Hedgehog50 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Does anyone know how to get rid of a tick on a dog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARY POPPINS Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 You can buy a special tick remover looks a bit like a plastic fork, most vets have them and pets at home sells them, they are very good and quick and easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplepeke Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 As a preventative, i would always use frontline, either spray or spot on. To remove the tick, you must be very careful, as if the mouth parts are left behind, an abcess can form, there are tick removers which you can buy, instructions on packet, or you can smother the tick in vaseline, whereby it will be unable to breathe and drop off eventually, but the downside is, it may fall off in the house, urghh!!! Or pop to the vet and get it taken off by them. Hope this helps!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkyJ Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I would recommend having it removed at the vets to make sure it is removed right other wise can cause problems if mouth part is let on the dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretman Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I removed one from my cat last week,I used a pair of tweezers,being careful not to pop it as they carry Lymes disease.I was advised not to rub anything on the tick as they bury deeper into the animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magsie Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 http://www.dogticks.org/dog-ticks-removal.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_Hounds Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hi Hedgehog50 Frontline will definitely kill it in 48 hours, like ppl have said. I remove ticks if I am grooming a dog that has one. I use forceps to grip the tick, being careful to not burst it like ferretman said, and slowly twist it until it lets go. It can be a bit painful for the dog if it's been there a really long time but better out than in. Once I've removed them, I put them on some kitchen towel and make sure the head is still on the tick (never had one come off yet) then I burst it to kill it. When I was covering maternity at nottingham pets at home, i was on my way home one day and just leaving the salon when I heard something crunch under my foot. I looked down and I had trod on the biggest tick I have ever seen! It must have been on that poor dog for a very long time and had just had its fill and dropped off. Unfortunately, it was in the customer area and dropped off before its bath so we never knew which dog it had come off. Gross! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennis Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Vaseline, will do the trick, cover the tick in vaseline, and leave it - the tick will suffocate and usually drop off overnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Vaseline, will do the trick, cover the tick in vaseline, and leave it - the tick will suffocate and usually drop off overnight I do this and then remove it with tweezers when needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karis Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The simplest of methods is to just rub them for about 90 seconds in a clockwise direction. They get 'confused' and just fall out. Works every time for me. It's a magic solution... Youtube it. Completely effortless (well, almost). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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