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When we stayed in Scotland, our dogs used to get ticks all the time even with frontline although it did reduce them (lots of deer and sheep in the area). We used same type of thing as Arris, which we got from the vet. Best thing ever for removing them - and this from a girl that used to don full protective gear for getting rid of them to start with!
However - my life is now blissful - we are in Newfoundland, and there are no ticks on the island! woo hoo! |
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I think you can get something from the vet called defend, put it on the base of the neck and the tail...a couple of drops seems to do it. Our neigbour had one on him last year and he ended up with Limes disease, so if your dog has one still embedded watch out for unusual behavior. Well now you have seen the ticks how about the black flies...have you seen any of those down at your end of NS?
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Originally Posted by Jingle
(Post 6299684)
Don't worry Nikki - we had loads of ticks when we lived near the New Forest but absolutely nothing here (well for the last two years anyway) and we do go into the "wilderness" quite a bit ... J :)
Whereabouts did you live before the move? |
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Originally Posted by Esme
(Post 6298488)
Okay, I'm starting a new thread because I NEED support! I have never seen ticks in my life till I moved here - apparently they're commonplace out of town (where I live - be careful what you wish for!). I am not handling the presence of ticks very well (not easy to check 3 dogs for ticks when they all have heavy coats). I'm verging on asking for a prescription of Valium!!!!
So this is a place for people to offer sympathies, reassurances and advice (if you're a tick expert). If you want to ask questions of me about my experiences, be prepared for an hysterical answer........ ;) There are meds on the market for the dogs to take that repels the ticks and there are tick and flea collars and powders. Talk to your vet asap. |
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Originally Posted by Littletashy
(Post 6299067)
Hi If you use a vaseline type product, smother the tick in it it stops their ability to breath and they die and fall off a dotor told my freind to do this when her daughter got one (need a puky smily)....I bet olive oil would work as it would block there breathing bits (i think theyre similar to gills) too....Good luck
The old remedy for clear a head with lice was to shampoo with oil. Does work. |
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Originally Posted by nikki dreaming
(Post 6299805)
Whereabouts did you live before the move? Have you got long to go before the move? J :) PS - apologies for going off topic .... |
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Eeeuuuuuwwwwww..............I need the green prongy thing to scratch myself now as I am itchy as all heck! I am all kinds of squeemish when it comes to these things. My friends mother used to get a lit cigarette and burn the tick off......it didnt take a second and the dropped off. Handy of you are a smoker, though I always marvelled at how she could then continue to smoke the cigarette........surely it was a little tick tainted??
No advice whatsoever from me then, but glad for the heads up! Poor pooches! |
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http://www.masta-travel-health.com/tickalert/
I'm not medical, so if I have this wrong please correct me. Ticks are a large problem in central Europe. I used to live in Switzerland where there were ticks. The local government recommended a vaccination against the encephalitis element of tick bites. Ticks can also spread Lime disease, against which there is no vaccine. I had all my family (and kids) vaccinated against ticks, but you still had to be vigilant. It seems that this is known in Canada - I did a google and came up with: http://www.saskatoonhealthregion.ca/...ccine_tick.htm HTH |
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Originally Posted by Esme
(Post 6298488)
Okay, I'm starting a new thread because I NEED support! I have never seen ticks in my life till I moved here - apparently they're commonplace out of town (where I live - be careful what you wish for!). I am not handling the presence of ticks very well (not easy to check 3 dogs for ticks when they all have heavy coats). I'm verging on asking for a prescription of Valium!!!!
So this is a place for people to offer sympathies, reassurances and advice (if you're a tick expert). If you want to ask questions of me about my experiences, be prepared for an hysterical answer........ ;) First things first. Get a GRIP ! (of yourself):blink: I have three hairy dogs , (always have had , come to think of it ) who , on occassions have picked up ticks. Ticks are prevalent in most parts of the world and are certainly common in the UK (hmm...possibly with the exception of London etc......toooo polluted there for them:rofl:) Get in touch with your local Vet and get medication to treat your dogs with. The name escapes me just now , but they'll know. You simply treat your dogs during the tick season ......simple as that. No panic, hysteria or any other abnormal behaviour required !:p They'll live..........trust me:thumbup: I LOVE my dogs and would not let any harm come to them..............:wub: |
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Originally Posted by Jingle
(Post 6299684)
Don't worry Nikki - we had loads of ticks when we lived near the New Forest but absolutely nothing here (well for the last two years anyway) and we do go into the "wilderness" quite a bit ... J :)
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Originally Posted by Esme
(Post 6302567)
I guess where you move to does have some impact. I lived in Ontario for 4 years and never saw a tick but there are areas of ON where they are apparently widespread. I have friends who moved here from Red Deer, AB and they've never seen a tick in their lives either. I also have a friend from New Glasgow, NS and she's never seen a tick.
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Originally Posted by Poppy2
(Post 6300600)
Eeeuuuuuwwwwww..............I need the green prongy thing to scratch myself now as I am itchy as all heck! I am all kinds of squeemish when it comes to these things. My friends mother used to get a lit cigarette and burn the tick off......it didnt take a second and the dropped off. Handy of you are a smoker, though I always marvelled at how she could then continue to smoke the cigarette........surely it was a little tick tainted??
No advice whatsoever from me then, but glad for the heads up! Poor pooches! |
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Originally Posted by Marathonwreck 2
(Post 6302091)
Hi Esme
First things first. Get a GRIP ! (of yourself):blink: No Valium then??!??!? I don't doubt it's me that is the problem in this equation! I prefer not to use medication on my dogs and am considering it with the ticks for myself because they don't seem bothered at their presence other than by my reactions! I have three hairy dogs , (always have had , come to think of it ) who , on occassions have picked up ticks. Ticks are prevalent in most parts of the world and are certainly common in the UK (hmm...possibly with the exception of London etc......toooo polluted there for them:rofl:) I have never seen ticks in the UK - must be like here - prevalent in some areas but not others. I've lived in the Yorkshires and Midlands and not seen any. I have a friend from Cumbria who says it was part of her growing up to be covered in ticks. Her Mum used to light a match and blow it out then stick it on the tick - like your cigarette suggestion Poppy2 but without the damage to my lungs! :lol: Get in touch with your local Vet and get medication to treat your dogs with. The name escapes me just now , but they'll know. You simply treat your dogs during the tick season ......simple as that. No panic, hysteria or any other abnormal behaviour required !:p They'll live..........trust me:thumbup: I LOVE my dogs and would not let any harm come to them..............:wub: |
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I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but you should be more worried about West Nile Virus than ticks. Ticks are yucky and disgusting. I got one out with vaseline but I usually try to avoid going where ticks are if I can.
West Nile is different. I know someone who got West Nile and he was paralysed all down one side. He is fine now but its nothing anybody wants to get. So far as I can tell, it affects different people in different ways. Some people can get stung by a mosquito carrying West Nile and don't even know until they have a blood test and then it shows up. I think the only people who have actually died are people who are very old and have other issues as well. I was selling a carpet at auction last year and couldn't get in touch with the guy to find out what it sold for. When he called me back he said he had been in hospital for two days because he had West Nile. And he was probably in his 40s. Sorry to hijack your tick thread but there are worse things than ticks. |
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Originally Posted by Corky
(Post 6299778)
I think you can get something from the vet called defend, put it on the base of the neck and the tail...a couple of drops seems to do it. Our neigbour had one on him last year and he ended up with Limes disease, so if your dog has one still embedded watch out for unusual behavior. Well now you have seen the ticks how about the black flies...have you seen any of those down at your end of NS?
Does the Defend come in a bottle that I can regulate No. of drops I use from? |
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