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MY DOG
oke well my dog has too much ticks and when my mom and dad take them out then they come again and so they dont do it anymore and i love my dog and so i would love too pet him but i hate ticks
so will you give me advice on how too get ticks a way
thanks
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I had a friend that her dog had ticks and seriousely big ones, so the advice i give you for the ticks is if you buy a great shampoo for ticks,and then a cream for after you take your dog a shower with the shampoo.
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The only way to effectively remove a tick is to pull it with your fingers, or tweezers.
Do not let your dog become overcome with ticks. Ticks can spread diseases. If a tick has been sucking blood for more than 24 to 48 hours, then there is a very real chance that he has contacted lyme disease. Lyme disease is prevalent in almost the entire United States.
Also, if your dog has too many ticks he could become anemic, which means he is losing too much blood. With so many ticks, they are constantly sucking blood, and that can start to add up and he won't have enough blood to keep his organs running.
First, get all of the ticks off of your dog. Then get a monthly flea and tick treatment like frontline or advandix. Do not use Harts. Harts uses poisonous products that, if used improperly can kill your animals. Harts also doesn't even work. Frontline or advantix might be a bit more expensive but it's worth it to use something that will actually keep the ticks off of your dog.
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There are a ton of things to do. Be glad that your dog isn't a purely 'outside' dog, and your parents only let him outside occasionally. Otherwise, the ticks would be much, much worse.
Many vets try to discourage people from using heat (cigarettes, matches), though I did growing up with some of our dogs. Its easier, however, to just pull them off. You can use tweezers for the smaller ones (like seed ticks), but the larger ones you can just pull off with your fingers (if you are squeamish, use rubber gloves). Dont twist or yank, just pull steadily. Another way to remove ticks is to smother them - they do need to breathe! This is why giving a good bath is effective and probably the best method (they will detach to find air a good deal of the time). You can try petroleum jelly over ticks to accomplish the same thing as it will deny them air, but its probably too messy normally - thats more for other infestations in animal skin/flesh. A bath is probably the best way, they wont spit up possible diseases into the pet (like pulling/burning can cause) which can be important if there are a lot of thing like Lyme in your area.
There are a ton of treatments, you can see the vet about them. There are the collars, dust/powder treatments, non-powder topical ones, I even think there are ingestable treatments (I know there are for fleas, not 100% about ticks). If you dog sleeps in a particular spot, or has a bed, there are powders for that as well.
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ticks eh? eeek sounds terrible, im so sorry about that. Well, there is but it will heard. Get a cigar and burn them out, or take a twizer and pull em' out. It's almost the only 2 ways to do it. There is the vet option but they may or may not have the equipment to, or if they do they'll make you charge out the ass for it. Hope this helps
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There are quick simple treatments to help remove ticks off your dog. I had a smiliar problem with my cat, however, she had fleas really bad! So I bought her some spray to kill fleas, ticks, and mosquitos. It's water-proof so that it lasts longer, and it kill the parasites within 5 to 10 minutes. What I use is Hartz flea and tick spray. I also have tried the Hartz monthly drops on my cat and it got rid of the parasites within days. Also, to maintain a healthy environment, clean your dog's sheets, or clothes, etc and give him/her a bath at least once a week to keep the infestation down.
If however, you are on a tight budget with products for your dog, there are flea/tick brushes out there that if you brush your dog regularly with it, it will maintain and decrease infestation. And bathe your dog in mild soap and warm water, since Ticks do not like clean hair and soap.
Hope I helped =]
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If you cant want to quickly remove ticks, try heating the back of an old spoon, and touching it to the ticks butt. This will cause the tick to loosen its hold on yoru dog, and be pulled of more easily, you could also try putting a little bit of baby oil or vegetable oil on the tick. It will also make the tick lessen its hold on your dog, and make them easier to come off. Ive tried both of these, and they work great
You can try a tick repelent to keep ticks off yoru dog. We use k-9 advantix on mine, and it works great. Just talk to yoru parents about it. You can get tons of reat tick repelents at your vet
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