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went hiking with my 2 dogs today. afterwards found many small bugs crawling on their fur. Bathed them and washed away 75% of them but found some had burrowed into the skin around hair follicles. What are they? How do you treat them? Small, brownish, very smal like pepper on a plate. Thanks for your help!

2006-08-20 08:05:02 · 8 answers · asked by mooretw33 2 in Pets Dogs

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Most likely they are ticks. Get them off before they attach. Bathe the dogs again. Leave the flea shampoo on for about ten minutes. If you can, go to the pet store and buy some adams dip. Follow directions very carefully. If your dog starts to drool, become lethargic, vomit or anything like that after the dip then bathe it in dawn dishwashing liquid a few times and take it to the vet. Dips can cause reactions in a small percentage of dogs. Adams is the safest to use. Buy some frontline from your vet tomorrow and apply that. It will prevent any ticks still on the dogs from attaching. Ticks carry a variety of diseases. Some of them can be fatal. Sounds like your ticks are baby ticks. Use the dip. I don't want to panic you about the reaction but I'd be wrong not to mention it in case it happens. IT's only about a 1 in 1000 chance. Go bathe them now before the ticks get in your house and your yard. Don't forget to get the frontline first thing tomorrow. And always, always, always use frontline before going in the woods and check your dogs well when coming out. Or get a preventic collar from the vet.

2006-08-20 08:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by k9resq 3 · 0 0

Do they look almost like tiny spiders the size of a pin head? If they are burrowing into the skin, they could be deer tics. Call your vet - besides just removing them, if they are deer tics, your dogs may need to be treated with an antibiotic for the bite. The deer tics can carry Lyme's disease.

2006-08-20 08:16:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Are they not user-friendly? Do they stick their heads contained in the canines pores and skin? if so they could be ticks. There are some ideas you could eliminate them, you could take a experience and user-friendly it, blow it out, then contact them on the butt genuine quick. they're going to oftentimes pull out. yet in a special way that we've continually used is a excellent nail polish. in case you draw a circle around the malicious program, they cant deal with the fumes. they're going to pull out and attempt to run. yet in the experience that they pull out, you should grab them very very quick with tissue or they're going to re-enter the exterior. do not pull them out your self!!! The heads will detach from the body, and that is not solid. make sure you kill them via burning them or flushing them down the bathroom. they're going to enter your pores and skin to boot. Now i'm not particular if those are ticks, yet when not then you ought to take the pets to a vet.

2016-11-05 06:05:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

They r probably fleas. U can buy flea treatment at Wal Mart or maybe dollar stores. U can get flea shampoo, collars, and drops.


Hope this helps.

2006-08-20 08:37:46 · answer #4 · answered by Mutt 1 · 0 0

If they're ticks, that's very bad. If you start experiencing flu like symptoms, go to the doctors IMMEDIATELY. Get your dogs to the vet.

2006-08-20 08:14:52 · answer #5 · answered by Cookie 4 · 0 0

These are called ticks. Get your dogs to the vet immediately to get them removed. Then you will have to get them checked for Lyme disease. Good luck.

2006-08-20 08:12:40 · answer #6 · answered by venus 3 · 1 0

They are either ticks, fleas, or worse. You should see a vet for treating them.

2006-08-20 08:20:46 · answer #7 · answered by rose 1 · 0 0

maybe they're fleas. go to your vet. DUH

2006-08-20 08:11:22 · answer #8 · answered by Labrador Lover 2 · 0 0

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