found a sick tic on each of my ferrets

[csme55ex 2]

found one tic on each of my ferrets today the sick little things geting one of them things off the vets tommorow to get the buggers off them . you know where your ferrets bedding whats the best thing to keep tics away hay or straw ? iv been told its straw

[Kay 3,709]

I use shredded paper as bedding , if you use straw get the treated stuff from a pet shop rather than off the local farm

[diggermad 154]

hi mate use hay or shreded paper straw keeps mites if your ferrets get ticks get some surgical spirit with a pipet and put a drop on the tick dont rub it injust leave it and it will drop off cheers DM

[will.f11 24]

never had a problem with straw from our farm. Or hay in the winter as its more insulating. In the summer i usually just use woodshavings though. A thick layer on the bottom ( a few inches) is fine

[csme55ex 2]

hi mate use hay or shreded paper straw keeps mites if your ferrets get ticks get some surgical spirit with a pipet and put a drop on the tick dont rub it injust leave it and it will drop off cheers DM

[/quot yer thats what im using now hay ..... what is surgical spirit with a pipet sorry im thick

[Kay 3,709]

[/quot yer thats what im using now hay ..... what is surgical spirit with a pipet sorry im thick

 

Just get your tick picker tomorrow safer to use that

[Brimmer 220]

A dropper like used in eardrops is a pippet. Give it a drop of diesel, white spirit, and it will drop off in a short while.

[will.f11 24]

rub vaselene on it. it suffocates and falls off on its own. My uncle is a vet and taught me lol

[Kay 3,709]

Correct Tick Removal

How a tick is removed is extremely important. Incorrect removal can result in:

The tick's mouth parts being left behind in the skin.

Compression of the tick's abdomen.

Puncture of the tick's body.

Injury and stress to the tick.

These in turn can result in localised infection from foreign bodies and the introduction of infective organisms from the tick's stomach contents and saliva.

 

Leaving behind the tick's mouth parts can result in septic abscesses which, in severe cases, can lead to septicaemia.

 

Compressing the tick's abdomen can cause its stomach contents to be squeezed back into the blood stream of its host.

 

Puncturing the body of the tick can spill its stomach contents, which may contain infective organisms.

 

Causing injury or stress to the tick can result in it regurgitating the blood meal that it has ingested. This may contain infective organisms and result in the host contracting a serious infection/s.

 

Stress to the tick can result from applying solutions such as alcohol, aftershave, oils / butter, paraffin or petroleum jelly. It can also result from applying a freezing agent or burning the tick with a cigarette, lighter, or match head.

 

These methods might be successful in getting a tick to release its grip, but they can also significantly increase the chances of disease transmission.

 

 

There are only two safe ways to remove an attached tick:

With Fine-tipped Tweezers

With a Tick-removal Tool

 

 

The best way to avoid contracting a tick-borne disease is to avoid tick attachment in the first place. For simple preventative measures, see our Top Ten Tips, and to keep pets safe, see our Tick Prevention page.

Quick links Buy the O'Tom Tick Twister Preventing tick bites Find out all about ticks

 

 

Taken from the bada uk site

[Brimmer 220]

Horrible little buggers! Never tried the vaseline on them, but makes sense.

[sikastag_1 689]

good thing for ferret bedding is the beds greyhound men use in their kennel i get my dad to get me it a big massive bag for £7 and it lasts months well worth it.

[Brimmer 220]

Hang on! Injury and stress to the tick? Don't really care about that! Never seen a russel scream and whimper as much as mine with a tick stuck just above his tail, on his arse end! Thought my hands were about to be taken off! The diesel and white spirit works. not had anything go down with any other symptons.

[Guest ferret feller]

kay why would you not want to cause stress too the tick

[Kay 3,709]

kay why would you not want to cause stress too the tick

 

Think logically Willie stress to the tick causes it to spew the contents its lovingly sucked from the host back into the it, if the ticks infected thats the point the host CAN become infected with one of the blood bourne diseases they can carry

 

Simple aint it

[Guest ferret feller]

"sucked from the host back into the it,"

 

think logically kay