GreyhoundGirl Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Since we went for a walk in the forest I checked the dogs and I found a tick on Molly in the webbing between her toes. It bled a tiny bit when I pulled it. Do I need to do anything? I haven't started Frontline for the season since it's still been freezing at night. Obviously, I'll be giving them both a dose of Frontline ASAP. Anything else I need to do or look out for? It's my first tick experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_daerr Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Ticks are going to be bad this year! I picked one off Truman, and this was back in March. I don't want to think of how bad they'll be in the summer. I don't think there's much more to do than clean the area and wait. You can get a snap test in 45 days if she's symptomatic for anything. Some vets will let you take the tick in and send it off to the lab for Lyme testing. Do you get your kids the Lyme vaccine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 You don't need to do anything. Just monitor. Fwiw--frontline does crappdoodle against ticks here. I'm using a Seresto collar on my boy this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Just keep an eye on it. I agree that they'll be bad this year - picked one off my thigh a couple weeks ago. Eesh! Quote Mom of bridge babies Regis and Dusty. Wrote a book about shelter dogs! I sell things on Etsy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeofNE Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I use Frontline Plus year round 'cause all it takes is for one flea or tick to get in the house and multiply! Quote Susan, Hamish, Mister Bigglesworth and Nikita Stanislav. Missing Ming, George, and Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jackied Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I also found a tick on zoe but she gets frontline year round and it was dead from bitting her. Also found a tick on me this morning but it was just walking on my arm so I killed it them flushed it. Its only april and they are bad already. This stinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feisty49 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 And FYI: Ticks don't necessarily die off in the winter. When I lived in the country a couple of years ago, I saws ticks in the snow in the middle of January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_daerr Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 My vet told me this morning that you can put a tick in water and freeze it into an ice cube, and they can still live! I didn't quite understand it, but it had something to do with them surviving on just CO2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KsFrets Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 We do tick inspections often. When we find them and pick them off, we burn them. it's fun. They pop when they burn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I'd touch base with your vet, but it sounds like you got it before it had a chance to feed much. (If you're in an area where lyme disease is common AND it was a deer tick AND it'd been feeding for a while, your vet might recommend a course of doxycycline to be safe.) You can get a 4DX test at the end of the season to see if Molly picked up any tick-borne diseases. We've already found 3 adult wood ticks and 1 adult deer tick. We used to use Frontline Plus, but it seems to have become ineffective around here. Now we're using Bravecto, which doesn't repel ticks but should kill them within 24 hours if they attach and we happen miss them when we're doing our post-walk "tick checks"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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