just ripped a tick off my poor dog's ear. anyone find these before? adam?

can your dog get diseases? how common is this? dog has vaccination for lyme disease but donno if i should still take him to the vet anyway

i have never had a dog and know that pets get ticks all the time

donno, first tick ive ever seen

ive killed a deer tick as it was burrowing into my leg once

used a lighter, heated it up and pressed it on my leg. huge burn mark, dead tick.

the whole burning ticks off is sposed to be a myth. tweezers should do the trick

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-remove-a-tick/

i feel like dale pooped this before

its a rite of passage

wouldnt worry too much, if he was vaccinated it should be fine. examine him for the bullseye rash ofc

then he will get some doxycycline if he has it and it will be fine

never had a dog who got ill from a tick, and my dogs have had 1000's

yea best way to pull em off, light match, blow out match, put still hot match on ticks body, 9/10 times they fall off

This post has been edited by deadhXc on Thu - Mar 29 2012 - 21:50:19

this sounds good, better than rubbing it

This is completely wrong. If the head is burrowed into the skin and you use a tweezers to pull it off, you risk breaking the head off under the skin and trust me that's a bitch. The match trick or rubbing alcohol suffocates them/burns them and they back out to move away.

The ticks you need to worry about are the very tiny brown ones. They carry Lyme. The larger black ones, clearly so much from what I understand.

Tis the time of the year. My friend went to the doc to get tested for Lyme disease. He had the ring around the area and cramping in his knee/ankle to the point where he couldn't walk.

Paintball in the woods, tick on my ballsack, worst day ever.

Got a tick on my ass when i was younger. Dad got a knife, heated it up and press it. Then tweezers to get a little bit still stuck in.

If your dog is vaccinated for lyme disease that the main one. Like spencer siad just make sure it looks fine for a few days

well shit. ok i will have to burn them off next time

why were your balls out during paintball?

You must clearly be familiar with how gangsters do it.

I hope you didn't 'rip' it off like you said.
Because the head of the tick might still be in your dog.

its clearly, i got it all out

then he should be fine!

i am going to die due to how bad this toilet it

maybe

This post has been edited by Jp. on Fri - Mar 30 2012 - 15:53:20

i couldn't be more surprised if i woke up with my head sewn to the carpet