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

Good Luck Stevo,

Growing up on a farm with heaps of bushland, I know how bad they can be.
So does my brother, who got one on his sack once

You've had a bad trot with pets lately mate, give 'em all away and buy the wee ones some pet rocks, or a fishbowl

Hope Tigger feels better soon mate.

Thanks mate, just spoke with vet...he is still hanging in there...still sedated as cats can get quite panicky....will know more in the morning,

Regards

Stevo

short grass is the secret with bandicoots,,

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

short grass is the secret with bandicoots,,

Must make a mess of the mower blades.

Originally Posted by stevo68

Well god forbid if I come across a bandicoot then. Still waiting for an outcome, Duke has been treated and sedated, kids are upset as it was only 8mths ago we lost Diesel to a combo of tick and snake bite. One of the hazards of living on acreage. Have checked Max ( my 8mth old shepherd) 4 times today. Problem with Duke is being a cat he goes walk about, at least with the dogs they are contained in a 1/4 acre fully fenced, short grass and any bush/ weeds etc are sprayed from the back acre.

Regards

Stevo

do you use any of the flea treatments such as "Advantage". "Frontline" etc??Some are supposed to repel ticks, not suggesting they are the answer, as checking your pets daily if you live in Paralysis Tick habitat is the only solution, but they may give you a bit more breathing space in Spring and Summer.

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Originally Posted by stevo68
Well god forbid if I come across a bandicoot then. Still waiting for an outcome, Duke has been treated and sedated, kids are upset as it was only 8mths ago we lost Diesel to a combo of tick and snake bite. One of the hazards of living on acreage. Have checked Max ( my 8mth old shepherd) 4 times today. Problem with Duke is being a cat he goes walk about, at least with the dogs they are contained in a 1/4 acre fully fenced, short grass and any bush/ weeds etc are sprayed from the back acre.

Regards

Stevo

do you use any of the flea treatments such as "Advantage". "Frontline" etc??Some are supposed to repel ticks, not suggesting they are the answer, as checking your pets daily if you live in Paralysis Tick habitat is the only solution, but they may give you a bit more breathing space in Spring and Summer.

Yep we use treatment on the dogs and cats, though I dont think the spray is as effective for cats as the treatments for dogs are. Dogs have tick collars plus advantage, cat gets frontline spray. As it is now tick season, I check the dogs at least twice a day. I learnt from previous experience with ticks ,

Regards

Stevo

Originally Posted by Jamo

Some ticks carry microorganisms and viruses like scrub typhus. In my case, they gave me rickettsia parasites, which are microorganisms.

I'm not sure what their overall game is. Nowadays they generally lay low, but occasionally act up giving me night sweats, fatigue, headaches, soreness etc.

11 years ago when I first got 'infected' I could only work four days a week and was in bed by 4pm, amongst other things. I was 'lucky' at the time because I was very fit and my body coped a lot better than some. These days the effects are generally not as severe and are few and the time between occurrences is much longer.

There isn't enough research to find a proper treatment. I could go on doxycycline for six months, and that may clear it up, but there are some bad sideffects with that such as increased risk of sun damage (and being a redhead with fair skin, I have enough trouble with that as it is).

It doesn't really hinder me too much now. There's much worse things that can happen.

No good mate, sounds a bit like me and malaria, picked it up in Malawi along with an unidentified parasite (says the Adelaide infectious diseases specialist i saw) same problem with when i get run down and the fatigue sets in and knocks me around for a few weeks.

G'day Folks

Yup! we live in a bandicoot/paralysis tick area, and have for 26 years, we use "Proban" on both our dogs and the "Cooking Fat" aka cat, it is a tablet given by weight, 1 per 10kg, cat has been on them for 9 yrs,(cats 1/4 per 5kg, he gets 1) and the dogs have been getting them from pups, not cheap, but is a lot cheaper than anti-serum, our old dog which we put down last week (14 yrs 2 wks, pneumonia),was on 2 1/2 Proban every 2 days, and he had Cardio-Myophathy (enlarged heart as result of tick, pre Proban) and it did not harm him, the cat gets 1 ea 2 days as well, just open mouth and drop pill in

The cat regularly hunts in the bush and so far this month has returned with 2 ticks(self propelled tick factory), they bite, get "Probanned", die and drop off, with pedigree dogs we can't afford to lose our animals,as a lot of work goes into geting our obedience titles Proban is about $60 per 100tab bottle,but well worth it


cheers

yep they are out and about around here too,
have pulled out about a dozen from our cats ears to date. most were the early nymph stage,full of blood.
i stopped putting frontline spray on the cat few years ago, the price of the stuff is ridiculous. daily vigilance is the key.

the dogs are another story they have had a couple on them, but as i use preventic collars the ticks are usually only walking over the fur when i have found them.( the amitraz in the collars paralyses the probosis apparently)
have been using those collars for years, and if you feel really scared give the dogs a spray with something like nucidol as a secondary protection.


john