discovered dog has a tick

lulu1

We discovered earlier today that out dog has a tick our son tried to remove it but only got a part of it out. Will it do the dog any harm

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lulu1 wrote: »

We discovered earlier today that out dog has a tick our son tried to remove it but only got a part of it out. Will it do the dog any harm

It will cause a serious infection as the head rots in the dog.
Bring him to a vet tomorrow to get it removed.
It's a very serious issue.

sillysmiles

I find this little tool greater for removing ticks. I can't do it with my hands - way too gross!

knipex

Stop at it.

If your worried about infection put some antiseptic cream on it.

The more you play with it the more chance of an infection. Just leave it alone and let nature deal with it. If you want put some cream on it.

Graces7

sillysmiles wrote: »

I find this little tool greater for removing ticks. I can't do it with my hands - way too gross!

I would lose that so often. I find ticks on my cats when they leap into bed with me so act fast and have the knack of removing them fast and fully. One sustained tweak with nails at the head end...

Canis Lupus

Nicolas Uptight Rower wrote: »

It will cause a serious infection as the head rots in the dog.
Bring him to a vet tomorrow to get it removed.
It's a very serious issue.

Wut?

s7ryf3925pivug

He’s 100% right that it’s serious and needs a vet’s attention. V important to get the whole tick out and especially not to crush the body in the process. You’re effectively injecting your pet with diseased crap if that happens.

Bending a regular tweezers to be rounded and fit around the body worked for me on two occasions.

Lady Haywire

I've done it before many times and never brought them to the vet & guess what, they survived! Just dab a bit of iodine on it if you're worried. The scab will build up around the tick remnants over a couple of days & then pick it off and the remainder of the tick comes with it.
It's also happened to me with ticks as i get a lot of them and unless i'm a zombie and don't know it, i've survived too

lulu1

We phoned the vet the day the day after we discovered it. We had the dog with her just the week before and she said that she treated him for ticks then so there should be no problem and it should fall out itself

But if it's still there by Tuesday (tomorrow) take him back

Canis Lupus

Pulled countless ticks off our farm dogs growing up. They all survived... Funny old world. And lol as above picked a fair few off my own body. Summer time and hay fields...

Lucena

Buy one of those tweezers, any other method is messy and you'll end up leaving bits of the tick still stuck in the animal.

s7ryf3925pivug

It's not rocket science. Dont leave bits of disease-carrying insects stuck in you or your pet. There is a greater risk of disease. It's also really gross. And wtf is with doing that as a matter of course. It's really not that hard to pull them out cleanly if you're careful.

Lady Haywire

Achilles Tight Mosque wrote: »

It's not rocket science. Dont leave bits of disease-carrying insects stuck in you or your pet. There is a greater risk of disease. It's also really gross. And wtf is with doing that as a matter of course. It's really not that hard to pull them out cleanly if you're careful.

But it does not need a vets attention.