I was attempting to remove a tick from one of my cats. I accendently broke off the body and left the head. My girlfriend told me that the tick will grow its body back. I don't believe her. Can anyone help me? THANKS.
2007-03-29 14:53:39 · 13 answers · asked by JOHN R 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
For future reference:
Use tweezers at the mouth parts. Pull gently until it releases its hold. The entire head should be removed. Never pull with bare fingers. A ruptured tick can release infectious material onto a cut in the skin and transfer its disease. After removal, wash the area and your hands thoroughly and treat the area with 70% alcohol.
This is the reason one must remove the whole tick.
2007-03-29 15:03:57 · answer #1 · answered by davids w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the advice here is incorrect. If the head broke off try to get it out with tweezers, like you would a splinter. Then clean the area with soap and water and disinfectant. If the head is still not out just keep it clean and watch for redness that gets worse. That could be a sign of a secondary infection. go see a doctor then, for anitbiotics.
2014-10-24 09:22:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not, although an infection may result. Because ticks breathe through their shells, if you smother them completely with something, like engine grease, or vaseline, they will soon back out by themselves, and can be removed easily. Don't use anything the cat is likely to lick off, like butter.
2007-03-29 15:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but the cat will grow and infection from the embedded tick head.
2007-03-29 15:00:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not going to grow a new body, that's redicules, I think your girlfriend is messing with you. You do need to take the cat to the vet ASAP, the part that's still stuck needs to be removed or it could cause an infection.
2007-03-29 14:59:16 · answer #5 · answered by vampire_kitti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will prefer tweezers to eliminate a tick, determine to sterilize them the two via employing rubbing alcohol or working them by way of a flame quite a few circumstances. If employing the flame technique verify they are cool earlier employing them for tick removal. in case you haven't any longer any get right of entry to to tweezers, it fairly is sweet to apply a paper towel, serviette or tissue, do no longer seize the tick such as your bare palms! next, grasping the tick as on the brink of the pinnacle as you will get, initiate pulling lower back away out of your pores and skin, yet be mushy. the article right it somewhat is to get the tick to enable bypass, on it’s very own. do no longer squeeze the tick, purely use sufficient tension to hold onto it. save a mushy tension on the tick, and if prefer be jiggle it slightly. do no longer rotate the tick or you will separate the pinnacle from the physique. you may would desire to maintain the strain up for 30 seconds to a minute or 2, so as to cajole the tick it no longer desires to be linked on your pores and skin. If after quite a couple of minutes the tick nonetheless won't enable bypass, attempt dripping a drop of rubbing alcohol on the tick. Repeat this step as quickly as a minute for as much as ten minutes. yet be careful, employing too lots alcohol can often times reason the tick to regurgitate. they'll many times continually enable bypass, if this step is mandatory. Now as quickly as the tick has been bumped off, purely determine you have the pinnacle. If no longer extra desirable digging may well be mandatory, and that i could propose seeing a physician at this element. additionally do no longer get rid of the tick, it fairly is a sturdy thought to place your tick in a ziplock baggie or a small glass jar, so as that it fairly is checked for Lyme disease. additionally cope with the removal area with a disinfectant, and save it sparkling and dry. pay attention for lime diease!!
2016-12-08 14:09:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You run the risk of infection from foreign bodies under the skin.
I use the heat method. Light a match and move it toward the head. The tick backs away...flick it off.
2007-03-29 15:02:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it will not grow a new body but the dead head embedded in the cat's skin can get infected and cause problems.
2007-03-29 14:57:33 · answer #8 · answered by peachyone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe so, but the head, left embedded under the skin, will probably cause an infection, if not removed.
2007-03-29 14:57:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it will not grow another body. it is dead. you do need to be careful removing ticks b/c some carry lime disease and when you remove them while they are attached some of their saliva can leak into your blood stream when they stop sucking your blood.
2007-03-29 14:57:37 · answer #10 · answered by starynight39 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋