tics

[Guest 1 man and hiz dog]

just went out to see the ferret and found at least eight tics on the poor little basdard

it has had them in the past but i got rid of them ive been told they can lay dorment for up to 12 months

but im not sure,lookly the ticks i just removed wast big at all only a few millimeters in size, i bought a herble

ointment but iv used it and think nothink of it ive just resorted to picking them off with tweisers but im all ways worried over infection,i would be greatful for information over tics and methods how to get rid of them and eanything eany body nows about these horrible creatures

cheers john

[dave h 1]

just went out to see the ferret and found at least eight tics on the poor little basdard

it has had them in the past but i got rid of them ive been told they can lay dorment for up to 12 months

but im not sure,lookly the ticks i just removed wast big at all only a few millimeters in size, i bought a herble

ointment but iv used it and think nothink of it ive just resorted to picking them off with tweisers but im all ways worried over infection,i would be greatful for information over tics and methods how to get rid of them and eanything eany body nows about these horrible creatures

cheers john

use the stuff called frontline for cats an dogs just put a bit on an ear bud and wipe it on tick repeat every 2 days does the job dave h

[bullsmilk 2]

tics breath through there back so if you put some vasaline on them they suffocate and fall off without leaving the head in....a risk when pulling them off.also i would bleach out there penn and burn the bedding butt make sure its rinsed out properly .....

[chartpolski 28,425]

Should never pull them off, leaves the head still embedded. Any decent pet shop sells tick powder.

Cheers.

[Guest quinny1]

Alrite mate,

In the past i have used surgical alcohol rubbed onto the ticks, if that doesnt work then vaseline is good too.

 

 

 

 

Quinny.

[DiStuRBeD 0]

dont know about over there, but here if u grab them and pull em out they can inject poison into you, which makes them itch like hellfire for weeks and weeks, i learnt the hard way and would use it aas a last resort now

[mouse 282]

touch the tik with a match that has just gone out then pull off with tweezers.this way you get the whole tick off

[Eggy 0]

Do NOT use vaseline, nail polish, alcohol, burning matches etc. etc. Then the tick dies and regurgitates its (infectious) stomach content back into the ferrets/dogs bloodstream!!!!

 

Using fine forceps grasp the tick by its head, and slowly pull it straight out. Or use frontline preventative

 

http://www.placervillevet.com/tick_remove.htm

Edited January 13, 2006 by Eggy

[Guest dondog]

Don't know if it works but a relation of mine was told to use olive oil,like somebody has already said they breath through their arse.

Open the bottle and just stick the bottle over the tic and wait for it to drown.

Don't know why it was olive oil may have just been that she lives in Italy and they eat shit loads of the crap.

My relation said she had seen it done on a horse in Italy and was told it works on any animal.

 

Maybe even water and a milk bottle will do.

 

Wouldn't use the olive oil after like.

[bullsmilk 2]

Do NOT use vaseline, nail polish, alcohol, burning matches etc. etc. Then the tick dies and regurgitates its (infectious) stomach content back into the ferrets/dogs bloodstream!!!!

 

Using fine forceps grasp the tick by its head, and slowly pull it straight out. Or use frontline preventative

dunno about that ive always been told you never pull out a tick

[Guest 1 man and hiz dog]

Do NOT use vaseline, nail polish, alcohol, burning matches etc. etc. Then the tick dies and regurgitates its (infectious) stomach content back into the ferrets/dogs bloodstream!!!!

 

Using fine forceps grasp the tick by its head, and slowly pull it straight out. Or use frontline preventative

 

http://www.placervillevet.com/tick_remove.htm

cheers eggy a very useful web site on the little basdards

john