i have found an egg like thing attached to my cats neck any idea what this could be?

Question

on closer inspection it looks embedded in his neck have tried to remove it to no avail.

tick thing is white, cream almost.frontlined him in hope that if it was a tick it would just fall off ! but it didnt !! I thought ticks were black ?

Answer 1

It sounds like a tick, is it white/grey and does it look smooth and like plastic?

Usually found around the ears or anywhere warm and dark. Get some tweezers and pull it off it. If it is a tick it will have its claws firmly in the skin.

We get them on our hedgehogs here all the time!
I dab them with DETOL after I pull them off.

Sometimes there are 25 or more on the hegdehogs I get here.

Cat ticks are specific to cats, as hedgehog ticks are also 'host specific', but the same principle applies here.

The head and body of the tick comes out all in one easily, just try to pull nearer to the skin, must be easier on a cat than a ball of spikes!

If you look at this website it tells you, to pull them out with tweezers, so I am not sure why I am getting thumbs down ratings!

It also suggests not to smother or burn them off, so you decide what is best.


http://www.lisashea.com/petinfo/articles/cat_tick.html

Answer 2

oh yuck, this sounds like it could be a tick, and there's a right and a wrong way of getting it out. Dont go for putting oil or this and that on it, that would just spread infection if it arises. It used to be suggested pulling it out in corkscrew fashion but that will only result in separating the head from the body, leaving the head imbedded under the skin. The best way is to get tweezers, get a firm (but not too hard) grip on the tick as close to the skin as possible and give a short sharp pull with a small twist as you do so. Tick should come away intact then. Do not attempt to drown it, you cant. Dont try to squish it either. It's nasty but the only way is to torch it while it's still between the tweezers. Good luck. Check the cat's neck for the next few days to make sure he didnt get an infection.

Ticks come in a variety of shades from white, cream to beige to brown to dark brown, black, even red, also blue!

Answer 3

Ticks are white until they start sucking blood and then they turn pink. Don't just pull it off because the "claws" of the tick will be left behind in your moggies skin and may infect it. Best way (apart from the obvious of taking the poor little muppet to the vet) is to gently rub methylated spirits onto and around the tick. It should give up and fall off in disgust after about 10-15mins.

Answer 4

Probably a tick, if all else fails my dad used to light a match blow it out quicky and whilst the ember was still glowing put it on the back of the tick. The heat would cause the tick to pull out it's claws.

Answer 5

A tick

Answer 6

Sounds like a grass tick. Drops stop them attaching. Won't get rid of attached ones. Vet is best person to remove. It is possible to leave the mouth part attached to the dog, which can become infected.

Answer 7

this would be a tick take a pair of tweesers go right to head which is what is attached to his neck and pull it out then cooking oil on where the tick was and that will take the head out if you didn't get it when you pulled it out the oil force's the head out because it stops the air that the tick need's to breath.

Answer 8

no, ticks can be beigey white to brown in colour. May need more than one treatment to remove but make sure you get the head as well or it will just grow a new body. If you cant get it out then contact the vet.

Answer 9

sounds like you cat has a wood tick that's attached and swollen with blood. it will fall off once it's full.. check with the vet on something to keep the ticks away.

Answer 10

Sounds like a tick to me.