Tick bite advice please!
Nov 10th 2010 | 10:55 pm
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Re: Tick bite advice please!
Tick Typhus is certainly a concern with tick bites. I know of someone locally who went over to East Gippsland near the NSW/VIC border and came back with typhus. You recover from it alright but you get very sick whilst you have it apparently.
Not sure if we have Lyme Disease in Australia.
Not sure if we have Lyme Disease in Australia.
Nov 10th 2010 | 11:29 pm
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Tick Typhus is certainly a concern with tick bites. I know of someone locally who went over to East Gippsland near the NSW/VIC border and came back with typhus. You recover from it alright but you get very sick whilst you have it apparently.
Not sure if we have Lyme Disease in Australia.
Not sure if we have Lyme Disease in Australia.
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/factshe...e_disease.html
or
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/lyme%20disease.htm
Nov 11th 2010 | 5:02 am
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Re: Tick bite advice please!
It would seem you do...
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/factshe...e_disease.html
or
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/lyme%20disease.htm
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/factshe...e_disease.html
or
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/lyme%20disease.htm
Nov 11th 2010 | 5:26 am
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Re: Tick bite advice please!
Bob, one of our puppies, picked up a paralysis tick while we were away and EldestChild was in charge (handy to blame someone else) - we took him straight to the vets on our return, he was already suffering with some paralysis and no gag reflex 
Touch and go for a couple of days, but 6 days at the vets, numerous amounts of medication, an additional allergic reaction to something they put on him at the vets(!), a bill of about $2500 and three weeks recuperation (have you tried to keep 2 puppies quiet so that one of them doesn't keel over with a heart attack??) and the little bugger is back to normal.
If you live in an area that is prone to wallabies and/or possums (two of the main carriers of ticks) its vital to daily check your animals and make sure their tick treatment is regular and upto date. Apparently, ticks are a major problem in my little bit of NSW. All our pets were frontlined, but I think the boys needed the next dosage up, so totally my fault
Alf, hope your missus recovers soon, you should have fun doing a daily tick check on her
Touch and go for a couple of days, but 6 days at the vets, numerous amounts of medication, an additional allergic reaction to something they put on him at the vets(!), a bill of about $2500 and three weeks recuperation (have you tried to keep 2 puppies quiet so that one of them doesn't keel over with a heart attack??) and the little bugger is back to normal.
If you live in an area that is prone to wallabies and/or possums (two of the main carriers of ticks) its vital to daily check your animals and make sure their tick treatment is regular and upto date. Apparently, ticks are a major problem in my little bit of NSW. All our pets were frontlined, but I think the boys needed the next dosage up, so totally my fault
Alf, hope your missus recovers soon, you should have fun doing a daily tick check on her
I read about ticks either one or two weeks before (can't remember) so he was sprayed with frontline, maybe I didn't do it enough though.
Nov 11th 2010 | 6:54 am
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Re: Tick bite advice please!
If you have one housebound pet and one that ventures further afield, you might still be advised to treat both of them
Nov 11th 2010 | 8:17 am
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One of my cats has been missing since Sunday. We called around all the vets and they said search the nearby area really thoroughly, under he house, in the bushes etc because if a tick has got him he will be too ill to move. We have looked everywhere but can't find him.
I read about ticks either one or two weeks before (can't remember) so he was sprayed with frontline, maybe I didn't do it enough though.
I read about ticks either one or two weeks before (can't remember) so he was sprayed with frontline, maybe I didn't do it enough though.
Very,very sorry to hear that.
Nov 11th 2010 | 9:45 am
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Re: Tick bite advice please!
One of my cats has been missing since Sunday. We called around all the vets and they said search the nearby area really thoroughly, under he house, in the bushes etc because if a tick has got him he will be too ill to move. We have looked everywhere but can't find him.
I read about ticks either one or two weeks before (can't remember) so he was sprayed with frontline, maybe I didn't do it enough though.
I read about ticks either one or two weeks before (can't remember) so he was sprayed with frontline, maybe I didn't do it enough though.
Sorry to hear about your cat. I hope your moggie returns soon.
Nov 11th 2010 | 10:53 am
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One of my cats has been missing since Sunday. We called around all the vets and they said search the nearby area really thoroughly, under he house, in the bushes etc because if a tick has got him he will be too ill to move. We have looked everywhere but can't find him.
I read about ticks either one or two weeks before (can't remember) so he was sprayed with frontline, maybe I didn't do it enough though.
I read about ticks either one or two weeks before (can't remember) so he was sprayed with frontline, maybe I didn't do it enough though.
Keep us posted.
Nov 11th 2010 | 11:12 am
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Nov 11th 2010 | 3:26 pm
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Nov 11th 2010 | 6:41 pm
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Re: Tick bite advice please!
I was asked to take a look at this bite by a concerned friend, and i am glad i did, this rash look's the same as the 1 my wife had here in the UK in 2006 spring, she did not see the tick so we had no idea what had caused the mark, it did'nt hurt or itch but looked ugly ,so off to the doctors she went the doctor scratched his head and said he did'nt know what is was, but if it did'nt go away in 2 weeks come back and see him again, but ofcoarse it cleared up and we never thought about it again untill March this year when she was struck down with Neuro Borreliosis (Lyme Disease) she is now in a wheelchair and we are faceing the biggest fight of our live's, to get her well again.
If i was you i would get her to a doctor now and ask for antibiotix's Doxycycline is the prefurred treatment at this early stage, but you want a high dose for aleast a month..
The Rash is very inportant it is called Erythema Migrans (EM)
At this early stage if treated correctly it's easy to sort out ,but left untreated or not aggressively enougth it can cause major problems.
Other symptom might be at this stage
Flue like syptoms
tiredness
headaches
Arthralgia joint pain
Myalgia muscle aches
I am not a doctor but i am living trying to look after someone with major problems that could have been stopped in the start if i knew what i no now.
All the best
Darren Smith
Nov 11th 2010 | 9:36 pm
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Re: Tick bite advice please!
Lots of pets are bitten by ticks where we live, despite their owners best efforts to protect them. Pet owners need to examine their pet every single day, just feeling for ticks in the pet's skin. This can be difficult with long-haired breeds but by the time any symptoms appear it might be too late.
It's one of the very real reasons we haven't acquired a dog since we moved here. Nearly everyone we know has lost a cat or dog to a tick bite at some time.
Bandicoots are the biggest carriers.
It's one of the very real reasons we haven't acquired a dog since we moved here. Nearly everyone we know has lost a cat or dog to a tick bite at some time.
Bandicoots are the biggest carriers.
Nov 12th 2010 | 12:18 am
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please don't tick take bites lightly................Lyme Disease is spreading faster than aids in humans, my friend has it and she is now registered as disabled.........the NHS have stopped treating her and now has to rely on donations for her meds, there is huge cover up about it......i had not heard of Lyme before but i am so aware now, please take time to find out more...Neil McCall has just ran the New York Marathon to make people aware and help raise funds for her. these things are only as big as a poppy seed the only safe way to prevent infection is to be aware and check over your body. if you do have one you must know how to get them out safley. afraid? you should be because a lot of doctors will not recognise it or wont because of costs and some have even been writ off,....................sorry but you did ask.
