Thread: One indoor one outdoor cat-problems?

Curious about tick-borne diseases in UK? From a quick Internet search it appears that you do indeed have disease carrying ticks in UK. This is actually one of my primary concerns about our cats going outside--even supervised. Ticks in the US can carry a whole host of diseases that affect cats. One is essentially 100% fatal if contracted (Cytauxzoon felis), and cats in our town have died from it. When I take our one cat outside with me, I check her over very carefully multiple times. Ticks alone are reason enough for me to not take any of the other cats outside even supervised. In fact, I worry every time I have Bella out with me. I probably checked her over a dozen times last night. Even still, Lyme-carrying ticks are so small it is unlikely I would be able to detect them. (We do not use tick repellents because they don't really protect against disease transmission. E.g., the first two cats here that died from the previously mentioned disease had both been treated. Vets still push repellents, but really they just lull you into thinking you are protecting your cat when you are not. Can take 48hrs to cause tick to drop off--well after it has bitten.) So do people in UK worry about tick-borne diseases when you have your cats outside?

We tripple check the dogs for squatter ticks they are YAK fairly easy with these two being mainly white & short fur but Banjo got one last year & we had to wait 24 hrs for his frontline to kill it I was following him round like a stalker to make sure it fell off dead & not attatch itself to a cat.

I could never breed cats or dogs Id worry to much about there off spring being kept safe & sound & spoilt rotten