Lyme

As much as I loved the little guy, he had to go. String from Kmart. Music chosen by Max. Sorry Mrs. Jackson, I didn’t choose the song.

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jeezzz….
the first hike of the season and my dog has ticks again.
yes, i keep her frontlined.
we even stayed on the trails today.
i’ve had, in the past 7 years, about 20 ticks.
she has had, in the past 7 years, about 100 ticks.
but i’m not keepin score.
i’ve even made us a specialized pair of tick removal needle nose hobbiest pliars.

she got a tick on her freakin eyelid!
:/

now, i’m a superb tick remover. i’ve removed ticks from my delicate areas as well as her delicate areas….but an eyelid?

i put a dab of frontline just above the tick when we got home…hopin it’ll back out or fall out within the next few hours. but before bed should i just tell her to hold REAL still and yank the sucker out?

shes current on her heartgard.

??

we arent gonna go to the vet to get a tick pulled…f.y.i. yes, i take my pup to the vet when ever she needs to go….this doesnt qualify as a need to go.
shes up on all her visits and shots and tags…..so its not that im too cheap to take care of her.

so,
should i wait until tomorrow morning to see if the tick removes itself?
or just yank it before bed…an hour from now?
Tee Tee,
i put a drop or frontline on a qtip and rubbed that into her skin above the tick…..but i understand your concern.
i was concerned for the first 5 minutes after i did it to;)
but shes isnt blinkin funny and her eye isnt waterin at all.
HEY Y’ALL,
removal went great. got the little suckers proboscis and both sides of the suckers lips;)

and only pulled out 4 puppy dog eyelid hairs!

glad you all said to remove it before too long. i like when the jury makes a unanimous decision;)

thanks much!
dear rescue member,
not too sure about puttin petroleum jelly on the slippery sucker, i’ve never used petroleum jelly before, aitn gonna start now.

and yes, i use frontline plus. have for the past 6 years. seems like the ticks eat the stuff for breakfast, lunch, and dinner though. not sure about advantix…maybe i will check into that in 4 more months when she runs out of frontline plus. but i’ve talked with people around here and they’ve said the same thing about their dogs with advanitx. me n my pup live in western pennsylvania.

appreciate your input though.

happy puppy paw trails!


The question is, if you wait, where will the tick move to? a worst place for you to remove it from or a place you don’t even see. I would remove it now.

tick from frolfing, removed at John’s house

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My cat had a tick several months ago. We pulled it out using a tick removal tool (it’s like a plastic scoop with a cut out on the end). I’ve been watching that area and the hair has not grown back in that spot. He has a noticeable little round bald spot the size of a pencil eraser tip. The skin there is paler than the rest of his skin.

He doesn’t seem to be sick or act strange, but it’s been there for months. What could that be? Should I worry?

My kitten had the same problem, she had a small bald spot for a while, but the hair eventually grew back in although she still has a small build up of scar tissue. The weird thing though is that the hair grew back white on an all black cat. My guess it that the hair follicles/ pigmentation were damaged or disrupted by the scar tissue left from the damage the tick did to the skin. Her problem with the tick spot only lasted a few weeks, but she has some teeth marks and scratches on her ears that I don’t think the fur will ever grow back on. If it continues to worry you though give your vet a call, and he/she will be able to tell you whether or not an appointment is necessary.

I had 3 ticks that were in my skin and the doctor who helped me remove 2 of them suggested a roound of anti biotics to kill any chance of Lyme disease. The 3rd tick that was pulled out of me was after the anti biotics and was supposedly dead on removal.

Although we have lots of deer in our neck of the woods, Lyme disease is encountered rather rarely. Added to that, my advancing presbyopia would make finding the deer tick more unlikely. The an appropriate antibiotic would kill the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that cause Lyme disease, but probably not the tick.

The larger wood tick can transmit Rocky Mt. Spotted Fever which is endemic in these parts. Sometimes you can get them to back out by applying a heated match tip to the tick. My little patients rarely held still for this procedure. Smothering them with Vaseline supposedly works, but I didn’t have uniform success with it. My favorite, if unorthodox, method of easy removal was to give the tick an enema of expired Lidocaine, using a tuberculin syringe.

Our Dog Lilly had 2 Ticks

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I found what I am pretty sure is a female dog tick on my nephews head. It was very ingorged. When I crushed it (after proper removal of course) the blood was black as tar.

you can usually tell how long they’ve been attached based on thier size. Based on your description, I would guess that it has been there a long time. Ticks, when they are empty, are not very round. If you are worried about lyme disease or something of the sort, just look at the spot every day for maybe a week or so. If you see any tell tale signs of an infection (bull’s eye around the bite, your nephew getting sick, etc.) then you should worry. In the mean time, don’t get too worked up over it.

How to manually remove a tick from a dog

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I got Bit by a Lone Star Tick. I remove the tick and give some suggestions.

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When the tick is imbedded in the skin and the lump under the skin is stationary. After removal what is the best way to clean the area?

Here is the proper way to remove ticks… it is best to use tweezers (or your fingers) and gently grab as close to the head as possible, you want to slowly pull the tick out horizontally (not straight up) from skin without squishing he body. IF the head or part of the head is left behind that is FINE. It will NOT get infected and your dogs body will work the rest of the tick out itself.

You do not want to use Vaseline, a match, or any other means. Vaseline will eventually suffocate the tick, however, it can take anywhere from 4-48 hours!!! If a tick is attached for 24 hours or more then your dog is at great risk of contracting a tick born disease (Lymes for example).

You also do not want to squish the tick. Here is the reason: the bacteria that causes Lymes Disease (and the other tick born diseases Ehrlicha and Anaplasma) lives in the salivary glands of the tick. If you squish the tick the tick will regurgitate (they literally “throw up”) the infected saliva into your dogs blood stream, causing them to contract a tick born disease. You also do not want to use a match because in the process of burning the tick they immediately regurgitate under the stress, causing the same process as above.

And incase you are wondering why a tick needs to be attached for 24 hours or more for them to contract a tick born disease or two is because at that point the tick is so engorged with blood that they regurgitate (again- infected salvia) and fall off.

You can safely use Peroxide, Bactoderm or Neosporin on the area once you remove the tick.