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My cat has a tick

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SparklyGothKat · 29/04/2006 23:18

He was missing for 4 weeks and has come home with a traveller on his neck. I hate ticks, have put some frontline on cat's neck, will this get rid of it?? He is going to vets on wednesday, will they remove it?? Its white atm.

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bramblina · 29/04/2006 23:18

never seen a white tick. Yes the vet will remove it.

jampots · 29/04/2006 23:19

when we were little our cat had a tick on the back of its neck. I think our neighbour pulled it out.

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SparklyGothKat · 29/04/2006 23:19

what colour are they normally then?? My last cat had a white tick as well.

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SparklyGothKat · 29/04/2006 23:20

I can't pull it off.. its horrible...

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misdee · 29/04/2006 23:20

oo you shouldnt pull them out as the head is buried.

veNivIDdiViCkiqV · 29/04/2006 23:22

put vaseline all over it. Will suffocate and die.

jampots · 29/04/2006 23:22

take it to the vet tomorrow then

fastasleep · 29/04/2006 23:22

I read TRICK! And was very interested..

anticlimax!

veNivIDdiViCkiqV · 29/04/2006 23:22

then you can pull it off

arfy · 29/04/2006 23:23

yes don't pull it out, you might leave the head bit behind

don't think frontline will help, am sure the vet will remove it for you. I think they change colour as they suck blood (yuk)

really glad he came back BTW, after 4 weeks, goodness!

Greensleeves · 29/04/2006 23:24

The vet will remove it, but you can buy a tick hook from a pet shop and do it yourself - it's cheaper.

arfy · 29/04/2006 23:25

that's right, I remember using a tick hook on a dog ages ago. VVVQ's tip might help as well, seem to remember we painted something onto ticks when i worked at a stables that suffocated them

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SparklyGothKat · 29/04/2006 23:25

but its nasty, I really can't... might get my best friend round to do it..

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arfy · 29/04/2006 23:26

if he's going to the vets anyway, they might not charge you extra anyhow to take it off. they are grim, aren't they!

jampots · 29/04/2006 23:27

wont dh do it?

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SparklyGothKat · 29/04/2006 23:28

Just found this

FRONTLINE flea and tick control kills 100% of ticks on dogs and cats within 24-48 hours.

Yes!! I don't have to pull it off, it will die...

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SparklyGothKat · 29/04/2006 23:29

DH?? hahaha..

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arfy · 29/04/2006 23:30

ooh lovely about the frontline

mumball · 29/04/2006 23:30

vaseline! Suffercate it!

mumball · 29/04/2006 23:31

not sure about the spelling there!

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SparklyGothKat · 29/04/2006 23:31

Thanks god for that... It will die soon.. bloodly things,

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wannaBe1974 · 30/04/2006 21:29

best way to get ticks off is to put surgical spirit on themm (otherwise known as white spirit) you can buy it in a chemist, just put a bit on cotton wool, dab it on the tick and it will detach and you can just lift it off then.

Went to the lake district a couple of years ago and my dog picked up some ticks there and it was very easy to remove them, they're horrible.

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