I found a pretty big one on my cat but it was just walking on her fur.
2006-07-24 13:37:48 · 15 answers · asked by Rachel S 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Looks like a watermelon seed. When it's filled, looks like a rounded watermelon seed.
2006-07-24 13:41:36 · answer #1 · answered by Einsteinetta 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Gross! They start out small, and then get bigger as they feed more. I would guess that it has been on your cat for a while, and decided to relocate to a different part of the body. Lucky you caught it when you did, cause it is kinda a pain in the *** to get a tick off that is already stuck itself to the animal.
2006-07-24 13:42:22 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that they are the size of the head of a pin. Save the tick if you can by putting it in a plastic bag with a wet cotton ball inside. Then you can take it to the vet and have it tested for lyme disease. Good luck!
2006-07-24 13:43:25 · answer #3 · answered by dandelion86 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's small and hasn't eaten yet they look flat. and if they had some of your cat's blood it can be the size of a corn nut. Big give away is if the tick buried its head in your cats skin and all you can see is the little legs flapping about ewwww.
2006-07-24 13:43:27 · answer #4 · answered by Sydney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ticks are usually pretty small, smaller than a dime. You would know it's a tick because it would be really hard to kill.
2006-07-24 13:42:53 · answer #5 · answered by isolad1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ticks can be as small as a pin head or as big as a penny.
2006-07-24 13:41:19 · answer #6 · answered by armiki66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you know ticks can go for years without eating. That's why they drink a lot of blood and get big.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick
2006-07-24 13:41:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's kind of a red color, and very tiny...Like a pinhead...Take the tick off your pet; if it gorges on his blood, he could become very ill, and so can you...Some people use a match to disengage the tick...
2006-07-24 13:42:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They start out tiny but when filling up with blood they can grow to a size of an olive! Believe me, I know!!!!!! My husband pulled one off our old dog once and it was green and looked just like an olive! Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! He smashed it with a hammer!!!! So gross!!!!!!!! lol
2006-07-24 15:42:07 · answer #9 · answered by linback_1970 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-Small as a sand when it just entered u/ ur animal, and gets big as coffee beans.
-it really depends on which kind of tick too.
2006-07-24 13:47:39 · answer #10 · answered by KANE-O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋