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Cat Ticks
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My very furry cat is sporting a big tick, but I find it very hard to find it, and she will not let me pinch it off, also I have no nails at the momento. Is there an easy way to kill it? (the tick not the cat!)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.There is a simple plastic gadget you can get from a vet or pet shop which has a narrow v cut into it. You slide it close to the cat's skin and under the body of the tic and prise it out. You obviously don't have one, you might make one from something like an old 'credit' type card. Don't squeeze it or you will leave the head in. If it's large as you say it will just drop off soon, and that might be the best option.
As jmak says - do not pinch it off: it will leave the head embedded, which will rot and cause infection.
This is what we use: http:// www.oto m.com/h ow-to-r emove-a -tick
But most flea treatments, if applied regularly will generally prevent ticks as well.
This is what we use: http://
But most flea treatments, if applied regularly will generally prevent ticks as well.
Olive oil, marg. Vaseline is OK, the idea is that you are sealing the blighter off from breathing, and it will dislodge itself head and all but it might take a day or two'
If you live in an area where there a lots of tics it wouldn't be a bad idea to get yourself immunised against picking up something nasty, like Lyme disease, if one chooses you instead of the cat.
If you live in an area where there a lots of tics it wouldn't be a bad idea to get yourself immunised against picking up something nasty, like Lyme disease, if one chooses you instead of the cat.
I remove ticks from my dog by dabbing the tick with surgical spirit; this anaesthetises the tick, causing it to relax the gripping devices on its head, inside the animal. The surgical spirit also has a sterilising effect on the slight wound left when the tick is removed by the special tool referred to by Khandro above.
Neti the best tick remover is called o'tom If you can't get one locally or on amazon then give me a shout and I will post you one if you like.
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