Infected tick bite....

gettingready

Pulled a tick out of the side of Zara's.. what do you call it? Half way between nose and eye, on the side...

Anyway, it was not the first time I pulled a tick out of an animal, never any problems but....


Noticed that the place where I pulled it from looks nasty - it is about a week since I pulled the horrible thing (it was big but WHITE, size of a pea perhaps but white) and only noticed the bit on her skin yesterday not looking good.

Bokked her for the vet for tomorrow at 6:15 pm (after work - sighhhhh) to let the vet have a look at it.

It loks like a massive, raised spot and she did not like me touching it.

Has anyone ever come across something like that?

Thanks...

Myrtle0204

Hi Hon,

One of ours had one in her foot, her poor foot got so painful you couldn't get near her. The vet removed it and she had antib's for a few days, it cleared up really quickly - vets is your only way me thinks :0(

rising_from_the_ashes

Ouch! Poor wee soul - yup it def sounds as if as bit's been left in which makes them go horrible.:(

Antibiotics should hopefully clear up soon.


Did you "soak" the tick before you removed it?

Mr B gets a fair few (walk in woods where there are deer) and I always take a pad of cotton wool, soak in whisky (any alcohol should be OK) and hold over the disgusting tick for a minute or so before I remove it.

This apparently gets them a bit tiddly, makes them loosen their horrible (urgh, having the heebies thinking about it) legs/head and makes them more likely to come out cleanly.

(I know that doesn't help now, but hopefully will if she's unfortunate enough to get another).

zaksmum

Definitely sounds like there's a bit of the tick left in Zara. Did you use a tick removing tool to get it out? If it breaks up it can regurgitate it's stomach contents into the dog so she will need antibiotics.

Good luck and let us know how you get on. Hope she's ok.

Caroline_a

One of these is the best thing to get a tick out http://www.amazon.co.uk/OTom-Twister-People-Animal-Resealable/dp/B001BATLY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307999540&sr=8-1 Ticks shouldn't be pulled out, otherwise they do tend to leave parts of themselves behind, and also cause infections.

Best prevention is probably Frontline.

gettingready

Thanks everyone.....

Yes, of course - she is off to the vets tomorrow at 6.15, already booked.

Ticks - have been removing those for years and never had this problem ever. Grrrrrr

Hope the vets sorts her out fast

Yes, she is Frontlined regularly, it does not seem to have helped - the horrible things still got to her hrrr

tankgirl1

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Ouch! Poor wee soul - yup it def sounds as if as bit's been left in which makes them go horrible.:(

Antibiotics should hopefully clear up soon.


Did you "soak" the tick before you removed it?

Mr B gets a fair few (walk in woods where there are deer) and I always take a pad of cotton wool, soak in whisky (any alcohol should be OK) and hold over the disgusting tick for a minute or so before I remove it.

This apparently gets them a bit tiddly, makes them loosen their horrible (urgh, having the heebies thinking about it) legs/head and makes them more likely to come out cleanly.

(I know that doesn't help now, but hopefully will if she's unfortunate enough to get another).

Soaking them in anything incl alcohol, or suffocating them with vaseline etc makes them panic, and therefore makes them likely to regurgitate their innards into the pet - not good!

O tom tick remover tool or vets!

If you even suspect a bit is left in then vets asap!

chewynut

Our girl dog got a tick yesterday. It was exactly the same as you described, whiteish and about the size of a pea. It made me feel sick and I was only the one holding her down and not having to get it out!

We've done a few before as our boy dog is always getting them but this one went a bit wrong and only the white bit came off. Poor girly got shipped off to the vets and she's on £37 worth of antibiotics now.

Good job she doesn't chew a flippin' thing since the tablets are bigger than paracetemol tablets :eek:

gettingready

Well, it certainly looked like I pulled the whole damn thing out when I did - legs and head all moving yukkkkkk horrible things.

And yes, of course I know not to soak those in anything before pulling them out - it only makes things worse as makes them vomit under the dog's skin and causing more problems.

As I said, I pulled loads of them out in my life and never had this problem but there is always that one time, isn't there?

Zara is insured but my excess is £80. I am tottaly broke, borrowing money to take her to the vets tomorrow but she has to go....

Just hope they sort her out well and proper.

I am so very ... off that there is nothing to prevent ticks attaching to cats/dogs. Frontline simply does not work.

George had several ticks as he is out every day, Fred had some but he does not go out any more, does not like it (no food in the garden LOL) - pulled several from between the 2 cats, some as big as the one on Zara and all fine.

Zara had just two of them and both look infected now... grrrrrrr

Caroline_a

I think I posted this on another thread after speaking to vet that the Frontline you buy in shops and online isnt as strong as the ones that vets sell - it's to do with the prescription dose I guess, but it might be false economy to be getting it from cheaper places at the moment. Frontline from vet will kill ticks on a dog/cat - i had a cat who came home covered in them - took him straight to vet as he was going to be neutered that day anyway (as if he thought that getting covered in ticks would prevent that.... ). The nurses got most of them off but said that the few remaining which were small would be killed by the Frontline they put on.

Sometimes cheapest isn't always the best unfortunately.

Kittendreich

After quite a few tick 'attacks' earlier in the year I spoke to the vet as Frontline didn't seem to be working. She said most spot-on treatments work for fleas, but the best one for ticks for dogs only (toxic to cats) was Advantix. It was expensive, but we got 6 vials for the price of 4 so for twenty-odd quid that will be him covered all summer. Two months on we have not had any ticks and there are loads round where we walk everyday and he swims regularily.