Ticks advice please!

[stacey0 0]

Hi all! I've owned 3 pet ferrets for 8 years, they're house ferrets and regularly treated for fleas and parasites but ticks are a new one for me. I'm currently ferret sitting two little ladies, who are kept outdoors, and they have come to us with a hutch (not their usual hutch) which is normally just sitting out. Tonight, i noticed a tick on one of my ferrets' head, and upon checking the others, found they each had a tick (one of our guest ferrets had 3). We removed them with a tick tool, gutted the hutch and cleaned the wounds. However, as this is new to me, apart from daily checks and removal, are there any treatments i can use in case I've missed any? All of the ticks were around the head/neck area and i couldn't find any on the rest of their bodies, but i want to make sure. 

[tsteve9999 456]

I've only ever seen them on the head. Mine have had a few this year over the summer which was odd as they hadn't left the pen, I'm fairly sure they were in the hay I was using as bedding.

I think one spot kills ticks too, but I've always just pulled them

[Jax13 251]

Double check on the label but using a product like indorex (spelling may be wrong) should kill them off in the house / hutch. 

Also, have a look for some products for chicken coops that treat for things like red mite as they could also do ticks. 

 

Once the housing is sorted get a bottle of Frontline spray and treat your ferrets (make sure to cover their eyes and nose when spraying it) and that should keep them flea, tick and lice free. 

[The one 8,395]

Think it could be hay , straw as there hollow stemmed and they can hide in there unless its treated , but a passing cat , hedgehog could carry them i like to blast all cracks and crevices of the hutches on a hot summers day with the power washer and let the heat dry it out , but at this time of year its no going to dry so  if your worried spray the hutch with a aerosol can  for flies etc and treat them with frontline 

[Guest vin]

Ivermectin Spot on for poultry or pigeons... cheap as chips on fleabay.

I do pest control on a deer park a few times a year and the ferrets sometimes come out of warrens minging with the horrible little fekkers.

They soon drop off when the Ivermectin kicks in. 

[jimbo201289 162]

Frontline plus for cats and ferrets. You can buy it from pet’s at home. It’s a little expensive but after wasting a lot of money on cheaper products I may as well just bought the frontline to start with. I was having a lot of tick problems, I put this stuff on my ferret and within 24 hours he was completely tick free! It’s brilliant stuff. Think there’s enough in there for 3 treatments. 

Edited December 31, 2017 by jimbo201289

[The one 8,395]

Check aldi out they do the  the sachets for small pets only about a quid each do every second ferret and they rub it on each other in the nest box