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My dog has ticks
self ^ | April 6, 2019 | knarf

Posted on 04/06/2019 6:09:08 PM PDT by knarf

He's had a few ticks over the winter, which is unusual, but with the good weather, he's getting three or four a day. I've been reading up on remedies to this problem ...


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KEYWORDS: dogs; ralphwiggum; ticks
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To: knarf

My dog has tics. It’s at its worst when he’s barking at people. I think public speaking makes him nervous.


61 posted on 04/06/2019 8:11:39 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: knarf

https://hortsciences.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-56(partial)_red_imported_fire_ant.htm


62 posted on 04/06/2019 8:16:36 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: dainbramaged

A coke bottle works great. Put the mouth of the bottle over the tick and smack the bottom.


63 posted on 04/06/2019 8:21:46 PM PDT by SanchoP (Why does DC hate Americans so much ?)
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To: LeonardFMason

We’re in the same environment ... and Bubba’s in the woods almost daily (’cause we are)


64 posted on 04/06/2019 8:32:33 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: knarf

diatomaceous earth

dust the dog, chickens, livestock, etc with it - cheap and effective and won’t harm them - you can buy the food grade but I don’t think it matters

can use as a non-chemical cheap pesticide for ants, spiders, earwigs etc

give it a try and thank me later - it’s cheap and it works

you can also mix it in dog or cat food for worms


65 posted on 04/06/2019 8:35:22 PM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: null and void

Funny!


66 posted on 04/06/2019 8:42:19 PM PDT by octex
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To: piasa

[[Guinea fowl.]]

Just passed a farm the other day that had those out by the road- heard they are great tick eaters- chickens are also great- let them roam- they will clean your yard of all kinds of nasty critters-


67 posted on 04/06/2019 8:46:52 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: big'ol_freeper
"I believe the ticks are registered democrats"

Even the dead ones.

68 posted on 04/06/2019 8:50:42 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Ponyexpress9790

How do you stop the dog from licking it off? I don’t own a dog, but wouldn’t there be a problem with him licking and ingesting the sulphur and tick spray, even though it’s mixed with Vaseline?


69 posted on 04/06/2019 8:52:31 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: knarf

Frontline

It worked perfect on my borzoi.

The ticks she picked up outside the bathrooms at the big park while taking a rest in the shade would fall off her dead within around four to six hours at home. I’d pull them off and they were dead or so groggy to move much. It was lethal to them.

She never had fleas.

And...it was not too toxic.


70 posted on 04/06/2019 9:04:22 PM PDT by Sapwolf (Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. -Sowell)
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To: knarf

git some fahraints


71 posted on 04/06/2019 9:13:57 PM PDT by fahraint (git theah fuhstest with the mostest)
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To: Maudeen; knarf

Diatomaceous earth will kill any insect it touches. The diatoms its made of are like tiny razor blades and are a natural desiccant. It sticks to the moist joints between the insects exoskeleton, shreds them and starts them to leaking precious bodily fluids. Food grade can be used for internal parasites like worms. Externally it works great on fleas and ticks inside the house and in the yard. Sync your useage up with the insects egg cycle of the critter bugging you and their strangle hold on you is over!


72 posted on 04/06/2019 9:43:55 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: Maudeen

Absolutely right! DE kills bugs in 48 hours. And if you use it in the yard; bug free. Safe for pets. Since it’s ground Scalia, it like razors on bugs bodies. They crawl on it, it slices them up and they just dry up. Great for bed bugs as well. Sprinkle around baseboards and carpets to get rid of them and fleas. Vacuum in 48 hours and gone.


73 posted on 04/06/2019 9:59:48 PM PDT by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-amputecan')
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To: knarf

bfl


74 posted on 04/06/2019 10:10:14 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
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To: knarf
we had the same problem here in the Philippines, and the only thing that worked is Frontline... one application a month. Quite expensive, but since weekly baths and twice weekly tick removal didn't work, it was worth it.
75 posted on 04/06/2019 10:13:01 PM PDT by LadyDoc (Liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
That flea trap works soooo great......I had an small infestation of fleas I never realized until my cat died and they came after me! I tried all kins of sprays etc and was close to calling an exterminator when I read about this.....I actually used a candle in the dish which they were attracted to and couldn't believe what was in there the next morning.

I also used Borax Powdered clothes detergent on rugs and furniture bedding etc. Left it on for a day then swept. What that does is dries their shell and it cracks and they die. Also worked great from any recurrence.

76 posted on 04/06/2019 10:24:10 PM PDT by caww
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To: tirednvirginia

Lyme vaccines cause an incurable, untreatable Lyme syndrome.
The dog gets all the symptoms but nothing will ease them.

Real Lyme is easily cured with cheap Doxycycline.

If you give your dog a preventative 100mg tablet every day, it will never get Lyme and the pill will do your dog no harm.

You couldn’t pay me to give that crap to my dogs.

It was created for human use years ago and then banned for horrible side effects so they palmed it off on innocent dogs rather than lose all that lovely money spent researching a developing it.

That, and Lepto shots [not even the right serovar for canine Lepto is the devil.

Avoid at all costs.

Every year, my vet argues that I NEED Lyme vax because of my area but I opt for SNAP 4DX test instead.

He always seems annoyed that my unvaccinated dogs never have Lyme.


77 posted on 04/06/2019 10:50:30 PM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: Maudeen

If you add the DE to a spray bottle of water and spray it on the dog and your home, when it dries, it’s just as deadly as the dry powder form.

Southern States used to carry it ready-made and it was viciously effective, but they went out of business in my area, decades ago.


78 posted on 04/06/2019 10:52:24 PM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: piasa

Possums!

:D


79 posted on 04/06/2019 10:52:41 PM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: Maudeen
Diatomaceous earth is the bomb! Fleas, ticks, ants, garden pests, you name it. It does have a drying effect, so gloves are recommended for application. If your dog has dry skin issues, it might not be the best idea.

I also use the AdvantageII yard spray to knock them back. We haven't seen a flea yet this spring, and only 1 tick, and it was on the cat.

80 posted on 04/06/2019 10:54:13 PM PDT by TnGOP (Petey the dog is my foreign policy adviser. He's really quite good!)
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