pet shop, for replacement removal gadget)
We ignored advice to then flush the tick down the loo, as we have a septic tank, it would have brought the tick, straight back to field). Be assured it has been cremated!
For next time a dab of methylated spirits is very effective.
Oh misery. I’m glad the job is done and that no springers were injured in the making of this post. Wretched things, ticks.
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Blimey, is it that time of year already?
Hating tics….
We’ve not had a problem with them here before 😦
diversification we don’t need…