Found a tick

[Ddski5]

Found a cool little 1mile hiking trail and Ragnar loves it. Always alert and scanning the area while running crazy. Have to be careful running offleash through there because one day another dog may come down the trail the other way.

Got home and found a tick latched right under his ear. I thought, no big deal, get tweezers and go as close to the skin and pull off- easy enough, I am sure the tick head and hooks came off.

Problem is that it was 10days ago and he still has a bump and raised scab there. Last night I shaved the hair back and scraped the scab off. Got the tweezers and dug in sore to make sure there was nothing in there. Put some Bactraban on it.

Is it common for the tick bite to take a long time to heal like that?

 

[jazzies mum]

Speaking from experience from both Jazz and myself, yes it seems pretty common for the bite site to be inflamed and slow to heal. Itchy too! I think they might inject something to keep the blood flowing like leeches do and this is what sets up that reaction.

 

[crypticintent]

My last dog took forever to heal on a tick.

We've taken Ezri out but haven't had too many problems.

Although ticks and me are a fun story, peeing in morse code is not fun......

 

[Lizbeli]

I found a tick on Jasper once and it took quite a long time to heal. It was a scab for a while. The hair didn't grow back either but its not noticeable thankfully.

 

[JanS]

It's not at all unusual. The bites heal pretty quickly with our dogs but I'm another story so we all react differently.

 

[Ddski5]

Initial post was Dec31st.

Was getting worried for awhile because it hardened and raised up like a large wart.


The bump has finally went down.
It took over a month.

 

[Lizbeli]

Good to hear! Jaspers tick bite took a long time to heal too. It was worrisome.

Has his fur started to grow back where the bite was? My guy still has a small bald spot and he was bit like 7mths ago.

 

[MyBuddy]

Ticks Suck!

 

[jazzies mum]

Had to rate that comment funny because we know the back story, but I also wanted to hit the agree button!

 

[LifeofRubie]

So in my 4 years of living in IL I've seen maybe one tick and it was moseying around on my leg during a hike.

Yesterday we found one crawling around Rubie and one crawling around Moose within minutes of starting a hike. Of course I was just petting Rubie and happened to notice there was one wiggling around in her ear trying to attach itself. We got it right off and will go another thorough check of each dog but this has me super freaked out about the rest of the summer.

I know some folks use some sort of essential oil or something type spray they make at home... I would love to have an additional layer of protection for us since hiking sounds like it will be 99% of our entertainment this year. HELP!

 

[MyBuddy]

You know, we may pay for a mild winter this summer. It was probably two weeks ago or maybe more when my sister-in-law found a tick on her dog and my friend found one in her hair brush! Yeah she probably brushed it out of her hair! Egads! Gives me the creeps. So far I have not seen any, but I'm stocked up on Wondercide and Bug Soother!

And just yesterday I ordered two large Jug's of the Wondercide for your lawn and garden. It's on its way now!

 

[LifeofRubie]

You know, we may pay for a mild winter this summer. It was probably two weeks ago or maybe more when my sister-in-law found a check on her dog and my friend found one in her hair brush! Yeah she probably brushed it out of her hair! Egads! Gives me the creeps. So far I have not seen any, but I'm stocked up on Wondercide!

I was thinking the exact same thing about the mild winter. UUUUUGH. My skin has been crawling since yesterday for sure. Just knowing that Rubie was in my car, on the couch, on our bed, and then in her crate with this stupid little hitchhiker crawling around makes me feel ick and we're in the beginning of spring. Maybe I'll look into the wondercide before it get's much warmer and try and get ahead of any potential issues in our yard.

 

[MyBuddy]

I was thinking the exact same thing about the mild winter. UUUUUGH. My skin has been crawling since yesterday for sure. Just knowing that Rubie was in my car, on the couch, on our bed, and then in her crate with this stupid little hitchhiker crawling around makes me feel ick and we're in the beginning of spring. Maybe I'll look into the wondercide before it get's much warmer and try and get ahead of any potential issues in our yard.

Yeah it's not only my little episode with that tick. I seriously hate them. They give me the creeps and I can't touch them. Thankfully everytime I found one on me or the dogs my husband was around to save me! LOL If I had to, I would rescue my dogs believe me. But those little F****** gross me out. I honestly don't see many here. But the Wondercide and other stuff is good for more than just ticks.

Yesterday I was reading up on it again because I was thinking about getting the lawn and garden spray. I've never tried it before but, as I always do, I was reading the reviews, and there seem to be a lot of people thrilled to death with it. I ordered one that goes on the hose and then I had to go back in and make another order for the concentrate. Because my husband said something about the horse barn. And I was like holy why didn't I think of that? LOL. If I use the concentrate in one of those gallon or so pump sprayers, I can spray in and out of the barn and not have to worry about the animals. I'm curious to see if it really does help. It's not cheap but well worth it if it works.

 

[AnnV]

Uugh eek yuuck --I managed to remove one with tweezers yesterday from Bedja's left cheek just under the rust marking. Almost funny, or actually not funny, how disgusting these small creatures are.
I had to try three times before Bedja finally held still and let me remove it. Normally when he has something that needs to be cleaned or removed he jumps up and down and in circles. First I put apple cider vinegar on to see if it would let go by itself, but no. After I removed it I sprayed some Vetericyn on. There is a tiny tiny bump there still today.

 

[Ravenbird]

I know there are ticks in my area but I have yet to see any. *fingers crossed* I hate them & fleas with passion. We are out of the flea zone so I do feel grateful for that. Seriously, I have not seen a tick or flea in 20 years. I grew up and lived in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas and it made me scream the bugs were so bad. I came in from a walk one day and thought my mind had gone wonky, hallucinating that the skin on my legs was moving. I eyed them harder and realized there were about 500 seed ticks (babies) the size of a pin head crawling up both legs. We are having a heat wave right now, 85 for highs. I'll be on the look out for ticks after every hike.

 

[AnnV]

I eyed them harder and realized there were about 500 seed ticks (babies) the size of a pin head crawling up both legs.

GaaaaahhhI think I'm fainting just imagining that. oh. my.

 

[thylacinu]

This is all so horrifying! One thing I remember from shelter work is spending hours picking dozens and dozens of dime-size ticks off a single stray! Of all the things I miss about working there, that is NOT one of them!
Good luck to all y'all combatting the creepy crawlies this summer! I haven't had any problems yet, but I'm knocking on wood for sure

 

[Ravenbird]

I said funny at your reaction, and it is to me now, but it wasn't then. I dipped myself in Paramite (old old dip for dogs & cats, no longer made that I know of) in the bathtub. Poison for sure, but waves of tiny dots with 8 legs traveling north on ones body will make you not care. That was in Oklahoma, I had to dip the dog and cats every single week 6 months out of the year for fleas & ticks.

 

[MyBuddy]

realized there were about 500 seed ticks (babies) the size of a pin head crawling up both legs.

You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me!!!!!!

 

[JanS]

Hubby found 5 ticks on him in a half our walk the other day so it's time for us to start the Nexgard on the dogs. We were wondering if mosquitoes and ticks can carry this virus the other day, but we don't have a clue.