TICKS!!!

Subject: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:13 pm

Kala is curled up on the sofa next to me sound asleep bless her and I have been stroking her and felt a lump further investigation shows and she has 2 ticks :wqq: She's still asleep and snoring!!

I will have to wait til Ed comes in the get them out ( we have a tool for it) as one of us will have to hold her. I can only think that she has got them from our walk last week when we were out with the 4 dogs but I havent felt them until today. I hate the bloody things Marley got 8 when we were in Scotland last year.

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:38 pm

Awwww poor lass. I've never come across a tick myself :nhy:

I hope she makes it easy for you :love:

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:10 pm

:san41: 8..Bloody hell.Never had any on mine. :nhy:

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:12 pm

The thing is they get their flea and tick treatment religiously!! TICKS!!! 482195

I'm fanatical about it but they still get them!

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:26 pm

awww it's not your fault Judes, :nhy: i dont think the flea/tick control works very well for ticks to be honest for fleas yes but ticks no.
good thing you've spotted them and you can get them removed quick enough :love:

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:26 pm

doesnt work for ticks hun i use garlic never have ticks on mine and we have some of the largest populations of the lil fuckers up here in the lakes :2445:

bless her tho not your fault at all xxx

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:28 pm

do you use garlic tablets Farah? If so what sort?

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:47 pm

no i use garlic powder from NAF *natural animal feeds* they are online but i get mine from the farm shop

wen i worked with the other handlers they used frontline i dont i use just a flee one and their dogs would be crawling with ticks after working in the woods and i never found one on mine so must work lol

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:52 pm

Thanks hun I'm gonna have a look see now, anything is worth a try. Its the one reason I try to keep Marley away from long grass and woods and it looks like Kala is going to be the same!

:love: :love:

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:55 pm

yea i know what you mean cant avoid them round here with the livestock ect ive had none on mine this yr again my bro got one on meg tho but he doesnt feed the garlic lol

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:19 pm

Sly gets them regularly but I've never seen one on either Nico or Todd. Funny that!

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:21 pm

they ma also be like ppl i rarely get bit by klegs and other flys my mum and mates however *who are pale* always do lol

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:26 pm

I never get bitten by anything either and I'm so pale, I look dead TICKS!!! 729386

I live in a town centre so not many places for ticks to hide here but I've always dreaded them.

Garlic seems to keep fleas at bay too TICKS!!! 729386

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:29 pm

you do not look dead :san42: :san42: :san42:

yes very good at parasite *sp* control is garlic our horses get it too

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:10 pm

touch wood, freds never had a tick.... im not sure if i would detect one underneath all his hair lol...

the cats always getting them... we take him to the vets though... where can i get a tool from?...

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:37 pm

I got the tool from the vets in Scotland when we were there. On further investigation Kala didnt have a tick, it was a scab Marley must have caught her sometime when they have been playing, It felt like a tick but difficult to see properly when she was wriggling around so much!!!

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:40 pm

lol, bless her :2431: ....
freds been running around in woodland for the first time so i will keep an eye out for any creatures attached to him lol...

Subject: Re: TICKS!!! Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:05 pm

Eucky ticks :2431:

I never had any on any of the dogs :nhy: we use garlic as well, but I use the tablets TICKS!!! 729386