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shirley c I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 4527 Location: Airdrie
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Touch wood never had ticks on this lot. Allans old dog Bess had a longer coat, she was mostly collie and had ticks twice so we are very lucky.
We went to Stirling SPCA to get a ferret and on the way home discovered it was covered in ticks took it to our vet immediately..... well have you tried removing ticks from a ferret....the vet removed them all and never charged us a penny ....have I said before I love my vets, though am devastated Mr Smith has retired
We are very well known at our vets, with the amount of animals we have _________________ lurchers Pixel and Zev and whippet, Fen
3 cats, Greebo, Yu and Lexx - 2 ferrets and Dales pony Jazz and adopted pony, April |
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Nicola Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: Ticks |
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Mary wrote: |
Stuart, sorry you are right, 85 human cases last year according to the BBC - I had previously read that Scotland was OK. I am definitely not a Buddhist either as far as Ticks are concerned. Don't know what it is about my Cockers but they all get ticks - I was once told it was because they have light coats. |
I use Frontline Spot-On religiously every month during the summer as ticks are at their livliest then, and Frontline on protects against ticks for a month. Thankfully, it seems to be working in preventing fleas and ticks!
(Should I prepare myself about how it's not good to use Frontline so much because of all the harmful chemicals I am subjecting my dogs too..?.... ) |
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suzanne l Forum Regular
Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 186 Location: scotland
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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personally i find tick removers the best, very quick and easy to use and you can be sure the full thing is removed. lawries sell them for about £2. frontline is good as well, although it doesnt really stop them attaching in the first place, but kills them once theyre on. _________________ your cat will never annoy by barking at 3am, he wont attack the postman or eat the curtains, although he may climb them to see how the room looks from the ceiling... |
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marcella Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, having tried that today I agree. That little gadget I bought today was £1.69 in Acorn pets and it removed it legs and all very easily and cleanly.
Beats trying to get it stoned on alcohol and then grabbing it with tweezers! |
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Nicola Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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I had a danny longs legs in my bedroom this morning, it flew in the window I had to get my granpa to come and remove it....he picked it up with the legs and flushed it down the loo!
Not that this is really to do with ticks...but they are all horrible wee beasties! |
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suzanne l Forum Regular
Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 186 Location: scotland
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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thats a bit harsh! poor wee thing, i just put them out the window. _________________ your cat will never annoy by barking at 3am, he wont attack the postman or eat the curtains, although he may climb them to see how the room looks from the ceiling... |
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Nicola Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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suzanne l wrote: |
thats a bit harsh! poor wee thing, i just put them out the window. |
Well, he wouldn't be dead if he didn't come in my window! I actually meant for him to through it out the front door!! |
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Janice I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 09 Apr 2007 Posts: 753 Location: Falkirk
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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Have I got it wrong or are there some nasty chemicals in Frontline? I picked up the idea that there were organo-phosphates in it, but I may have got it wrong.
Anyway I'm wary of using it, just a couple of times in the summer. In 23 years I've only once seen a flea and I'm not sure if it really was one so I guess I've been lucky. The tick twister seems a great way to get rid of ticks. _________________ Janice and Dale |
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StuartW I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 920 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Janice wrote: |
Have I got it wrong or are there some nasty chemicals in Frontline? I picked up the idea that there were organo-phosphates in it, but I may have got it wrong.
Anyway I'm wary of using it, just a couple of times in the summer. In 23 years I've only once seen a flea and I'm not sure if it really was one so I guess I've been lucky. The tick twister seems a great way to get rid of ticks. |
It's all a matter of balancing the risks and benefits I suppose. But you are absolutely right, get the little suckers off asap. Trouble is, it's easy enough for them to live on mostly bald, daily-showering humans undetected.. I would hazard a guess that for every tick that is found on a dog, there are another three still there. Although they obviously grow, they are quite tiny when they first attach.
Doogle has a rainforest under each front leg I'm sure something in there hissed at me. |
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Nicola Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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There probably is, Janice, but I like it for my dogs. I think the benefits outweigh the cons, but everyone is an individual. I have a friend who has a standard poodle who never uses any flea prevention treatments. She does use wormers regularly though. |
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shirley c I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 4527 Location: Airdrie
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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I worm regularly, dogs, cat and pony but i dont use much in the way of flea stuff. I go over the dogs every once in a while with a flea comb, then if I find any they all get the frontline spray and I have only had to do that once this year, twice last year none the year before. We all eat a lot of garlic in this house though _________________ lurchers Pixel and Zev and whippet, Fen
3 cats, Greebo, Yu and Lexx - 2 ferrets and Dales pony Jazz and adopted pony, April |
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Sheryl I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 1028 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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Ive checked over the boys and I cant seem to see anything or feel anything would anyone mind helping me (I know its not the nicest job and I wont ask them to take it out) i know what Im looking for but Im just not sure if im checking hard enough!!
xx _________________ Kindest Regards,
PRINCESS Sheryl, Keano and Coby. |
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Janice I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 09 Apr 2007 Posts: 753 Location: Falkirk
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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I'm scared to ask this but are there problems with worming?
Dale's still quite likely to grab a mouthful of something horrible when he's off lead if I'm not quick enough so I've been worming him every 3 months. _________________ Janice and Dale |
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Karen Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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I was caravaning a couple of years ago and found a tick on one of the boys, had tweezers but no surgical spirits so I used nail varnish remover it worked though looking back probably not the smartist thing but didnt want to leave it on him, |
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StuartW I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 920 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Sheryl wrote: |
Ive checked over the boys and I cant seem to see anything or feel anything would anyone mind helping me (I know its not the nicest job and I wont ask them to take it out) i know what Im looking for but Im just not sure if im checking hard enough!!
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Sheryl, don't worry too much about them. Even if they do get the odd tick, the chances of getting any tick-borne disease is still very, very, very, small, and even then it is treatable.
Just run your fingers through his fur (oh, sounds almost like a song title), and if you touch any small bumps, like spots, then take a good look at it by parting the fur. Unless you have a magnifying glass though you probably still won't be able to tell that it's a beastie and not a skin nodule. Try pulling it out using a pair of tweezers.. if he bites you, it's probably not a tick. But at least you know for next time.
To be serious for a mo, although I've not used one yet.. sounds like the tick-twister is a cool bit of kit. Much more gentle.. and if you are using tweezers, you need to pull really hard and straight back - no twisting! |
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