HoosierMike Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Just a warning, or better yet, a reminder, that tick season is in full swing in our neck of the woods. Here in northern Indiana and southern Michigan, April and October are the worst tick months. And that has proven true again this year. After a short walk yesterday, I picked 12 deer ticks off the dogs. None had attached, but they still disgust me. They are fairly easy to spot on Maggs since she's got alot of white on her, but with Dave, being mostly black, it takes a little longer. The nymph stage of deer ticks are sometimes as small as a tip of a pencil lead, which makes searching for them quite the task. We do live in an area where Lyme disease is quite common, so I'm really careful about this. It pays to keep mine on frontline and heartguard year round. Better safe than sorry. We have tons of deer and turkeys in the woods behind the house, and they aren't shy about cutting through the yard, so that doesn't help matters. I never thought too much about turkeys being a major transport vessel for ticks, but our vet says they're as bad, if not worse, than deer. Anyway, just thought I'd pass this along and check your dogs close til we get a good hard freeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzysdad Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 I've heard that Frontline is bad news bears for BC's and that Advantix should be used. True or false? I have my two on Advantix just in case... Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierMike Posted October 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 I've heard that Frontline is bad news bears for BC's and that Advantix should be used. True or false? I have my two on Advantix just in case... Tim Been using it for almost three years on one dog, 5 months ,so far on the other, no ill effects. Had to change from Revolution years ago, because it didn't work for deer ticks. I don't have any experience with advantix... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRipley Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 I pulled a tick off Rip this morning... I think it was a deer tick I tried to pull it out with tweezers, but the body ripped and I really don't think I removed the head. Will it come out? Should I worry? I just squirted a little witch hazel on the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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