Frickin Ticks....pet lovers...there out and about.

Good on you stevo for starting the tick 'hex'
today pulled 15 off the cats ears, then had a quick look, he badly needs his teeth scaled so theres an easy 200 for the vet.will book him in tomorrow.

replaced all the dogs tick collars and gave them a good going over,
the lab, one fat tick in his ear
the kelpie 18 off his belly
the bitch 35 from the head to tail mostly on the belly.

why the last two,
well yesterday the neighbours weaners got through/pushed down the cockys gate on my bottom paddock so after i hunted them out and shifted my wayward heifers, the two dogs came down and watched while i restrung the gate/fence, lots of lantana on the boundary= tick city, i gave myself a good boot and head barrier spray with some 'ava good weekend' so i didn;t get any.


john

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Good on you stevo for starting the tick 'hex'
today pulled 15 off the cats ears, then had a quick look, he badly needs his teeth scaled so theres an easy 200 for the vet.will book him in tomorrow.

replaced all the dogs tick collars and gave them a good going over,
the lab, one fat tick in his ear
the kelpie 18 off his belly
the bitch 35 from the head to tail mostly on the belly.

why the last two,
well yesterday the neighbours weaners got through/pushed down the cockys gate on my bottom paddock so after i hunted them out and shifted my wayward heifers, the two dogs came down and watched while i restrung the gate/fence, lots of lantana on the boundary= tick city, i gave myself a good boot and head barrier spray with some 'ava good weekend' so i didn;t get any.


john

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Hey John, are they paralysis ticks or cattle ticks you get there....oh and sorry...didnt mean to hex anyone;). We checked our other cat today.......she is a hairy bastard.....found 2 ticks....but no symptoms....she has survived 9 ticks before...tough old girl. Looks like Duke is going to make it.....should get him back tomorrow....apparently has to be inside for a cuppla weeks, dont know how I will cope with that....if you have ever had a bengal cat you would understand. Now just have to keep a sharp eye on the dogs, Im not losing my pup like I did my other pup last year to a tick/ snake:mad:,

Regards

Stevo

Steve - just found this. I hope the cat makes it through. :)

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Steve - just found this. I hope the cat makes it through. :)

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Hey Steve, thanks, looks like he is tough like his namesake..ie the Duke.....some will understand that :). Kids are happy especially my 5yr old, he drags that thing around like its a stuffed toy.........me and Duke.....a love/hate relationship. Should get him back this arvo.......not looking forward to the bill:o,

Regards

Stevo

Bengals have the most amazing colouring. I'm no cat lover but my partner was looking for one and almost ended up with a bengal cross ragdoll. :eek:.

We ended up with a Russian blue I think it was called. We got rid of it several weeks later. It was an awful animal. Vicious and just plain old scary.

Pleased for the kids he pulled through.

We get heaps of bush ticks here. Every time my dogs go outside it can be just about guaranteed when they return they will have another tick. I'm just pleased no paralysis ones here.

Xav

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Bengals have the most amazing colouring. I'm no cat lover but my partner was looking for one and almost ended up with a bengal cross ragdoll. :eek:.

We ended up with a Russian blue I think it was called. We got rid of it several weeks later. It was an awful animal. Vicious and just plain old scary.

Pleased for the kids he pulled through.

We get heaps of bush ticks here. Every time my dogs go outside it can be just about guaranteed when they return they will have another tick. I'm just pleased no paralysis ones here.

Xav

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Amazing colouring, pelts as opposed to fur ( only reason I agreed to having one as I am allergic to cats in general), will take on my 40 kilo shepherd pup but are demanding buggers and can be very vocal ( thats what drives me nuts). Anyway he's home now....apparently has to stay inside for at least 2-3 wks otherwise could have a heart attack if he goes outside running around, jumping etc. He's now lying in my 5 yr olds lap, alls well that ends well.........still hate f'in ticks though. Hoping that is the last time I have to post up about ticks from my side, thanks again for the advice and thoughts. Keep vigilant,

Regards

Stevo

Stevo is all good,
i think they are just bush ticks, as the paralysis ticks have a tortoiseshell appearance, where these are dark. The big tick on the lab was the only paralysis tick.
Definately not cattle ticks, they are on your side of the border, not supposed to be on my side.
I check the heifers regularly( they are fairly tame) and when i find big fat grey paralysis ticks on them i know they are about, but havent; seen a one, I even ran a brush through one the other day and only got hair. not a tick to be seen.

But still I don;t trust any of them, a tick is a tick,

Hope your cat is ok, funny talking about cats found a big bare patch on our cats back last night when I was doing the search and remembered that was where his last big paralysis tick was, had been on for over a day , so we isolated him,( downstairs bathroom) cool dark room, for a couple of days and he was fine.

back to todays tick search.

john