%$%##! OMG, look at this!

[Wulfgar]

reminds me of the movie Stand By me when the kid had the leech on his shlong

 

[heatherrae]

Don't you have some kind of bitchy reputation to maintain? This is almost as bad as your, "I think someone is breaking in." At least you cowboy'd up....lol.

Have I ruined my rep?

Dang!

I'll have to pick a fight with someone and then insult their occupation and education...lol.

 

[heatherrae]

reminds me of the movie Stand By me when the kid had the leech on his shlong

Not quite that bad, but close. lol.

 

[Subzeero]

Light a match, then blow it out, then touch the tick with the hot end of the match. Have another person right there with tweezers to pluck it up once it feels itself getting burned. It will release tension on its legs making it easy to pluck them out.

hmmmm... samurai jack would do that.

 

[musclemom]

Watch out for lyme disease now. It can take 2-5 months to even show up in bloodwork. If your dog starts to lay around much more, isn't eating much, and starts limping, take it to a vet to get checked out.

The big ones can carry spotted fever, they get to be about the size of grapes when filled up. It's the little ones that carry Lyme, they only get to be about the size of a big corn kernel or so.

We had horses, "ticking" the horses was a regular activity in the summer. I'm immune to gross out factor anymore. They used to love to get into their tails at the very end, into their polls (the top of their head between their ears) and along their manes. We'd usually keep them off of their body everywhere else because of bug spray, but it's impossible to put enough spray on them to keep the ticks out of their manes and tails.

Frigging ticks. I can remember waking up in the middle of the night after a day at the barn feeling one crawling on my head or somewhere -- DESPITE having showered. Bastardly things.

HR, you have a little dog, why don't you get a nice pyrethrin dip and do him yourself? That's how we used to take care of our fuzzies when we had both cats and dogs. Honestly, I never did trust that Frontline shit, I just couldn't see how it could keep anything from getting in between their toes and stuff.

 

[heavy_duty]

I'm such a city boy. I would have taken my dog to the Vet.
(I hate dogs by the way) But I have my cat at the vet 3x a year.

 

[heatherrae]

The big ones can carry spotted fever, they get to be about the size of grapes when filled up. It's the little ones that carry Lyme, they only get to be about the size of a big corn kernel or so.

We had horses, "ticking" the horses was a regular activity in the summer. I'm immune to gross out factor anymore. They used to love to get into their tails at the very end, into their polls (the top of their head between their ears) and along their manes. We'd usually keep them off of their body everywhere else because of bug spray, but it's impossible to put enough spray on them to keep the ticks out of their manes and tails.

Frigging ticks. I can remember waking up in the middle of the night after a day at the barn feeling one crawling on my head or somewhere -- DESPITE having showered. Bastardly things.

HR, you have a little dog, why don't you get a nice pyrethrin dip and do him yourself? That's how we used to take care of our fuzzies when we had both cats and dogs. Honestly, I never did trust that Frontline shit, I just couldn't see how it could keep anything from getting in between their toes and stuff.

Good idea! I'm going to go run to WalMart right now. It is the only thing close to me. You think that I could just get the spray bottle kind, spray him down, wait a bit and give him a bath?

I found one of the little ones on him yesterday, too. I even got one on my own shoulder yesterday. They must be really bad this year.

 

[heatherrae]

I'm such a city boy. I would have taken my dog to the Vet.
(I hate dogs by the way) But I have my cat at the vet 3x a year.

The vets around here would crack up if I brought him in to remove a tick, I think. Poor puppy. That thing was right on the soft spot on his neck. UGH

 

[heatherrae]

Okay, I'm off to go get some tick dip stuff. I got to be a responsible mommy and make sure he doesn't have any more that I haven't found yet.

 

[musclemom]

Good idea! I'm going to go run to WalMart right now. It is the only thing close to me. You think that I could just get the spray bottle kind, spray him down, wait a bit and give him a bath?

I found one of the little ones on him yesterday, too. I even got one on my own shoulder yesterday. They must be really bad this year.

No, the other way, if you think they're going to be really bad this year, either get a flea/tick shampoo, the kind you lather and let sit for 5 min., or use regular shampoo and follow that with the dip (doing both you might poison your dog). Edit: What I mean is, using the leave on flea/tick shampoo followed BY a dip. Jesus, what a hassle, I can't believe I used to go through this every summer. Why don't you teach your dog to shit in a litter pan like a civilized animal

You might need to go to a real pet store, personally I say use something that has pyrethrin or permethrins (or both, I can't remember now, it's been so long). That's what we used to use. It's not as toxic and that's an issue, especially with a smaller animal (and your pregnancy). I've had one cat go into shock from permethrins, but cats are delicate, and I found out later it was an allergic reaction (apparently some cats are allergic to marigolds, go figure).