I think Piglet's gone and caught himself a tick! (It's either a gurt big tick or a flattened wart with a very narrow neck.) I refuse to allow him to keep it for a pet, but it's too wide for the larger size O'Tom hook to get underneath, so I've sprayed it with Frontline. I don't want to go at it with needle-nosed pliers in case it's a wart after all - apart from waiting to see if the Frontline makes if shrivel and drop off, is there anything else to try?

When i worked on an event yard our dogs were forever coming in with ticks from the neighbouring fields. The lady i worked for removed them by lighting a match, blowing out, so it was still hot and touching it. This app shocked it and it removed its head. I must add this is what she did as they were her dogs so i fairness not sure How effective it was.

My dog got one attached to her nipple so i poured neat vodka from the freezer on it..left it for a few minutes then picked it off with tweezers which worked a treat, no twisting etc needed and it all came out.
The dogs gums went quite white after but my friend Debby said "well so would you go white if someone poured frozen vodka on your nipples first thing in the morning" !!

....What no dinner..no cocktails ?? :)

my dog has picked up 5 in 2 weeks from over the fields, we put vaseline on leave for half hour max and then it just comes away real easy head attached, works better than my tick remover

I gave up treating with Frontline as mine got so many one year I was worried about overdosing :( Now I just use the tick remover and they come out really easily. I tried the vaseline but it didn't make any difference to them. Sometimes a bump/scab is left after they are removed but this disappears eventually :) If it's that big you can't use the remover, you could just use your fingers to twist it off :D

Daisy

I have used vodka before and it has worked, not near any nipples though ! :-D!

> I have used vodka before and it has worked, not near any nipples though

Only when the vodka missed your mouth ;)

Daisy

:-P

You can use tweezers and twist before pulling if that makes sense. That's what we did before tom o tick. We usually used aftershave on them first - couldn't waste the vodka!!

> I have used vodka before and it has worked, not near any nipples though

>Only when the vodka missed your mouth

Lol :-D  I'm not sure how one could miss a mouth that big

On a serious note, using vaseline or similar to 'suffocate' a tick is more likely to encourage it to regurgitate back into the host animal and increases the chance of spreading lyme disease.  Best to use methods such as Frontline, O'tom etc where possible.

>> I have used vodka before and it has worked, not near any nipples though
>Only when the vodka missed your mouth

That's when you know you're full!

Even with my rubbish specs on I still can't work out if it's actually a tick or not, so if the Frontline doesn't deal with it I'll get the boss to look at it. I don't want to find myself twisting off a wart - it'd really hurt him!

Jeangenie

You can tie a bit of cotton round it where it joins the skin.  This does the same job as the tick remover ie cut off the blood supply.  This method also has the benefit of being ok for warts too so you'll do no harm whatsoever.  If it's a tick you can then safely remove it, or it will drop off naturally.  The wart will just die and fall off too (but it'll take longer)

Tick removers only help twist the tick out - they don't cut off the blood supply :)

Daisy

> I have used vodka before and it has worked, not near any nipples though

>Only when the vodka missed your mouth

Lol   I'm not sure how one could miss a mouth that big

Cheeky ! :-P

We are quite lucky around here as we don't seem to suffer much with Ticks. Do they come from Sheep normally as we don't have that many around here?

I was told they come from sheep its what they dip for apparently but my girlie has picked 2 up in our back garden, very odd

I don't think sheep dipping is allowed any more, because of the toxicity of the chemicals. But yes, sheep and deer are the most common sources of ticks, although in gardens hedgehogs are usually covered in them.

i thought that when this farmer told me, but hedgehogs i get heaps of in my garden so i now know where they are coming from

> i thought that when this farmer told me, but hedgehogs i get heaps of in my garden so i now know where they are coming from

I had loads of ticks on the dogs last year, and mentioned to my vet that I was getting through loads of Frontline, due to the resident hedgehog.

He looked at me like I was a simpleton, and asked why I was using it on the dogs.  Hadn't I thought of treating the hedgehog?

Durrrrr!!  Nope!  :-o

My old dog before he went to the bridge use to find them and carry them onto the patio, we hear rustling noises so know they are around still.

Its one dog that we have that keeps getting them and she explores under the fir tree's where maybe the hedgehogs go, might do what jean says and frontline the hedgehogs lol

It says here that you should never spray hedgehogs with Frontline.

thats actually a good read and i've saved the page, but i was joking i ant crawling under no fir tree's to find a hedgehog, could be a rat or something, i'm quite out in the open here ;)

Mine get tics when we walk in Windsor Great Park,, that Liz and Phil just won't treat the Deer!

> she explores under the fir tree's

Don't forget that ticks actually live in grass, plants and trees, waiting to hitch a ride on a passing host who happens to pass by.  Warm weather provides an ideal breeding ground.  In the US you can buy sprays for outdoor plants , not sure if you can get it in the UK.  Might be worth a look if it's a common occurrence in your garden.

I'll have a go googling that tomorrow see what i can find out thanks alot.

Funny as one week 5, this week none at all, and its only her that goes right to the bottom of the garden and under the tree's so i think they are down there in the tree's, so if there is some kind of spray that could solve my problem