Q&A: What is the best way to get rid of ticks? oh and does anyone know what may be wrong with my dog?
Question by jaz: What is the best way to get rid of ticks? oh and does anyone know what may be wrong with my dog?
We live in a forested area and my dog gets ticks…. any help? oh, and my dog seems to find a little bit of pain when her leg is messed with (like lifted and such), any help? is it lime disease?
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Answer by sheltiemom
Could be. Lyme disease does cause joint pain.
Thank goodness we don’t have ticks in our area, but I hear good things about Advantix.
What do you think? Answer below!
November 11th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
I use the preventic collar on my dogs for tick prevention (it works very well, even though flea collars are crap). as far as the leg pain, see your vet.
November 11th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Ticks may be very small black dots, about the size of the head of a pin; or they can be larger and more easily seen, about half the size of a ladybug. When engorged with blood, the tick’s body swells and it holds firmly to the dog’s skin. Unfortunately, it’s often easiest to find a tick when it’s already latched on: by feeling your dog’s skin, you can find a tiny lump that feels much like a small burr, except you can’t brush or pull it off easily.
http://dogtime.com/ticks.html
November 11th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Check with your vet for tick prescriptions. Frontline Top Spot, Advantage Flea Control, Program, Sentinel, Frontline Plus Flea Medicine, K9 Advantix Medication, are ones I recommend but your vet has to choose one right for your dog.
Your dog could have got infected by a tick in the leg but check with a vet just in case.
November 11th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
If you prefer to remove them rather than use a preventative, we have found that just using a tweezers and pulling them off, is the most reliable. In the past we have tried using matches, putting on vaseline, and other home remedies with sporadic success. We found that if you just get the tweezers as close to the dogs skin and the ticks head as possible and pull slowly but firmly, it works the best.
Contact your vet for the leg problem.
November 11th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
We live in an area with trees and long grass, cows and deer are in the area too. Deer bring alot of ticks, therefore we have had many a tick brought back via our dogs. They are horrid, I hate the blood sucking ugly little creatures. To get them off we use abit of pure alchohol, so to drowse the Tick, then get hold of the tick has close to your pets skin has possible, a firm grip and pull…WITHOUT breaking the tick. If you leave the pinchers of the tick embedded in your pets skin, it can cause your pet to become very sick. It happened to our dog once and he was very ill indeed. Now we use a spray we get from our vets, FRONTLINE spray, it PREVENTS ticks attaching to our pets, and it also kills them should they attach to our pets, we also use the spray to lightly spray our carpets and dogs beds. So far so good, we have found only ONE tick in the 18months we have been using the spray. Good luck.
November 11th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
try going to the vet and getting the dog checked out, that is what they get paid for, there is 000000000000000000 way we can tell you with that lame description you gave.
November 11th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Taking your dog out to the woods can be a good experience for both you and your dog. While you can protect yourself from any bug bites that might occur, you cannot however protect your dog from anything that might happen. When going out in the woods, the first thing you should always worry about is ticks.
Ticks are a small 8 legged insect that will bite you if you have any open skin. When the ticks bite you, they latch themselves on to your skin in order to suck out as muck blood as possible. When they bite on to your dog, they will continue to suck the blood out of your dog until they can’t do it anymore. The best way to stop ticks is before they start. This means that you must spray your dog down with some kind of insect repellent before you take your dog out into the woods. Ticks are a parasite that sucks the blood right out of your body. These ticks hide out in the bushes and tall grassy areas.
The one thing that people are quite afraid of is the Lyme disease that ticks tend to carry. This disease can cause major shut downs in your body if you are not careful. This disease can also affect a dog quite drastically. These ticks with Lyme disease will quickly begin to shut down your dog’s immune system and eventually make your dog very sick.
If you find that your dog has a tick buried in his fur, there are a number of things that you need to do to help your dog get better. The first thing that you will need to do is to get a pair of tweezers. You cannot just pull the tick out with your bare hands. When the tick initially bites you, it will bury its head in your skin. If you just try to pull it out with your bare hands, you might get the head stuck in your skin which could lead to infection. You should position the tweezers around the tick as close to the skin as possible. You have place the tweezers there, firmly begin to pull the tick straight up. This should help to keep the tick in tact and make sure that he is not broken in half. Once the tick is out of your dog, you should burn or flush the tick. If you through the tick away, it will probably just climb up the trash and try to bit you again.Also when this event happens wear cloves and put rhubarbs at your risks wear pants, and long sleeves, but be careful
hopefully it is not lyme decease I consider you take you dog to the immediately or something bad will happen if you take your time lyme decease is really bad and you can get infected once your infected your in spite of death or bad symptoms disease is an infection caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. This bacterium is usually found in small animals like mice. It can be carried to people from these animals by Ixodes ticks (known as black-legged or deer ticks). These ticks pick up Borrelia burgdorferi when they bite infected animals and then infect humans by biting them and passing the bacteria into the person’s bloodstreams lyme disease can affect different body systems, such as the nervous system, joints, skin, and heart. The symptoms of Lyme disease are often described as happening in three stages (although not everyone experiences all of these stages Usually, the first sign of infection is a circular rash. This rash appears within 1–2 weeks of infection but may develop up to 30 days after the tick bite. The rash often has a characteristic “bull’s-eye” appearance, with a central red spot surrounded by clear skin that is ringed by an expanding red rash. It may also appear as an expanding ring of solid redness. It may be warm to the touch and is usually not painful or itchy. The bull’s-eye rash may be more difficult to see on people with darker skin tones, where it may take on a bruise-like appearance.
The rash usually resolves in about a month. Although this rash is considered typical of Lyme disease, many people never develop it.
Along with the rash, a person may experience flu-like symptoms such as swollen lymph nodes, fatigue, headache, and muscle aches. Left untreated, symptoms of the initial illness may go away on their own. But in some people, the infection can spread to other parts of the body. Symptoms of this stage of Lyme disease usually appear within several weeks after the tick bite, even in someone who has not developed the initial rash. The person may feel very tired and unwell, or may have more areas of rash that aren’t at the site of the bite.
Lyme disease can affect the heart, leading to an irregular heart rhythm or chest pain. It can spread to the nervous system, causing facial paralysis (Bell’s palsy) or tingling and numbness in the arms and legs. It can start to cause headaches and neck stiffness, which may be a sign of meningitis. Swelling and pain in the large joints also can occur.
The last stage of Lyme disease can occur if the early stages of the disease were not detected or appropriately treated. Symptoms of late Lyme disease can appear any time from weeks to years after an infectious tick bite. They may include arthritis, particularly in the knee
November 11th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
To prevent more ticks, I would use a good flea and tick preventative such as advantage.
There are many ways to remove the tick that is now in your dog, but you want to be sure to do it right. Visit the link below for more, free, info.
Lime disease can cause pain in joints and even paralyze your dog, so you definitely need to have your vet look over your dog if you do not notice him/her feeling better.
Good luck, and I hope your dog will be ok.