Thread: One indoor one outdoor cat-problems?

We have had an animal in our surgery that had Lyme's disease so yes it can happen in the UK & each year ticks seem to be more abundant & start earlier on.
Only a couple of weeks ago some people came in with their 5 month old puppy & thought it was covered in small warts but no they were ticks,some so small you could hardly see them,don't think I have ever seen so many on one animal,not even hedgehogs...
As far as I am aware our products kill ticks if used correctly but do not prevent the disease so it is something to be aware of.

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Only a couple of weeks ago some people came in with their 5 month old puppy & thought it was covered in small warts but no they were ticks,some so small you could hardly see them,don't think I have ever seen so many on one animal,not even hedgehogs...
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Oh dear that's awful poor puppy! I'm amazed they didn't know they weren't warts! We have lived here for 7 years now and I have never found a tick on my dogs but where I lived before my cavalier got them. Horrible things - I used to either paint them with clear nail varnish until they dropped off or pull them out with tweezers. You have to be extremely careful doing that though that you don't leave the mouth still hooked on. I groom them most days and go over them with my hands too. Guess we have been lucky here. We use Front Line - not sure if this is keeping them away or there just isn't many around here. Or maybe my dogs are just too fast for them

I will keep a close eye on Simba though.

Our two managed to pick up five of the horrible squatters today good job they went in the sea for a bit of a swim before they got in the car the squatters had all rushed to there backs so easily spotted (no pun intended ) so I got them all off before they attatched & then spent ages going over them both to make sure there were no more, I think its going to be a bad year for Ticks, its only April

We're lucky here.... not really any ticks to speak off....

Louie-Louie tried to reply to you but messaga not allowed to go through...Didn't want you to think I had ignored it.

Thanks JC dont know what Ive done to it