Is this a tick? What is it? I shaved Otis down this morning, and in the process of doing so, I found a small black dot on his shoulder. It looks like a small beauty mark, the size of a medium flea, but it's a circle. It wouldn't come off. I inspected it real close, did not see a head or legs, and I tried to tweeze it off, but i didn't want to hurt him if it was a mole. Do dogs even get beauty marks? I really don't think it's a tick as I can't find any extremeties or legs or a head or anything. Anyone have an idea what it could be? |
well if it is taht small you can usually see its legs....... :confused: you got a picture ????? so i can see how big it is in proportion? |
http://home.earthlink.net/~webmedic4u/ticks.html here this link has pics of ticks and other info. Its pretty good. |
omg....... i dont know what kind of ticks you are used too, but ours sure as hell dont look like that :eek: , those ones are teeny!!!!, maybe our ticks fell into a vat of toxic waste making them SUPER TICKS (no seriously....... our ticks are HUGE comapred to that,...lol......about teh size OF THE PENNY) |
we have some really huge ones here too. I thought about that when I checked out the site too but then figured it at least gives a good pic. |
Quote:
Too funny! The ticks around here are bigger than that also if they are "normal" ticks. Deer ticks are really small almost like tiny baby regular ticks. But you can always see legs even when they are imbedded in. |
3 Attachment(s) Here are the pix. |
Kinda looks like a little mole recon has moles like that |
I don't see any legs or a head or anything. I looked at it for about 20 minutes under a flashlight! He's not scratching or anything. Gosh, if I have to go to the vet again, they're going to lock the doors when they see me. This will be the fourth visit in four weeks. |
Quote:
|
Do dogs get moles? I never noticed this one before. There's hair missing there only because I purposely buzzed the area to inspect the dot. |
I never knew dogs could get moles either, but it woudln't be too far off really if it's true. Doesn't look like a tick, really...hmm. |
Buckeye has a couple of spots like that but his in underneath. i never thought much of it thinking it was, like you said, a mole. He has an annual check up next month maybe i better mention it to the vet this trip. Has the spot always been there? or you just now notice it? |
It doesn't really look like a tick to me, but one way to know for sure it to wait a day or so and see if it gets bigger -- as the tick feeds on the blood, it gets larger and larger, so if you see it growing, than it is likely a tick. |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:26 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright ©2003 - 2018 YorkieTalk.com
Privacy Policy - Terms of Use