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Ticks 

          I’m sure all of you are aware that ticks are a danger to our health and that of our pets. Ticks are certainly 1 of many banes to canines and their families. They not only carry horrific diseases but also cause discomfort to our pets. Without timely removal, a tick infestation may cause anemia and death.

         See this picture below how a tick grows within 8 days from its nymph stage to the adult stage.




How ticks find their hosts

Ticks find their hosts by detecting animals´ breath and body odors, or by sensing body heat, moisture, and vibrations. Some species can even recognize a shadow. In addition, ticks pick a place to wait by identifying well-used paths. Then they wait for a host, resting on the tips of grasses and shrubs. Ticks can't fly or jump, but many tick species wait in a position known as "questing".
While questing, ticks hold onto leaves and grass by their third and fourth pair of legs. They hold the first pair of legs outstretched, waiting to climb on to the host. When a host brushes the spot where a tick is waiting, it quickly climbs aboard. Some ticks will attach quickly and others will wander, looking for places like the ear, or other areas where the skin is thinner.

How ticks spread disease

Ticks transmit pathogens that cause disease through the process of feeding.
  • Depending on the tick species and its stage of life, preparing to feed can take from 10 minutes to 2 hours. When the tick finds a feeding spot, it grasps the skin and cuts into the surface.
  • The tick then inserts its feeding tube. Many species also secrete a cement-like substance that keeps them firmly attached during the meal. The feeding tube can have barbs that help keep the tick in place.
  • Ticks also can secrete small amounts of saliva with anesthetic properties so that the animal or person can't feel that the tick has attached itself. If the tick is in a sheltered spot, it can go unnoticed.
  • A tick will suck the blood slowly for several days. If the host animal has a bloodborne infection, the tick will ingest the pathogens with the blood.
  • Small amounts of saliva from the tick may also enter the skin of the host animal during the feeding process. If the tick contains a pathogen, the organism may be transmitted to the host animal in this way.
  • After feeding, most ticks will drop off and prepare for the next life stage. At its next feeding, it can then transmit an acquired disease to the new host.
  

So how to get rid of ticks?

Here I am going to give you some remedies that I have tested and experienced. I can say this is one of the safest, fastest, and easiest way to eradicate ticks from your dogs.

Drug: "Clinar" (CYPERMETHRIN-HIGH CIS EMULSIFIABLE CONCENTRATE)

Step 1: First wet the coat of your dog with warm water. Make sure your dog is completely wet.

Step 2: For adult dogs take 2 ml of Clinar and mix it in 1 to 1.5 liters of normal water (not hot water). For pups take 1 ml and mix it with 1 liter of water.

Step 3: Now apply this mixture of Clinar and water on the affected areas than on other parts of the body. (Never apply it in eyes or ears or anal or the reproductive areas). Apply it only over the coat.

Step 4: Leave it for a few mins about 5 to 10 mins. By the time don't allow your dog to lick itself, because the drug is not for intake. It is only for external use.

Step 5: Now rinse it with clean water 2 - 3 times.

Step 6: Allow your dog to dry. Then you can find the ticks dead in the dog's coat. Comb your dogs well. Or you may take them away with tweezers.

Step 7: Repeat 2 - 3 times a week for complete eradication of ticks.

Step 8: Also take 4 ml of Clinar and mix it with 1 liter of water and spray it in your garden. This will pretty much ensure that the ticks won't come again on your lovable ones.


I hope this post will be very much helpful for those who find it difficult in saving your lovable from the deadly blood-sucking ticks. Be careful because there is also a danger that it might get into your ears...

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