What to do if a tick is found on your dog

If the dog is infected with ticks, the dog should be dewormed in vitro as soon as possible, and the ground environment at home should be carefully dewormed and disinfected. In addition, you should also pay attention when pulling out ticks, the mouthparts of ticks are very long and will go deep into the **. If the mouthparts are forcibly removed and the mouthparts are left on the dog, infection may occur.

It is recommended that you use tick cleaning to completely kill the ticks on the dog's body, and then use tweezers to remove the dead ticks one by one after the ticks are dead, or use alcohol to drop on the head of the tick and remove it after it is paralyzed!

My previous dog smoked its head with gasoline and burned it off with a tweezers and a lighter.

If you find a tick, you must not use your hands to catch it directly, because the tick is not only sucking blood but also injecting venom and the most important thing is that you will have to get a piece of meat if you drag it in time, the scientific way is that you use mosquito coils to smoke the dog, first stun the tick, and then give the puppy warm water (40 degrees) bath, in the process of dealing with the ticks on the dog, you must pay attention to self-protection, wear long-sleeved clothes and pants, and wear rubber gloves to prevent being bitten by ticks, Next, after bathing, there are still a small number of stubborn ticks that do not come out, at this time the right thing to do is to apply alcohol to these tick bitten places and ticks that have not been eliminated, in this case, the ticks on your dog's body, and then use tweezers to clip out, so that it should be completely removed. The treated ticks must be dealt with in a timely manner, and you can choose to focus on the method of burning a **.

When ticks have been found on dogs, they can be dewormed in time or treated with alcohol and then clamped out with tweezers.

The owner should not forcibly pull out the tick directly from the dog** by hand, so as not to leave the tick's mouthparts in the dog** and cause the dog** to become inflamed. Severe tick infestation can cause not only severe damage**, but also anemia, paralysis, and other complications. Usually you need to regularly use deworming drugs for dogs to prevent, and reduce taking dogs to play in grass, woods and other places.

When the owner handles the ticks on the dog at home, he can use alcohol to spray the tick's head and around the dog's bite**, and use tweezers to gently pull out the tick after the tick is paralyzed. At this time, you need to pull up with a stable and uniform pressure, do not twist the tick's body, and avoid keeping the tick's mouthparts in the dog**. If there are too many ticks on the dog or the owner will not deal with them, the owner needs to send the dog to the pet hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition.

Dogs with ticks can be used in the following ways**.

1.If you rub it on the back of the dog's neck with a topical anthelmintic drug, the worm will die, and the mouthparts will loosen and atrophy and fall off automatically. After removal**, wipe off the broken part of the inflammation and keep the area clean.

2 If the tick on the dog's body is large, you can also use alcohol to apply alcohol to the surface of the tick and around the dog's affected area**, and gently pull it out with tweezers after the tick is paralyzed.

Dogs with ticks can choose anthelmintic drugs containing afornala, methoxypram and other ingredients, drop the drug on the **, the drug will spread to the whole body through sebum to play a role, do not take a bath before and after the drug, so as not to affect the effect of the drug. At the same time, the size of the tick is visible to the naked eye, you can carefully inspect the ** surface of the dog, for the tick visible to the naked eye, drugs or alcohol must be applied to the body, paralyze the body, and pull it out with tweezers, remember not to pull directly.

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If you find that there are ticks on your dog, you can judge it from the following aspects:

1.Observe the dog's behavior: If the dog keeps tickling or scratching the parts of the body, especially the exposed parts such as the neck and ears, it may be a tick.

2.Inspect your dog carefully: Gently touch your dog's hair with your hand to see if there are any cobwebs. If you find that small black, brown or white bugs appear or are attached to your dog's ** and hair, you should pay attention.

3.Check your dog's ears: Ticks like to attach themselves around your dog's ears because they are dark and damp. Carefully inspect the ** and hair around your dog's ears to see if there are any small bugs attached.

4.Check your dog's gums: Some ticks like to attach to your dog's lips, gums, tongue, etc., which can cause bad odor or mouth pain in your dog's mouth.

If you find a tick on your dog, you can do the following:

1.Use a special tick trap or tweezers to clip the tick out.

2.If the tick has attached to the dog's **, you can apply alcohol or disinfectant to the attachment area to let the tick loosen itself. Be careful not to burn or pull out ticks directly by hand.

3.If your dog has a lot of ticks, you can use a spray or ointment to help your dog get rid of the ticks. However, it should be noted that sprays and ointments must be specially prepared for dogs, and drugs commonly used in household confessions cannot be used at will.

Finally, dog owners are reminded to pay attention to the physical condition of dogs every day, find and deal with front ticks on dogs in time, and keep their pets healthy and happy.