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"buglady" wrote in message
nk.net... .......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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"culprit" wrote in message
... 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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"culprit" wrote in message
... 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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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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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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"shelly" wrote in message
arble.net... 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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"shelly" wrote in message
arble.net... 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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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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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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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! -- shelly (perfectly foul wench) and elliott and harriet http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette |
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