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 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject: Tick time again |
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I have just removed a tick from Kaiser, A small one about 3mm, I was about to crush it with the back of a spoon but had to wait until Brenda found her specs so she could go "ARRRRRRRGH get it out of the house, I'm no up fot that". I will now have to go over Kaiser with a fine tooth comb literally to see if there are any more. Oh what fun 
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| If you live in a really bad tick area, the best bet is often to give your dogs a quick brush-down when they get home from walks. Ticks don't attach themselves immediately, so there is a fair chance that you will be able to catch most of them before they latch on. Just make sure that you don't do this in your own garden, though, since you really don't want to cause a tick infestation there! My record to date is brushing about 20 ticks off each dog after each walk when we stayed overnight in Pitlochry one summer |
this was on another forum.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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AAARGH! I hate the things. Was this after you were down the glen?
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Steven
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I don,t know if this happened down the glen or not Lorna, we had been over to Croy Hill a couple of times this week, so could have got it there.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: Re: Tick time again |
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| Steven wrote: |
| I was about to crush it with the back of a spoon but had to wait until Brenda found her specs so she could go "ARRRRRRRGH get it out of the house, I'm no up fot that". |
I can just visualise that!!!
They don't bother me, I'll remove them and squash them no problem! |
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Claire/Mark
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| am actually scared in case Mylo or Tara gets these a couldn't even go near them, I was jumping out my seat and that was just seeing them on the tv |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Feed Garlic... lessens the chances..
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Steven
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| Feed Garlic... lessens the chances.. |
I think there has been mention of this before apparently there are risks involved as does everything these days, in using garlic.
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i bought one of those tick twister things to remove them... now i'm just waiting... 
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Ashley
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I'd have a field day with one of those tick busters!!!!  
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| i think i would struggle to find one on Koda, oh well the places he wanders off to on a walk im sure we will find one eventually |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Ashley,we know who to call 'Tick-buster'!
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apparently you can drop them it surgical spirits and that will kill them.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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My last Dane George had a tick it was HUGE!!! The vet sprayed it with something and it fell off about a day later on my living room floor, big fat ugly thing 
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Claire/Mark
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| Ashley wrote: |
| I'd have a field day with one of those tick busters!!!! |
Ashley I will be giving you a call when I see any of them then..... Ill have you on speed dial as the tick buster "Who ya gonna call Tick Busters" |
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