First Tick of the Year!

[DBK]

I know this year everything is supposed to be early but I wasn't expecting ticks in early April. Just dug one out of Charlie's tummy, probably picked up from a walk on Dartmoor this afternoon. It was deeply embedded but not too swollen.

Advantix to be administered tomorrow!

 

[CazPaul]

You should live up here, it's too cold for ticks in the bloody summer.

 

[Sundowners]

We have had a few on our dog here in Portugal but he wears a tick/flea collar and none have latched on ------- we just have to watch as he brings them into the 'van----- never know where they might finish up!!!!!???
AFAIK they bite then let go but have got poison from the collar?????? so will die anyway????

 

[pappajohn]

Shirl got one off Daisy's head two weeks ago.

 

[MyrtleGuru]

GP in Norfolk was complaining about an unseasonal number of 'hayfever' cases as early as February this year. February did seem exceptionally warm and the flora was doing strange things and the insects too -- an unusually large number of midges, bees, etc. -- it wouldn't surprise me if the ticks are active early too. April on the other hand has felt a bit nippy!

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[DavidG58]

This is one thing I will not miss, never did fully master removal but was quite successful with a system that involved slight pressure and an anti clockwise rotation the tick retracts fully

I am off grid with virtually no internet but will try and find a video link to show how it is done when we move on

 

[CazPaul]

When abroad we make sure we have a few bottles of vinegar, ticks hate it and they come off easier after a few squirts. Plus we put it on our chips.

 

[PP Bear]

I know this year everything is supposed to be early but I wasn't expecting ticks in early April. Just dug one out of Charlie's tummy, probably picked up from a walk on Dartmoor this afternoon. It was deeply embedded but not too swollen.

Advantix to be administered tomorrow!

And there's me thinking you'd achieved something from a list in some way or fashion and expected one of these......

Not one of these......

 

[Reallyretired]

Our two have Advantix all year round. Spice picked up a tick last year in Spain in March in spite of it though so not a total guarantee.

 

[Neckender]

When abroad we make sure we have a few bottles of vinegar, ticks hate it and they come off easier after a few squirts. Plus we put it on our chips.

I’ve never tried Tick and Chips, is it a northern delicacy?

John.

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[big bertha]

Frontlined our 2 as of to wilds of Argyll on Sunday.

 

[DBK]

This is one thing I will not miss, never did fully master removal but was quite successful with a system that involved slight pressure and an anti clockwise rotation the tick retracts fully

I am off grid with virtually no internet but will try and find a video link to show how it is done when we move on

We use these now but you can get them from several different manufacturers but they are all basically the same and work very well. Get the prong under the tick's head then twist it around a few times and out it comes.

 

[Littlewheels]

This image is particularly scary as it shows how proficient they can be, what looks like tiny baubles are actually Ticks 100”s of them they apply themselves at this stage almost invisible and develop from baby to adult on the host,why leave they only want blood.

 

[Caggsie1]

View attachment 296469 This image is particularly scary as it shows how proficient they can be, what looks like tiny baubles are actually Ticks 100”s of them they apply themselves at this stage almost invisible and develop from baby to adult on the host,why leave they only want blood.

Is that a bag or someone’s leg in a pair of trousers?

 

[Wildbill]

I just use any kind of alcohol and cotton wool to remove them as recommended by my old vet
Bill

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[poki]

My friend took her dog to the vets a couple of weeks ago to have a tick removed from the top of his head, as he is quite a hairy dog she was a bit apprehensive about trying to remove it herself...So when the vet had a look he said that it was not a tick, OMG she said what is it...it turned out to be a chocolate peanut that one of her kids must of dropped and it had stuck to his head !

I couldn't stop laughing when she told me, she did have a good laugh herself after.

Silvia

 

[Littlewheels]

Is that a bag or someone’s leg in a pair of trousers?

It’s a pair of Trousers

 

[Caggsie1]

Eeeew

 

[Sundowners]

Ours got covered in really tiny ticks like the ones on the trousers, took ages to get them all. He wears a collar that kills them eventually, but these little ones left itchy spots.

On a previous inspection I found a tick, again a very small black one on his tummy area, I squeezed and squeezed it, picked at it but couldn’t get it off, reason why? It was only one of his nipples, which are tiny black spots. Poor little beggar.