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Old August 20th 03, 12:06 PM
Cate
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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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Old August 20th 03, 12:41 PM
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It sounds like a mite but which one is beyond me.

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Tara


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Old August 20th 03, 12:41 PM
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It sounds like a mite but which one is beyond me.

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Old August 20th 03, 12:45 PM
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"Cate" wrote in message
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My vet doesn't open for another half hour, and in addition to my being
grossed out, I'm curious.


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.

-kelly


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Old August 20th 03, 12:45 PM
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"Cate" wrote in message
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My vet doesn't open for another half hour, and in addition to my being
grossed out, I'm curious.


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.

-kelly


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Old August 20th 03, 01:06 PM
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"Cate" wrote in message
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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.


........Seed ticks are pretty small and only have six legs. 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.

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,

Pix of nymph with dime for comparison:
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegall.../iscapnwd.html

Pix of larva with dime for comparison:
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegall.../iscaplwd.html

........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.

buglady
take out the dog before replying


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Old August 20th 03, 01:06 PM
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"Cate" wrote in message
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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.


........Seed ticks are pretty small and only have six legs. 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.

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,

Pix of nymph with dime for comparison:
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegall.../iscapnwd.html

Pix of larva with dime for comparison:
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegall.../iscaplwd.html

........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.

buglady
take out the dog before replying


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Old August 20th 03, 01:26 PM
Cate
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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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Old August 20th 03, 01:26 PM
Cate
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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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Old August 20th 03, 01:34 PM
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"shelly" wrote in message
arble.net...

deer tick, perhaps? if they're young and engorged, they
might look like what you've described. if so, i'm duly
drossed out. ticks are beyond foul.


One adult tick at a time has no effect on me. I had enough of them stuck on
me as a child that I find it silly when others freak out about them. But
we're talking an infestation of (I guess) baby ones. And Orson's fur is
short enough so that it's really difficult to pull back to expose the skin
to see if there are other areas where they're hiding. I'm completely
disgusted and don't want to touch him. Poor guy. He knows. He crawled back
into his crate this morning when I started poking around. Refused to come
out on his own.

let us know when you find out what they are!


I will.

Cate


 




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