dog keeps licking and biting one area on it’s body sord of near the bottom of the ribcage and i don’t if he has ticks or not…..the area is reder than the rest of body and has bright red speckles where he keeps chewing and licking it……
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How do you know if a dog has ticks or not & how would you remove them WITHOUT going to the vet?
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September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
Sounds like you’re dog is developing a "hot spot". They have an allergic reaction–usually to a flea bite, and chew and lick at the area until it is completely raw and infected. You need to see the vet and he’ll give your dog some anti-biotics and recommend an anti-histimine. If the hot spots fail to heal or if the dog is persistent at aggravating it, he may have to wear an Elizabethan collar (lampshade-looking thing) until it’s healed. Treatment of house and pet for fleas is the other part of the equation, or the animal will continue to be uncomfortable
That said, like the other answerer said, check for tiny lumps, move aside the fur, and you’ll be able to see whether or not there is a tick attached. You can pinch the tick off carefully with tweezers, a tissue, or finger tips, twisting clockwise (they screw themselves into the skin). You might also try smearing the tick with oil (vegetable or baby oil) or vaseline; this will may smother the tick, making it easier to remove. When detatched, kill the tick by burning it or dropping it into alcohol. Check the site every day for signs of infection–often the head gets left inside the animal, causing infection.
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
Feel the dog all over and if there are any small lumps take a closer look.The red area doesn’t sound like a tick.More like fleas.
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
If he has ticks, trust me you would know. You can see them. You can pull them out yourself, but you have to make sure you get their head out cause it can cause a bad infection if it gets left in. You said he has bright red speckes? Look really close… it sounds to me like he has what we in the country call "sea ticks". They are extremely small and they look like little spots until you get close and you can see them moving! If thats what he has, you need to give him a REALLY good bath. Use lots of oils, or if you have scrubs. They will come off.
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
If he has ticks you should be able to see them. If you do then just pull them off. You could also by some tick and flea shampoo and give him a bath to kill vvhatever is on him. It could be that he has just irritated that spot too by biting and scratching at it.
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
If there are ticks on him, then you would feel a lump. Spread the hair in that area away from the lump to get a closer look. If there is a black lump, then take some vaseline or petroleum jelly, put some on the tick, and remove the tick with tweezers. Put the tick in a tissue and flush it down the toilet.
Have you given him frontline or k9advantix? I found that k9advantix works much better than frontline, but some vets don’t recommend it because a few dogs have had allergic reactions to it. Ask your vet about k9advantix.
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
First do a through examination of your dog, look in and around his ears, tail ,etc. Feel him all over. If you find a tick, pull it out with a tweezer, burn it or flush it down the commode. You want to make sure you get the tweezers as close to the dogs skin around the tick as you can so you make sure you get the head out. Clean the area with some Hydrogen Peroxide. It almost sounds like your dog has mites. You would know if it was a tick or not because you can clearly see them when they are on a bald spot. If you find no ticks, take him to the vet for a skin scraping to determine what the culprit is.
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
If you can’t tell whether or not he has a tick don’t try anything, take him to the vet [they can also show you, if he has a tick, how to tell and what to do].
When my dog got ticks we’d put butterbalm on the tick so it couldn’t breath [they put their heads under the skin and breath through their bodies] and it would pull it’s head out then die and we’d just lift off the tick the next day.
also DON’T PULL IT OUT. It’s to risky, the head might get stuck and then you have infection set in and then you’re really going to have to go to the vet.
Another method we found worked was taking a really hot needle and just setting it on the ticks bum and the tick will pull it’s head out and then you can pick it off. [that's what they did when I was a baby and had a tick on my head, yuck!]
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
well, look around his neck and under his " armpits" and see if they are there. he might have fleas if he has those and you cant tell if he does, pinch the skin next to the neck and rub over the fur and see if you can see any thing, but the best place to see fleas on a dog is on their stomach. to get rid of them use advantec. For the red spots to go away, get a cone for him to wear around his neck.
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
I hate ticks and I must say they are bad this year. Horrible creatures! Check your dog daily for ticks. You can feel the dogs body for any bumps and brush very good. I’d use a flea/tick repellent if ticks are bad in your area. Especially check the dogs ears. A tick will attach itself to the dog (or you) and suck blood and will grow bigger and bigger.
To remove a tick use tweezers and firmly pull the tick away from the dogs body. Do not pull up and make sure you pull off all of the tick. That is very important. The head can stay attached (b/c he is sucking) and then grow back. Kill the tick immediately after removal. Some ticks are so attached you can not get them off. I put some alcohol on a cotton ball and get alcohol on the tick. This will make them let go so you can pull them off. Heat also works. I had one behind my ear and my dad used a match to make the tick let go. It burned! Really don’t recommend – you could hurt your dog. Ticks can carry disease – so check the dog often and remove any ticks right away. They can also get underneath the skin – in that case you might have to see a vet. Your dog may have fleas or a skin allergy too.
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
A tick feeds off the blood of an animal. They are very tiny but once they start to feed on your dog they grow bigger making it easier for you to find them. They will look like a black body with legs.
To remove one without causing the head to stay in they dog.. First put some rubbing alcohol on the tick this will kill it and make it release its grip from your dog. Then take a pair of tweezers and grab the tick closest to the head. Slowly twist and pull in the direction the tick is in.
If ticks are a problem often in your area you may want to consider getting a preventative from your vet.
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
If you dog has a tick you can not only see it but feel it too. It will be right there as a small dark bug attached to your dogs skin. You simply get a pair to tweezers and place it over the tick and get very close to the dogs skin and pull it straight out! disposed of the tick after killing it and thats it!
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
hi,
ticks present a health risk for both dogs and humans. but the good thing is there are home treatments you can use to remove them. visit this site to learn how.
http://dogtime.com/ticks.html
hope this helps.
regards.
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm
if you see ticks, he has ticks. Use tweezers to remove them, but be sure to get the head. And pinch them when they are removed to kill them. Sounds more like fleas or alergies though. For fleas, get flea shampoo from the store and bathe your dog. If that doesn’t help, take him to the vet. And keep them on regular flea and tick medication to prevent it (a once a month liquid you put on your dog’s back)