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Gross......tick!!! 2 Attachment(s) OMG I am so grossed out! I just gave Lola her weekly bath. When I was trimming her ears I found a dead tick BURIED in her ear. She must have picked it up early this week when we were in Boston. We still have snow on the ground here!! As you can see from the pic it doesn't look like I got the head. The tick wasn't filled with blood. It was greenish stuff. Here's my question. What do I do now? Because it was dead will the head come out on it's own? Maybe use some peroxide and neosporin? She's not even scheduled for her heartworm/frontline check up until April 9th. We usually dont start those until early MAY!! There's no such thing as an emergency clinic up in these mountains. I will call her vet in the morning but what do I do in the meantime. Going to check the rest of her real well once she dries. Gross....my skin is crawling! |
ok a) YES sooooo GROSS and b) i did some reading and apparently now that it is dead it will be very ahrd to get the head out- however you should try otherwise it could cause an infection- so i guess keep trying to get it out until you can get into the vet and have them make sure you got it ALL out. |
Just to let you know, a tick will let go once it is full as well. If you did not get the head, put on antibacterial until you can get to the vet. By the way,from the pic, it looks like the whole body! I would also save the part of the tick that you took off just as a precaution, and take it to the vet as well. I would also test her for tick-borne disease while you are at the vet. Best of luck |
Well this tick was definitely dead and didn't let go. The picture with the green background is what I was able to get off. I cleaned it with peroxide and put neosporin on it. Will give the vet a call in the morning. |
Dr. Oz, on Oprah said that the head of the tick isn't what causes the disease. He also said to remove a tick you flip it over on its back and pull with the tweezers. I have never had to do this, and I hope I don't need to either. Call your vet Monday. Lots of luck. Let us know what you find out. |
I learned years ago in Scouts that to get a tick to let go, strike a match, and while the matchhead is hot, blow it out and immediately touch it to the tick. It'll let go so you can remove it head and all. I've never had to put that into practice, but here's a site (among several) that confirms how to do it. Women Anglers, Melanie Calvert-Benton, Tick Borne Diseases |
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