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| clio |
Posted - 01 Sep 2010 : 7:12:23 PM
Well Autumn had yukk !! the 1st time ever we have had any on the horses.
A couple on her neck and again above her dock.
And both horses have been in for 5 days while Maisie's little cut on the bulb of her heel healed so where did they come from ?
Could they have been in the hay we bought in ? do rats carry them as they must be heading into the buildings now for the winter YUKKK !!! shudder at the thought,
I have just ordered some Barrier parasite repellent which says it repels and also can be used to remove ticks.
Im paranoid now ... anyone else any tips on how to repel/remove them ??
Never seen any on my horses before and a little worried to say the least.
jan x |
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| vjc |
Posted - 06 Sep 2010 : 4:45:55 PM
I agree with using a tick remover (bought from most pet shops) or as paul says smother with vaseline, i am itching all over now  |
| honey |
Posted - 05 Sep 2010 : 1:22:20 PM
i have only ever seen one tick and i removed it. Have you any sheep as sheep are noutrioush for ticks and long grass too. |
| basbob |
Posted - 05 Sep 2010 : 1:01:39 PM
you can get tick removing things from the vet. They look like the foot on a sewing machine. |
| Goldenmane |
Posted - 04 Sep 2010 : 08:36:00 AM
Yes, agree with Mogwai, I was told by vet to remove them not suffocate or burn them off as apart from stomach contents they can leave their little legs in there!! |
| mogwai |
Posted - 04 Sep 2010 : 08:24:50 AM
It's always better to remove them if you can. You can get a nifty (and cheap!) little plastic prong thingy called a Tom o tick remover/twister. It'll remove them head and all every time. If you suffocate them in vaseline (as i used to do!) there is more likelihood that they'll regurgitate their stomach contents (yes, back into your horse!!!), and cause infection. Bleugh!!!!
Ros |
| Zena |
Posted - 04 Sep 2010 : 12:12:22 AM
Sorry for sounding ignorant but what are dear ticks? r they the orange/black colour ones slightly smaller? I get them and the big fat juicy ones that are common 2 me anyway i am in amongst trees and plenty deer ? natalie x |
| xsara |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 11:47:09 PM
Hi I would just like to add about the frontline spray to be careful using it for horses. I got some flea spray of the vets to do the dogs with once and he told me to make sure under no circumstances to spray the horse with it. He said some one got some of him for there dogs and decided to spray the horse with it. That night the horse took a very bad dose of colic. The vet told me it could have been coincisdence but wouldn't chance it |
| clio |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 6:47:41 PM
Thank you all for the advice, im still worried where they have come from all at once ?
We have no deer here in Pembs and have lived on the farm 20+ years and as said have never found any at all on the horses till now.
Thank you again Vaseline added to stable kit  |
| Kazzy |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 2:20:32 PM
Trying pouring surgical spirits on them and leave them a while, they apparently fall asleep then you can rip them off
My Kazzy had one on his bum once and I freaked out and pulled the thing but unfortunately left its legs or whatever in his skin and caused an infection.
Vet bill later...... anyway, thats what the vet told me to do sprinkle it with surgical spirits
Janet |
| basbob |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 12:34:04 PM
We have them here in France, the deer bring them are generally found in the long grass. Twist them off and they fall off, it's pretty revolting as their legs pop out and wiggle! Flymax and Butox 7.5 seem to work and I haven't had any this year. I don't know if you can get these products in the UK but you can buy them on line.
If you find your horse off it's food, not drinking and tired - do watch out as the ticks can carry piroplasmosis and although really easy to cure it can kill if undetected. My dog had it when we came to France and he was cured the next day but it is easily spotable and cured by an injection.
They are horrid things! |
| Dot |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 08:38:56 AM
If you do not twist them off you risk leaving there mouth parts in the affected animal leading to infection. I used to remove then daily during the season from my cats when I lived in Lakenheath. Frontline is also a good prevention method for horses as somebody else said. |
| Mrs DJ |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 08:06:07 AM
Mine has had ticks on a couple of occasions.
As well as smothering them with Vaseline to cut off the air supply, try a wormer with Ivermectin in it - kills them from the inside, as they suck blood, and has the advantage of killing the ones that are still too small to spot.
Horrible things!! |
| shah |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 07:58:45 AM
I found one on Mush too a week or so ago - and we're in the same area as lulu and elgar so must be loads of them around here this year. They do indeed come from the deer, which roam around all the fields.
In Sweden we used to get loads of ticks and putting butter or vaseline, or indeed anything fatty and greasy, works to get them out. Rather than pulling them out you should gently twist them, that way you can ensure that the whole thing comes out. May take a while for the lump to go down if the tick has been there a while but it will do. In Sweden there are always cases of borrelia (lymes disease) every year because of the ticks, but the animals don't seem as affected as humans for some reason. I know horses in the US get lymes, but it's pretty unheard of in Sweden despite the number of ticks we have. |
| lulu |
Posted - 02 Sep 2010 : 7:29:44 PM
First time this year my mare got one on her neck, didn't realise what it was and flicked it with my nail and the whole thing came away, but it has still left a scab which I haven't touched. |
| elgar polish prince |
Posted - 01 Sep 2010 : 9:36:45 PM
my boy got a whole face full of deer ticks last year they were nasty and I know i wasnt ment to because the legs can stay in but they were so small if you twesed the off with your nails they came off with legs intact,
We pick up a few the other month at a x country event in the long grass these were also deer ticks and the ones that were to large to remove whole i put vasaline on and they droped off
i have also been advised to sue frontline but fortunatly havent had the dam things back since |
| paul_exe |
Posted - 01 Sep 2010 : 8:20:35 PM
Put Vaseline on the ticks (providing it is not sunny of course) it suffocates them and they fall off.
I have deer that run through my fields and my horses frequently get them.
Paul |
| mjp |
Posted - 01 Sep 2010 : 7:57:47 PM
Have you tried frontline spray, its not licenced for horses but it doe work, ask your vet.
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