Mirkwood Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Hello again to you all, I have a jack russell and yesterday my daughter found Ticks on him about 6 in all ( very very small) , his frontline ran out 2 weeks ago and i forgot to put more on . I have done so now and the vet said it will kill his ticks, for the rabbit she gave us Advantage and said to check him every day for Ticks if we find any to put Vaseline on them. What about my girlies she said that maybe Ticks would go to them. if they do is it Vaseline on them too? We have a Hedgehog in the garden because i have cleared "parcels"from the grass. Scamp is a "ratter" in every sense of the word and spends his day looking for any evidence of "Mickeys" or Rats, and Stewie the rabbit follows him every where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Why not try **Xeno 200**. There is a withdrawal period of one week and ** it is not licensed for poultry in the UK**. My vet suggested it for my ex-batts. It is very easy to apply. I'm not sure that vaseline would be a good idea for the hens. I wouldn't relish applying it TBH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirkwood Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 (edited) Thanks Egluntine. But Vaseline for the bunnie is ok you think, ive never heard of it before I hate the things they turn my stomach and it takes a lot to that but yuk yuk Edited April 23, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I don't know tbh. I wouldn't think that the rabbit would appreciate it, and would be ingesting it as s/he tried to groom it off. Still...if it is what your vet recommends....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Putting Vaseline on ticks stop them being able to breath and therefore they die - the same method works on dogs Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirkwood Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 arrh all is explained. i have to stop them both from hanging around the shed where the hedgehog is, they are like laurel and hardy where one is the other is. i netted it off about an hour ago but couldn't find either rabbit or dog so went round to the shed and their they both sat on the wrong side of the netting waiting for me to get them out . i scolded them both with "you bad bad pair, out, out" but i know they will be back there mainly because scampi knows the hedgehog is there under the shed and stewie follows him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 The other way of killing & removing ticks is to get one of them small ear droplet thingies and put a tiny amount of nail varnish remover on the tick.It will almost immedietely be disolved it and will drop off without leaving its mouth inbedded in the animals skin (which is what happens when you try to rip it off). Put a dollop of Savlon on the area afterwards and your dog will be fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirkwood Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 hey thanks for that tip i will have a go right now, he has frontline on now and i think he only has one left. he is a wirey hair jack russell and yesterday i cut his hair really really short and will keep it that way. no evidence of any on the bunnie but i will check them all every day. i really hate them. thanks steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Strong alchol works too. Vodka, whisky... etc. I used to get ticks all the time when I was little (too much time spent playing in mossy bits of field I think!) and when the surgical spirit ran out, cheap booze it was. Must've been disconcerting for anyone coming across a 6-year-old stinking of cheap cooking sherry/etc. Fortunately it was before Lymes/weils/whichever one you get from ticks was so widespread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I used to do Orienteering a lot and picked up a few ticks in my time (all that running around in bracken). Good luck with the treatments. Some very good tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...