Flashbazil Had A Tick

[Ons]

I saw it last night on his nose. I got it out, nothing left behind thank goodness. It really hadn't got hold I think because I only applied Revolution a couple of days ago on him. I'll still keep, of course, a very good eye on him.

What was worse was it was one of those nasty coastal ticks yet I live far from the coast. And the only explanation I can give is I bought some plants down at Erina on the Central Coast a few days ago and put them in the backyard yesterday and Flashy would have had to investigate. So the tick survived on the plant despite being frequently watered.

Nasty buggers!

I have also read in the past that you can kill ticks, and I can't remember whether it was with eucalyptus or tea tree oil. Does anyone know?

[CavsRcute]

My vet at Balmain told me that they have had a HUGE increase in the number of tick cases they have seen becuase of the mulch that the owners have been buying for their gardens. The b***ards live in there

[Ons]

thanks for that - I'll keep an eye on that as well

I thought I was pretty safe here from the paralysis ticks, seems not

good news is that Flash is his normal self Tick Paralysis is horrible when we were kids one of our shelties nearly died from it, and the vet couldn't find the tick anywhere until the very last moment when it was right down in her ear from memory.