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Old August 20th 03, 12:06 PM
Cate
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Default please help ID tiny external parasite

My vet doesn't open for another half hour, and in addition to my being
grossed out, I'm curious.

I just found on my dog at least 3 dozen tiny parasites. I didn't know that's
what they were at first. I was scratching him along the inside of his front
leg and felt what seemed like a mild rash--with very small raised bumps.

I felt the other leg and found only a couple of the bumps. I looked closely
at the leg with only a few bumps and scratched one of them off. (Too small
to get between nails to pull off.) It was moving.

I showed it to my husband and we both agreed it was black, no bigger than a
poppyseed, and we didn't see any legs sticking out anywhere. It was just a
shiny, round black dot.

Bigger than a flea. Smaller than any tick I've ever seen, and didn't seem
the right shape for a tick.

Plus--there are literally dozens of them.

What in the world is this?

Thanks,
Cate



 




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