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#9353 - 05/17/2002 11:35 AM |
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Hi everyone!!
As far as I know, ticks can't fly..........or do they??????(attempting humor here!)
I just had a very disturbing occurence. I was in my bedroom and I spotted a tick on top of my mirror!!!???The mirror is over a built in vanity and is approx. 6ft.wide by 4 ft high!!!!(hair salon type mirror)
I use bio-spot on Bella, my 2 yr. old female, but I have not put anything on my 5 mo. old pup Nero. His crate is a few feet away from the vanity. I check him all the time and have never found a tick on him.
Bella on the other hand had a few ticks on her this year on Frontline, so I switched to Bio-spot and she's been clean ever since.
How the hell did the tick get up there and is this a sign of anything bad, such as infestation? I have wall to wall carpet in that room, but it is cream colored and very low nap.I have never seen anything before now, but I am VERY worried since I live in a high Lyme area and have 4 kids!!
ANY help is appreciated, Thanks.
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#9354 - 05/17/2002 11:42 AM |
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Ticks are excellent climbers, and while they don't fly they do often drop out of trees. Seeing a tick is not a sign of an infestation, but if both your dogs are being treated for ticks, I would check yourself and your kids daily. So far this season I haven't seen one tick on my dog (using a once a month topical treatment) but have pulled 5 or 6 of of myself or clothing.
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#9355 - 05/17/2002 03:42 PM |
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Uuugh, TICKS!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
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#9356 - 05/17/2002 04:47 PM |
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I haven't treated the pup yet because I was worried about his young age.I guess I will now since the tick was so close to his bed.I skeeve those things!!!!!!!!!!
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#9357 - 05/21/2002 07:25 PM |
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After I discovered two ticks on Gus(walking in tall grass) I put him on front line. He already had shots for Lyme so I wasn't worried about that.
But three weeks later when I took him on a path for maybe three minutes(to do his business) he ended up with another tick.
To my understanding it takes 2-6hrs to kill the fleas and 24-48 hours to kill the ticks.
I'm sorry, but I don't want a tick feeding on my pup for 48hrs and what happens to it when it's dead. Gus is a longhair GSD so who knows where it will end up?
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#9358 - 05/21/2002 07:35 PM |
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Just because a dog is vaccinated against Lyme doesen't mean the dog won't get it. I've heard vets claim that the vaccination is 85% effective in dogs, more effective than anything tried on humans. I think the lyme vaccine is just another scam to go along with the number of vaccination scams pulled by the vet industry. Not only that, the damn vaccine is dangerous and I've heard of dogs getting sick from it. Its certainly one vaccine I won't be getting again. The bottom line is ticks are a pain and the best thing is to do a daily exam of your dog, top to bottom.
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#9359 - 05/21/2002 08:18 PM |
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From what I have read it is deer ticks that carry Lyme, not the dog ticks that most people think of when they think tick. Deer ticks are really tiny
and would probably be hard to find on a dog. Dog ticks can carry other diseases and are just generally disgusting when they fall of on the floor and you accidentally step on them. If I'm wrong about the lyme thing let me know.
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Nope, you're right. The deer ticks are so tiny, that you probably wouldn't even find it until it is already engorged. The brown dog ticks are much bigger and easier to spot, and do carry diseases such as erlichiosis. My veterinarian has us on Frontline, as it kills both fleas and ticks and is waterproof. But, he tells me that if my dog is to spend a great deal of time in the outdoors, there is a collar that would work even better. I haven't checked into that option yet, as my dog has not been able to train for the last several months. By the time he gets back out there, tick season will be in a lull, so the Frontline will probably be fine. However, this fall I may check into that collar if the ticks seem numerous.
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#9361 - 05/21/2002 08:51 PM |
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The collar that you speak of is called "Preventic"
and does a great job with tick prevention for up to three months. I have used this product for many years with great success. It is best to fit the collar snug and clip the end. I then further clip the ends and place a piece in my vacume cleaner bag.
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#9362 - 05/22/2002 08:36 AM |
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Tick problems are certainly relative to where you have to train and work. Being a State Police Agency, most of our calls are in very rural, wooded or tall grass areas. Most of the larger cities have their own canine units. Being in the south, where we normally don't get a lot of very cold winters our tick problems can be horrible. All of our dogs are on Top Spot, or Frontline, whichever the Vet for that Trooper carries. Both seem to work very well. But we still know that when we come out of the woods both handler and dog must be checked thoroughly. Our drug dogs get their share of ticks as well, as most of the searches done by them are on the roadside. It doesn't take long for a hungry tick to latch on to the nearest meal. Happy pickin. LOL
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