Can't make an appointment for today at the vets - whats the best way to get rid of ticks? I'm a bit nervous as someone told me they have a constant blood supply - any ideas?
2007-10-03 23:24:42 · 13 answers · asked by busybee26 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
When pulling ticks off, always use an slow anti clockwise twisting action, the little buggers turn themselves into your dog clockwise, why I do not know, but they do. If they are sheep ticks (small pea like things) they come out easily with your fingers, but if they are deer ticks (hard brown little things) they need tweezers.
Don't waste money at the vets it's so easy to do yourself, not nice, but easy!
2007-10-04 03:39:19 · answer #1 · answered by Daisybug 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can buy tick removers from the pet store, or go to the pet store and buy some Flea and Tick spray. Just spray it on and it kills the tick, takes a couple of days to fall off but its not sucking your dogs blood in the meantime.
2007-10-04 07:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by ELLE T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best bet is to learn how to pull them off. It's really not difficult once you learn how. The other methods mentioned here don't always work, but pulling them off always does. DON'T use a cigarette! Doing so sometimes makes them just burrow deeper into the animal, and you also might end up burning your pet. Make sure you get the whole thing, though. I usually use a tissue as you can get a better grip on it, but some people prefer using tweezers. After you get it off, dab some rubbing alcohol on the place where it was. Make sure your pet has a product such as Frontline on it (and applied monthly) so in the future the ticks and fleas won't be a problem.
2007-10-04 06:38:41 · answer #3 · answered by N L 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
good ideas, but in the future, use
Frontline. I've used it for about
ten years on my dogs and cats--
I haven't seen a tick or flea since.
( a little leery about the bleach and
pine sol bath thing that someone
else suggested, kinda think it could
make your dog sick )
2007-10-04 06:40:59 · answer #4 · answered by LIzzz 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When my dogs get them I have to pick them out one by one that is the onl way to get them off!!
I live in the country in a very hot State to they get deer ticks too!
2007-10-04 09:39:27 · answer #5 · answered by Brookie's mum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to pull them out with tweezerss. put the tweezer right down to the skin level and pull out gently making sure that the head is removed as well as this can cause an infection. front-line will not kill the ticks immediately but once they have had their fill and dropped off they will then die.
2007-10-04 07:44:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
sorry don't now how to get rid, but to prevent them in the 1st place try some garlic powder on his food once a week, can buy it at the pet shop, they dont like the taste, so good luck
2007-10-04 08:16:31 · answer #7 · answered by t j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I soak cottonwool in alchohol and squeeze it over the tick, in a few hours it will get groggy and loosen it's hold then you can pull it out with a tweezers. Make sure you grip it tightly and get the head out.
2007-10-04 06:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by sanny 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i kno lots of people who burn them of with a cigarette or insence stick..depends were the tick is. local pet shops sell creams. i use vaseline and cover the tick all over, it suffocates them so they have to drop off. putting tea tree on can help...so long as the tick isnt too near the head/nose! good luck
2007-10-04 06:29:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
put oil on them or vaseline around them - aparently they cant breathe and fall off
2007-10-04 06:28:49 · answer #10 · answered by soulsurfer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋