Ticks

[Geraldine Gaul]

Is anyone else having a problem with ticks? I use Advocate which I thought stopped them from attaching to the animals but I have had to remove quite a few recently & I wondered if anyone had any tips. I am not even sure where JD is getting them from as we have only been walking in local parks so not a lot of wildlife around.

[Jennie Benstead]

David

I also use one clove each per day...unless they are huge then they have half each...Riley eats it when justed cut  and put in his dinner...but Cassie I have to use a garlic press and mix well in....some love it some dont (just like us)...I also put a couple of cloves in with their fruit and veg which is all minced together...come the end of sept I start to give less and during the winter they will only have appox 3 times a week...(.but they are still sprayed every other day)..come March I start all over again with feeding every day....

[David McIlveen Wright]

Jennie,

Thanks! I will try the garlic press for Mac's food. I had cut the cloves quite small and mixed them through, but Mac would not go near that, but then he can be funny with food sometimes anyway.

[Fran Griffin]

Geraldine.....  My friend called this morning to say yes, it works on ticks :-)  She even put a tick she pulled off Alfie into a bowl with a light dusting of the D.E and  that one died too :-)

[Geraldine Gaul]

Thank you that's good to know, I will order some.

[Fran Griffin]

Thanks Finn, got to have a look to see how much to feed them to de worm them.  They are bound to have worms after all those fleas :-/

[Jennie Benstead]

Finn

you are very welcome.....It works for me...

[Torie Lancaster]

I am liking the idea of Diatomaceous Earth for myself as well as my dogs (no...I don't have worms, fleas or any other little critters on me...well hopefully not anyway!!)

I have just been having a look on Diatomaceous Earth limited website Diatomx.co.uk and read the reviews for the human DiatomPure human codex grade product and am impressed.

There is also DiatomPure for animals but I prefer to give my dogs the finest grade of any products which are going to be taken orally or externally so I will buy the best grade and share it with them :))

Thanks Fran for bringing DE to our attention.....I had not heard of it before.

 

[Pippa Wheater]

Fleas I regularly have to do as have 3 cats. But never in 22 years of having  my own dogs I have never come across a tick ? 

I do believe if you cover them in Vaseline then they can't breath and then just fall off. You can get from the pet shop a comb like thing which is designed to remove the tick.