I know, I know, wrong board etc :)

But my cat has got a small (currently) tick on his lower eye lid, about 2mm from his eye. Being a cat means he won't sit still for long, so any tips to get rid of it? I can't spray it, don't fancy surgical spirit that close to his eye, and doubt if he'll let me use one of those tick remover things (not that I've got one). Someone once said cover it with vaseline, will this work? If not, I'll have to take him to the vet.

Yes, vaseline will work :-)
It suffocates the little bugga's. How you stop the cat washing it off is another matter :D

Good Luck!

Edited: I just ran a search and although you can use vaseline, most sites advise against it because you still have to twist the tick off once it has died. If you don't get it all an infection can set in. Might be of interest

you can also use olive oil or whisky ( maybe not so close to the eye ) but whatever you use you have to unscrew the tick- if its very close maybe best leave it to the vet
good luck
Liz :)

If you decide cat will let you unscrew it you need to go anticlockwise, don't ask me why :) I have had quite a bit of success doing that but it does need the patient to be patient :) Try rotating your hand so that when you get hold of it you can rotate a full 360 degree without letting go and don't grip too tight I find the little devils seem to have quite a slow response and that way they don't have enough warning to dig their pinscers together, however if you hesitate or have to let go mid rotation for another grip they dig in and then its best to leave it about 1/2 an hour until they slacken up again works for me anyway.

What I do with my cats when I want to keep them still, usually to give them tablets, is to wrap them up in a big thick towel, very tightly round their necks (obviously not too tightly :-) ) and hold them like a baby, that way you would be able to deal with the tick without interference from moggy's paws
Jane

I have a tick hook that I bought at the vet, I find it winkles them out beautifully. I found it specially useful on a trip north when the dogs got covered in ticks, never seen anything like it, I found the hook was really useful in the drawer at home.
Best of luck getting a cat to cooperate if it doesn't want to
Anne

Get cat on lap stroking & v comfy, when stroking cat have index finger & thumb(nails not too short) & as you are stroking cat/dog feel for tick, it feels like little lump, go over it with 2 fingers as in stroking,no fuss, when confident you know exactly where it is & its between thumb & index finger loop nails under & twist & pull. Never failed for me yet.
Christine, Spain

Dave have you sorted it yet :-)

Yes thanks, I used the vaseline, and he's such a lazy so-and-so he didn't clean it off, then gave it a twist. It wasn't very fat at all, guess there's not a good blood supply to an eye-lid (hope no-ones eating their dinner :) )

i found the best thing to use for prevention from ticks and fleas is frontline drops , your cat is bound to get ticks again remember prevention is better than cure