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raspberry331 -> How do you remove ticks from a dog? (6/10/2008 6:32:24 PM)
How do you remove ticks from a dog?

cinderella092003 -> RE: How do you remove ticks from a dog? (6/10/2008 6:40:54 PM)
the only way I have ever removed ticks from a dog is to use tweezers and put the ticks in alcohol after that. I know with humans, you put vaseline on first to suffocate the tick and keep it from digging deeper, but I would think it would be too hard to that with dog, especially if they have long hair

csl7037 -> RE: How do you remove ticks from a dog? (6/10/2008 7:00:09 PM)
The scary thing is that the head can pop off if you pull wrong and get stuck under the skin and get infected - GROSS! But my groomer gave me this nifty little thing that is really nothing more than a teaspoon (measuring spoon) with a little notch cut out of it. You just grip the little tick with the slot in it and it pulls right out. Thankfully, since we switched to Frontline, though, we haven't had that problem anymore.

manda59 -> RE: How do you remove ticks from a dog? (6/10/2008 7:35:30 PM)
O'Tom Tick Removal Hooks (scroll down) I have two of these permanently in my cosmetic bag in my handbag (your purse). I removed one once with metal tweezers when we were away on holiday and I didn't have anything else, but was scared to death all the time in case the tick "broke" and got stuck. I took it slow, and twisted it, and it came out all right, but I promised myself that the next time I'd have the proper equipment with me.

cindybode -> RE: How do you remove ticks from a dog? (6/10/2008 9:01:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: cinderella092003 I know with humans, you put vaseline on first to suffocate the tick and keep it from digging deeper, No, you don't. That is an old wives' tale. It doesn't work, and it just makes the tick harder to pull out. You also don't put alcohol on them or burn them with a match. What you do is get a pair of tweezers, grasp the tick's head, and pull with steady pressure. Don't twist. The tick will let go eventually. If the head breaks off, you remove it like you would a splinter. Put some antibiotic ointment on the bite when you're done. This assumes you're dealing with a wood tick, which actually are big enough to grab. If it's a deer tick, you use something with a hard edge, like a credit card, and scrape it off. The removal method is the same whether it's a dog, a human, or any other tick bitten creature.

csl7037 -> RE: How do you remove ticks from a dog? (6/10/2008 9:08:02 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: cindybode What you do is get a pair of tweezers, grasp the tick's head, and pull with steady pressure. Don't twist. The tick will let go eventually. If the head breaks off, you remove it like you would a splinter. Put some antibiotic ointment on the bite when you're done. I vote, take him to the groomer - I'm a wimp!!

manda59 -> RE: How do you remove ticks from a dog? (6/11/2008 4:50:33 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: cindybode What you do is get a pair of tweezers, grasp the tick's head, and pull with steady pressure. Don't twist. The tick will let go eventually. If the head breaks off, you remove it like you would a splinter. Put some antibiotic ointment on the bite when you're done. This assumes you're dealing with a wood tick, which actually are big enough to grab. If it's a deer tick, you use something with a hard edge, like a credit card, and scrape it off. The removal method is the same whether it's a dog, a human, or any other tick bitten creature. Do you perhaps have different ticks than we do in the UK? Ticks here burrow in in a spiral fashion, which is why you need to twist slowly to get them out. That is standard veterinary advice/practice here and also what is advocated by the Lyme Disease Association. If you don't twist, you risk pulling the body off and leaving the head/legs etc inside and it will be very difficult to get them out. However, it's important not to squeeze the tick while you're doing it. http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/information/tick_removal.htm

Auben -> RE: How do you remove ticks from a dog? (6/11/2008 9:57:28 AM)
We don't twist. It's too easy to lose parts (like the head). I live in tick country (the north woods) and agree with everything Cindy said. If they're not too embedded I just pull them off the dog with my fingers (or get dh to do it) and fold it up in a piece of tape (smothers it). With people I always use a tweezers.

manda59 -> RE: How do you remove ticks from a dog? (6/11/2008 1:25:01 PM)
Our ticks must be different then. Here you stand more chance of losing the head if you don't twist (but the twisting must be done very slowly)

cinderella092003 -> RE: How do you remove ticks from a dog? (6/12/2008 9:11:29 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: cindybode quote: ORIGINAL: cinderella092003 I know with humans, you put vaseline on first to suffocate the tick and keep it from digging deeper, No, you don't. That is an old wives' tale. It doesn't work, and it just makes the tick harder to pull out. You also don't put alcohol on them or burn them with a match. What you do is get a pair of tweezers, grasp the tick's head, and pull with steady pressure. Don't twist. The tick will let go eventually. If the head breaks off, you remove it like you would a splinter. Put some antibiotic ointment on the bite when you're done. This assumes you're dealing with a wood tick, which actually are big enough to grab. If it's a deer tick, you use something with a hard edge, like a credit card, and scrape it off. The removal method is the same whether it's a dog, a human, or any other tick bitten creature. It may be an old wives tale, but this is what they taught us in school every year growing up becase ticks were such a problem in our area. As far as the alcohol, we pulled over a hundred ticks from my dog, and dropped them in a jar of alcohol. It killed them just fine. Here is an article that supports doing that http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=how+to+remove+ticks&FORM=MSNH as far as the removal of them, it can be difficult to stomach. The ones on my dog grew decent size. I couldn't look at a lima bean for years, because it resembled them so much after they get big[:'(]

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