Quizzes & Puzzles18 mins ago
Ticks.... ugh!
10 Answers
The woods around these parts in Southern Germany are plagued with ticks. Our new rescue dog loves to go for walks in the forests ( so do we ). We have tried various treatments of the spot-on type but he keeps collecting them. Does anyone know of an effective method of prevention other than walking only paved footpaths ?
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by Khandro. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If lyme disease is present in you area you should remove ticks both from your dog and yourself with the special tick removal forceps available from vets. If you try to pinch the ticks with your fingers there is a chance that you will squeeze its gut contents inot the victim, together with the parasites contained therein. Lyme disease is a potentially lethal disease which can be cured easily with antibiotics if treated early. If left for long, hospitalisation and an antibiotic drip is the only way of dealing with it. I will come back to this thread to see if you need any more information
This year we have put Scalibor flea and tick collars on our dogs as one of them has developed an allergy to fipronil which is the active ingredient in frontline spray and spot on. We live in the New Forest in England which is heaving with ticks and a Lyme disease hotspot and I can honestly say that the Scalibor collars beat frontline hands down. We sprayed our boys religiously every month but they would still pick up between about one and three ticks a week between them. Since putting them in Scalibor collars they haven't had any, neither walking or attached. I don't work for the firm or have shares, just a satisfied customer. In the UK it needs a vet's prescription. Google for suppliers.
I'm in Thueringen and have the same problem. I've used Frontline for the past three years on both dogs and cat - although the cat doesn't seem to get ticks for some reason - and it works as long as it's applied religiously every four weeks at the correct dosage. I've also become something of an expert at removing the little ******s from horses with my fingers. But it has to be done carefully to ensure that all the mouth parts are removed and, as already been pointed out, the body is not squeezed.
Unless you remove a tick fairly soon after it has attached you will not be able to remove the mouthparts as they glue their mouthparts to the skin. I have had lyme disease,my wife has had lyme disease several aquaintances have had it too. If anybody wants to know the symptoms I will post them up on AB.
Related Questions
Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.