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Help Needed Quick!!! I took Paddy and Meg for a walk in the country yesterday and this morning he has an enormous tick stuck under his chin! We just smeared it in vaseline to try to suffocate it,is there anything else we can do?? :confused: |
How To Remove Ticks From David Sweet, Your Guide to Camping. We frequently come in contact with insects when camping. Ticks are one insect found in the woods which may carry diseases. Therefore, they should be removed immediately, from both people and pets. Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 5 minutes Here's How: Use a small pointed tweezers to grasp the tick by its mouth parts. Tug gently until the tick lets go. After removing the tick, wash the area with soap and water and use antiseptic on the bite AND the tweezers. Save the tick in a small vial and mark the date and victim's name. In case of infection, this will help in diagnosing health problems due to the tick bite. Watch the bite and the victim's general health and see a doctor if you notice anything out of the ordinary. Tips: Use preventive measures when in tick areas: cover exposed skin, check for ticks when coming indoors, use tick repellents. Be sure to check your pets frequently and use tick-control products that are approved by your vet. Note: the Lyme Disease Foundation advises against burning or smothering ticks to remove them as this may cause the tick to release infected fluid. |
We tried pulling it out with tweezers but he just freaks out,we wrapped him in a blanket and i held him whilst hubby got a grip on it,being under his chin its not easy! As soon as we get tweezers on it he goes mad wriggling, any suggestions? |
If we manage to get the tick is there a chance its head will be left inside and cause infection? PANIC!!! |
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Ok Ill give it a go, thanks! |
I have not read the whole thread, but my dad always put a cigarette close enough to the ticks body that it would just let go. If you pull them out with tweezers there is the danger of having some of the tick left under the skin and perhaps causing an infection. |
This may sound stupid but I use a FORK to get ticks:p . Just the botton of the fork up and around to lasso the tick betwen the prongs and keep sliding. the tick gets wedged in the prongs and the base of the prongs scoops the tick out. make sure the bottom side of the fork is against the skin...kinda like scooping the tick out... I do this ALOT and it works most of the time pretty easy |
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Good Luck...I'm glad it's not me!!! Yuck! |
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Godd luck and some Frontline! ;) |
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If the tick hasn't gone completely under the skin, light a match and let it burn for 30 seconds or so. Then blow it out and put the hot match head onto the tick. It will burn/hurt the tick so it will back out of the skin. This happened to Kona last week, the head was just barely under the skin, but we couldn't get it out with tweezers. The match trick worked. Good luck!! |
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Thanks for all advice! We tried the match thing yesterday,I even heated the tweazers on the match and put them ruond the thing but it just hung on!! I smothered it in vaseline as someone else told me but its still there now!!! Paddy has now got wise to us going near his chin so freaks when we do so we are just about to go to the vets who say they will get it out in a flash with a special tool!!! Ill let you know how we go!!! |
we take a needle and get it red hot with a match and hold the needed to the ticks rear end and they usually will back out head and all and you dont have to worry about the head being left in it, as that is bad when the head dont come out too or thats what we've always heard. Hubby will hold the dog and i do the needle. So far Kizzys only had one tick and it must not have been there but a day or so. we did this it got it right out. goodluck |
We have aliways used the tweezer method for tick removal. I have a question though about what to use to prevent ticks. Our Vet has Ruby on Revolution, because it is safe to use for dogs under five pounds, it gets some species of ticks, but not others. And, although I don't see any fleas on her, she does sometimes scratch, as if she has a flea. Does anyone know of anything I can use that is safe for dogs under five pounds that will do a better job than Revolution? |
We took Paddy to the vets and they got the tick out with a tool that resembled a two prong fork. It took 2 nurses and the vet to do it!!! Then they put him on antibiotics and for one little tick it cost us £25 :eek: But hes all better now so thats ok! Thanks for all the advice,if he ever gets one again (and I hope he doesnt!) and its not on his chin Ill keep your tips in mind!! ;) |
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idk if you fixed this yet but when my larger dog Chloe got a tick we weren't gonna screw around we went straight to the vet, and we barely had to wait they took the tick off, 20 minutes later we were home. I didn't mind waiting as long as it meant the tick was removed, and chloe would be ok (and it didn't cost $50) |
I couldnt believe it when they charged us all that money for 1 tick! But what can you do? You were lucky I guess ( or we were Very unlucky)!!! This is the same vet that took £150 from us just a couple of weeks ago to neuter Paddy so you would think they would go easy on us!:rolleyes: |
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I dont know! Sorry! LOL :yelrotflm |
Nicole...too much is what it is in dollars. I can see the vet charging for real things but I think that something like this should be a courtesy visit. Maybe charge for the antibiotics but nothing else. |
That sounds about right!!! |
Aparantly it is about $50!!! |
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Revolution isn't a good product to ward off ticks. Its a convient product and i use it on my indoor cat, but its not 100% effection for 4 weeks against fleas and ticks. Try Frontline Plus and Interceptor |
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Got it! 25.00 GBP United Kingdom Pounds = 45.5844 USD United States Dollars Yikes! http://www.xe.com/ucc/ |
I soak the end of a q-tip in alcohol and dab it on the tick. It usually works for me. |
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For just getting a tick off...My goodness thats highway robbery....:eek: Are they going to bronze the tick for you too...lol |
ok like I said earlier 25 lbs. is a little less than $50 american dollars AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER whenever we get a tick removed it doesn't cost that much at all but thanks for reading my post |
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