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djd711
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Danielle
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Please Help, my dog had a tick
It looked like a little lima bean, it was on his ear, (he is a long hair dachshund) so i got the flashlight and the tweezers and got it out.
There is a little bump there, do i have to call the vet? Is he going to get something from this?
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Posted 11/14/07 12:13 AM  |
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june262004
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Call the vet!!!
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| Posted 11/14/07 12:25 AM |
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Gertyrae
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Did you get the whole tick out? You may have left the head in there and that's what is making the bump.
For now, call the vet.
For the future, I smother them with vaseline and then pull them out with a tweezer right up at the head.
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| Posted 11/14/07 1:06 AM |
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Wendy
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Seriously? We have never called the vet over a tick (and I'm usually a "call the vet!" for anything kind of person!!).
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| Posted 11/14/07 8:23 AM |
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nicrae
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Posted by Wendy
Seriously? We have never called the vet over a tick (and I'm usually a "call the vet!" for anything kind of person!!).
us either
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| Posted 11/14/07 8:46 AM |
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Diane
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Just keep an eye on it to see that it doesnt get really red. If it does, then i would call the vet. You might have NOT gotten the head.
Message edited 11/14/2007 8:53:46 AM.
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| Posted 11/14/07 8:53 AM |
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luckysmom
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Call the vet! I found a tick on my dog, pulled it out and a year later she had lymes disease. We don't live in a high risk area and we don;t take her to high risk areas. I would not take it lightly like we did. I took it out and thought she would be fine. This disease can harour for a long time before any symptoms occur.
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| Posted 11/14/07 9:22 AM |
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PotofLuck06
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Call the vet - you want to make sure you got it all out and that the dog didn't contract lymes disease.
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| Posted 11/14/07 9:29 AM |
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Gertyrae
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Posted by Wendy
Seriously? We have never called the vet over a tick (and I'm usually a "call the vet!" for anything kind of person!!).
I normally wouldn't say it for a tick either...but there is a lump where the tick was - so either she didn't get the whole thing or it may have given the dog lyme disease (a red lump is the first sign of lyme). Hence, the reason I suggested to call the vet.
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| Posted 11/14/07 9:31 AM |
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RadioLau
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
I never called the vet when my dog had gotten a tick. If you feel you didn't get it all you might want to though.
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| Posted 11/14/07 3:12 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Posted by Gertyrae
Did you get the whole tick out? You may have left the head in there and that's what is making the bump.
For now, call the vet.
For the future, I smother them with vaseline and then pull them out with a tweezer right up at the head.
What does the vaseline do? Does it make it easier or harder to get them out or just smother them?
Call the vet asap. They may give your dog a quick course of antibiotics that will prevent any infeciton.
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| Posted 11/15/07 10:33 AM |
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Goobster
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Posted by Diane
Just keep an eye on it to see that it doesnt get really red. If it does, then i would call the vet. You might have NOT gotten the head.
I read that dogs don't alwys get redness when contracting a disease from a tick.
I would call the vet for sure for some guidance, esp if t here is a bump.
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| Posted 11/15/07 10:34 AM |
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Gertyrae
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Posted by Goobster
What does the vaseline do? Does it make it easier or harder to get them out or just smother them?
It smothers the tick and they release their grip to try to back out and breathe. Makes them easier to remove.
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| Posted 11/15/07 10:40 AM |
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imagin916
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
I would call the vet just to see if the dog had his lyme disease vaccine in case you don't remember. My aunt's god gets ticks pulled off of him 20 at a time from where they live in NJ, and he does not go to the vet whenever they find any.
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| Posted 11/15/07 10:47 AM |
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Goobster
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Posted by imagin916
I would call the vet just to see if the dog had his lyme disease vaccine in case you don't remember. My aunt's god gets ticks pulled off of him 20 at a time from where they live in NJ, and he does not go to the vet whenever they find any.
OMG. 20 at a time? Does the dog go into brush/woods?
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| Posted 11/15/07 3:37 PM |
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imagin916
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Posted by Goobster
Posted by imagin916
I would call the vet just to see if the dog had his lyme disease vaccine in case you don't remember. My aunt's god gets ticks pulled off of him 20 at a time from where they live in NJ, and he does not go to the vet whenever they find any.
OMG. 20 at a time? Does the dog go into brush/woods?
They live in NJ in the area around great adventure and he is always out in the brush. There are a lot of deer in this area and other animals so they are all over the place. My aunt forgot to put the advantix on him before she left on a business trip, so when she got home she was pulled about 20 ticks off of him. He typically only gets a few at a time even with the meds given, but he has never gotten sick over the years.
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| Posted 11/17/07 10:34 AM |
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djd711
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
i did call the vet and they said to just put bacitracine on it and watch it, but my grandfather said i should of burnt it with a cigarette, they back right out when you do that!!!!!
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| Posted 11/21/07 2:18 PM |
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Gertyrae
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Re: Please Help, my dog had a tick
Posted by djd711
but my grandfather said i should of burnt it with a cigarette, they back right out when you do that!!!!!
Two problems with that...sometimes they dig in more cuz of the heat and you could burn the dog.
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| Posted 11/21/07 8:49 PM |
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