how to remove atick from a dog?

Answer 1

Tweezers are the best option. To keep the dog from getting ticks, I've found Frontline to be true to their advertising.

Answer 2

Your dog have ticks? Man, I have one big Golden Reciever. It get ticks everywhere we go and everywhere we go!!!! I got this simple procedures than just burn it or twist it. Boy, you don't want to go there....Just follow this then your dog will get healthy 100%. No, 125.728432% sure it will work!

1. Using a pair of pointed precision tweezers, grasp the tick by the head or mouth parts where it enters the skin. DO NOT grasp the tick by the body.

Etched or rasped fine-point tweezers may not be effective in removing deer ticks. Choose unrasped fine-point tweezers whose tips align tightly when pressed firmly together.

2. With a slow, smooth motion, pull firmly and steadily outward. DO NOT twist the tick. DO NOT apply petroleum jelly, a hot match, alcohol or any other irritant to the tick. This can cause the tick to burrow more deeply, and expel more bacteria into the blood.

3. Place the tick in a jar of alcohol to kill it.

4. Clean the wound with disinfectant. Monitor the bite for a rash for three to 30 days. Be alert for other symptoms of Lyme disease. If a rash or other early symptoms develop, see a physician immediately.

Answer 3

1. Using a pair of pointed precision tweezers, grasp the tick by the head or mouth parts where it enters the skin. DO NOT grasp the tick by the body.

Etched or rasped fine-point tweezers may not be effective in removing deer ticks. Choose unrasped fine-point tweezers whose tips align tightly when pressed firmly together.

2. With a slow, smooth motion, pull firmly and steadily outward. DO NOT twist the tick. DO NOT apply petroleum jelly, a hot match, alcohol or any other irritant to the tick. This can cause the tick to burrow more deeply, and expel more bacteria into the blood.

3. Place the tick in a jar of alcohol to kill it.

4. Clean the wound with disinfectant. Monitor the bite for a rash for three to 30 days. Be alert for other symptoms of Lyme disease. If a rash or other early symptoms develop, see a physician immediately.

Answer 4

The best way is to get tweezers and while your dog is busy with something else so he won't move a away (maybe a little peanut butter smeared on the floor) grasp the tick with the tweezers as close to the skin as you can then pull it straight out. Also it may be a good idea to put the tick in a empty pill conatainer and take it to your vet to be sure it doesn't have Lyme or Rocky Mountain Spotted feaver. There are also these things I saw at my vets office I am not sure what they are called but they are supposed to be these things that make it eaiser to pull the tick out

Answer 5

Ok, this is so easy people should know this. I have horses and it works every time. get some alcohol. (no not beer. lol) put a cap full of the alcohol over the tick and hold it there. It will kill the tick and you can take it right off. It will take only a couple of minutes. The tick dies and lets go of the dog. Then I like to add that little foot stomp on the sucker when I'm done.

Answer 6

Take a magnifying glass, and a pair of tweezers, and spread the hair, and make sure that you put the tweezers as close to the skin as you can get them. You need to get the head of the tick out or it can burrow deeper into the skin, even after the rest of it is gone. Pull straight out the way the tick is in the skin. The best thing to do is to take it to the vet to make sure that all of the tick is removed. Good luck.

Answer 7

How to remove a tick
How to safely remove a tick from your pet.

Difficulty Level: easy Time Required: 5 minutes



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Here's How:
Use latex exam gloves to examine your pet for ticks. Examine using good lighting.
Check your pet daily for ticks by thoroughly feeling for any lumps under the hair. Pay close attention to ears, around face, eyes, legs, and belly.
Ticks will range in size from the size of a sesame seed to the size of a fingernail (engorged).
When is tick is found embedded in the skin, use a fine pointed tweezers at the point of attachment, and grasp firmly. Remember to wear latex gloves when doing this.
Using slow, steady, and firm traction, pull the tick straight out from the skin.
Cleanse the skin with mild soap and water.
If part of the tick breaks off, you can try to remove it as you would a splinter, but it is probably best to leave it alone. The body will 'eject' it in time.
Place the tick in a jar of alcohol, noting the date, in case of future illness. Tick identification and location of tick infestation will be important.

Tips:
Do NOT use a match or caustic materials to try to smother the tick or get the tick to 'back out'. This doesn't work, and may be causing the tick to regurgitate more saliva (and potential pathogens) into the skin.
Talk to your vet about effective tick control (spray, powder, spot-on, or collar) for your pet.
Check pet daily, especially in the spring when ticks are most common

Answer 8

Well, one thing you *never* want to do is try to pull it out with a pair of tweezers because there's a chance it will leave the head embedded under the skin. Ticks breathe thru their bodies, so slather it with Vaseline or cover it with nail polish, this will give the tick no choice but to let go. As soon as it's dropped off, you may want to take the dog and the tick to the vet and have them tested for Lyme Disease, which is deadly to both animals and humans.

Answer 9

No you do want to remove it, get some needle nose plyers and grab it by the head of the tick, pull and twist at the same time. Get a plastic bag and put the tick in there, if the dog gets sick bring the TICK to the vet to have them test it. Leaving a sick tick on a dog will only make your dog sicker.

Answer 10

I just read in an e-mail that if you put liquid soap on a cotton ball and then apply the cotton ball to the tick and wait for just a few seconds; that when you remove the cotton ball the tick will come with it. I don't know if it works but they said many have tried it and it works very well.