yikes - help needed - cody has a tick on the neck

piningforarabbit · Feb 19, 2009

can anyone suggest something to remove ticks ? preferably not a method that involves pulling them out and potentially leaving their heads on and running the risk of infection (as well as lymes disease for me)

my poor baby

Daniel1Dirk · Feb 19, 2009

Well I read for dogs if I rember right you should take a small alcohal wipe and dab it then take tweezers and carefuly take it out(be sure not to leave the head it will just grow a new body if you do)

Santa · Feb 19, 2009

How far are you from your vet? I'd pop him along, I'm sure the nurse will be able to get it out using proper tick removers.

piningforarabbit · Feb 19, 2009

Santa said:
How far are you from your vet? I'd pop him along, I'm sure the nurse will be able to get it out using proper tick removers.

apart from the alcohol suggestion, is there anything I can rub on it to make it just drop off ?

I think my garden has a lot of ticks, is there anything I can spray in the garden to get rid of them

a visit to the nurse for every tick is probably not going to work out, last summer, each bun got 4-6 ticks

BB Mommy · Feb 19, 2009

Cover it completely with a blob a vaseline.
The tick suffocates and within an hour or two you can easily remove it.

kitschkitty · Feb 19, 2009

BB Mommy said:
Cover it completely with a blob a vaseline.
The tick suffocates and within an hour or two you can easily remove it.

Good advice, the thing with ticks is you want them dead before removing them so that they aren't still holding on with their jaws.

BB Mommy · Feb 19, 2009

When I got my tortoise he was covered in ticks.
My mum knew about the vaseline method and it worked perfectly - the whole tick just comes away

Starlight · Feb 19, 2009

BB Mommy said:
Cover it completely with a blob a vaseline.
The tick suffocates and within an hour or two you can easily remove it.

Agree with this, do NOT remove without vaseline being on it first for a while as the jaws/head will still be intact under the skin and will cause infection.

piningforarabbit · Feb 19, 2009

does the bun try to lick or scratch the vaseline ?

thanks for the suggestions

any suggestion for the garden ?

Santa · Feb 19, 2009

If you google 'vaseline tick removal' plenty of sites tell you not to do it like this :?

Where are your bunnies picking the ticks up from?

Starlight · Feb 19, 2009

Santa said:
If you google 'vaseline tick removal' plenty of sites tell you not to do it like this :?

Where are your bunnies picking the ticks up from?

:?
Thats what my tutor told me in class that you could do.. she is a v.nurse.
Rather worrying if it isn't true :?

Daniel1Dirk · Feb 20, 2009

BB Mommy said:
Cover it completely with a blob a vaseline.
The tick suffocates and within an hour or two you can easily remove it.

Hmmm i've never tried that. my bro has a dog who gets covered in ticks(he just picks them off)

piningforarabbit · Feb 20, 2009

Santa said:
If you google 'vaseline tick removal' plenty of sites tell you not to do it like this :?

Where are your bunnies picking the ticks up from?

so what are you suggesting get done ? I searched as you suggested with mixed results, some say its ok, others give warnings, what is your reference ?

the buns seem to pick them up in the undergrowth in the corner of the garden, where their pen is located, any chemical warfare techniques to get rid of them once and for all ?

LolasMummy · Feb 20, 2009

Hi i have always used vaseline for my dogs! Works really well. Wouldnt imagine that the rabbit would lick it off as would be hard to get to on the neck?

Vaseline was what our vet recommended.

Brinsley Bunnies · Feb 20, 2009

Olive oil

We get lots of hedgehogs in with ticks and we always paint on olive oil to get them off (in the same way vaseline works). We also sometimes use the O'Tom 'tick hook' specially designed to 'twist and pull' as you don't want to leave the head in. http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/dog_grooming_care/flea_and_tick_protection/tick_protection/29986 Your vet should have a tick hook if you don't want to deal with the cretin!

lilbun · Feb 20, 2009

Xebex Ultra from you vet will kill the ticks. They should drop off then (it is toxic to cats and ferrets though) Don't bother trying to remove it yourself, you may very well leave the mouthparts in an end up with an abscess :shock:

piningforarabbit · Feb 20, 2009

thanks for all the suggestions

I noticed bonnie has also picked up some small ones on her nose, and cody has another small one on one ear

I really need to find out how to purge the garden of ticks, otherwise I don't feel right putting them in their pen, and that would be so disappointing for them :roll:

Jesssy · Feb 20, 2009

The main reason against using vaseline or similar on ticks is that it causes the tick to vomit when it dies so greatly increases the chance of infection.
I have used tick removers from the vets which make it very easy to remove them as they don't leave the head in.
Jessy

halfpenny · Feb 20, 2009

I'd vouch for tick removers too.
You won't be able to rid your garden of ticks as they drop off passing animals, like hedgehogs, foxes, deer etc.

piningforarabbit · Feb 21, 2009

Jesssy said:
The main reason against using vaseline or similar on ticks is that it causes the tick to vomit when it dies so greatly increases the chance of infection.
I have used tick removers from the vets which make it very easy to remove them as they don't leave the head in.
Jessy

ah, right, that makes excellent sense to me, thank you

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