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Old August 20th 03, 01:26 PM
Cate
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"buglady" wrote in message
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.......Seed ticks are pretty small and only have six legs.


This is what my vet friend said over the phone when I called her in a panic.
I'd never heard of seed ticks, but she said they're just baby ticks. I guess
if you run into a nest of the things, they all glom on.

Can you chuck
one of them into some alcohol, then look at it? Got any kind of a

magnifier
around? Honestly I can't imagine what else they might be. Summer is the
time for seed ticks in most parts.


I just got a closer look at the leg where they all are, but my tweezers were
too big to get the suckers. But I was able to see that the ones on the
leg--unlike the one I found this morning--are turning the telltale grey of
engorging ticks.

It makes me feel better to at least know what they are, but I'm so grossed
out to have dozens and dozens of them on him. Especially knowing the only
time he could've gotten them was this past weekend.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2147.html
Black-legged tick (deer tick)
The larval stage of the black-legged tick is about the size of a poppy

seed,
flat, six-legged,


This is the prevalent tick in the area where we were this weekend. I'm all
too familiar with the adult stage, but have never seen young ones where I
couldn't see their legs. Gotta be it, though.

.......Just ran across a good paper evaluating the current commercial tick
removal tools:
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~acarolog/tickgone.htm Unfortunately
none of them are able to remove whole nymphs (seed ticks) successfully.


Great. I hope the vet has a method, because my tweezers and fingers aren't
working.

Cate


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Old August 20th 03, 01:35 PM
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might be lice. my vet book has a picture of dog lice, and they look like
tiny black seeds. don't worry, they're species specific.


bile rising Now *this* freaks me out.

Cate


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Old August 20th 03, 01:35 PM
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"culprit" wrote in message
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might be lice. my vet book has a picture of dog lice, and they look like
tiny black seeds. don't worry, they're species specific.


bile rising Now *this* freaks me out.

Cate


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Old August 20th 03, 01:52 PM
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Cate wrote:

Great. I hope the vet has a method, because my tweezers and
fingers aren't working.


amitraz collar. i'm not usually a big fan of heavy duty
chemical warfare, but this is one area where IMO it's
appropriate. tick collars *work*.

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Old August 20th 03, 01:52 PM
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Cate wrote:

Great. I hope the vet has a method, because my tweezers and
fingers aren't working.


amitraz collar. i'm not usually a big fan of heavy duty
chemical warfare, but this is one area where IMO it's
appropriate. tick collars *work*.

--
shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
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Old August 20th 03, 01:55 PM
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amitraz collar. i'm not usually a big fan of heavy duty
chemical warfare, but this is one area where IMO it's
appropriate. tick collars *work*.


But that's preventive, right? Not to kill them?

I'm figuring if the vet can't get them off then we'll be switching to
Frontline today (which I think will kill them) rather than waiting until my
supply of Advantage runs out, as previously planned.

Cate



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Old August 20th 03, 01:55 PM
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"shelly" wrote in message
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amitraz collar. i'm not usually a big fan of heavy duty
chemical warfare, but this is one area where IMO it's
appropriate. tick collars *work*.


But that's preventive, right? Not to kill them?

I'm figuring if the vet can't get them off then we'll be switching to
Frontline today (which I think will kill them) rather than waiting until my
supply of Advantage runs out, as previously planned.

Cate



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Old August 20th 03, 02:04 PM
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I'm figuring if the vet can't get them off then we'll be switching to
Frontline today (which I think will kill them) rather than waiting until

my
supply of Advantage runs out, as previously planned.


Our clients have had great success with Advantix. But Frontline will also
help to prevent the tics.

-Sharon


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Old August 20th 03, 02:04 PM
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I'm figuring if the vet can't get them off then we'll be switching to
Frontline today (which I think will kill them) rather than waiting until

my
supply of Advantage runs out, as previously planned.


Our clients have had great success with Advantix. But Frontline will also
help to prevent the tics.

-Sharon


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Old August 20th 03, 02:06 PM
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Cate wrote:

But that's preventive, right? Not to kill them?


it paralyzes their mouths so that unattached ones cannot
attach and attached ones detach. they do die, and pretty
quickly. i'm tick phobic and if amitraz didn't kill them, i
wouldn't bother with it.

I'm figuring if the vet can't get them off then we'll be
switching to Frontline today (which I think will kill them)
rather than waiting until my supply of Advantage runs out, as
previously planned.


Frontline is okay (especially if fleas are also an issue), but
it doesn't work as effectively as amitraz. with Frontline, i
was still finding *attached* ticks (both dead and alive,
ugh!). with amitraz collars, i find occasional dead, dried up
ticks lying on the floor but never live ones.

amitraz collars can be used in conjunction with Frontline or
Advantage and are available OTC. Tick Arrest are usually
cheaper ($5-6 each) and last 75 days. last time i had to buy
one, i was in a time bind and stopped at the vet: $17 each
for Preventic collars. yowza!

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