Cat Tick .. What to do?!

[asterix]

Both our cats are given regular tick and flea spot on but now one has got a tick anyway.

Normally I'd remove it without much fuss but this blighter is right on the upper eyelid and I am stumped as to a remedy. The cat is well able and willing to defend himself against any sort of treatment he doesn't like.

 

[numbnuts]

I would take it to the vets, but I have removed two ticks myself also from the eyelid on a dog

 

[Noodley]

Sounds like the most bloody awkward spot it could be! I would suggest a vet is best placed to advise and/or deal with it - hopefully one of the CC vets will be along soon....

 

[Gromit]

Try this http://www.lake-link.com/forums/General-Outdoor-Discussion/discuss.cfm/72557/New-way-to-remove-ticks

It involves using liquid soap.

 

[Camrider]

Trying to remove it could do more harm than good, probably best to leave it until its fully fed and drops off.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Maybe you could counterbalance a cat tick by making a dog cross.

(Sorry, I think it's the wind blowing my brain off course....)

 

[MontyVeda]

ah, now I've been told all about ticks so that means i know all about them.

Don't just pull them out... instead 'twist' them out, but make sure you twist them anti clockwise because tick teeth spiral clockwise, so twisting them the wrong way will only make them go deeper

or...

get a shot glass half full of vodka and put it over the tick. Hold in place for long enough to drown the tick (thus relaxing its jaws) whilst the vodka helps heal the wound.

I've never tried either of these but was told them in good faith



edit... is it me or is that cat defying gravity?

 

[vernon]

Try this http://www.lake-link.com/forums/General-Outdoor-Discussion/discuss.cfm/72557/New-way-to-remove-ticks

It involves using liquid soap.

I dare you to have a try with the cat in question.....

 

[steve52]

i did nothing and now have a pet tick that collects cats

 

[Night Train]

edit... is it me or is that cat defying gravity?

Looks to me like the cat is sitting on the seat pad of an office chair and its claws are right through the seat and into the keyboard underneath, hence the keyboard appears to be defying gravity.


I would take the cat to the vets for this one as any of the usual treatments involve putting stuff, including fingers, near the cat's eye.

 

[MontyVeda]

i figured the OP had deliberately posted the photo upside down to conceal the fact he has a gravity defying cat.

... now the dust is on the correct/top side of the keyboard.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Oh poor thing! take him to the vets, Asterix. You need more than a pair of hands to get him to accept treatment.

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

The eyes tell you that's one p*ssed off cat.
Obviously hates being glued to the underside of a PC by its feet.

I was once asked "what's your pet hate"?
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"having things rammed up its arse" I replied!

 

[User269]

Trying to remove it could do more harm than good, probably best to leave it until its fully fed and drops off.

You can get tick removers which slide under it and twist to lift off, but if the cat won't cooperate there's no harm in taking Camrider's advice and just leaving it until it drops off. Having a tick isn't painful or unpleasant for an animal, and any infection carried by the tick will already have been transmitted. As camrider said, trying to remove it could do more harm than good, as the jaws of the tick may be left in place, unless using a tick remover, which can lead to inflammation, itching, and possibly infection.

 

[asterix]

Trying to remove it could do more harm than good, probably best to leave it until its fully fed and drops off.

You can get tick removers which slide under it and twist to lift off, but if the cat won't cooperate there's no harm in taking Camrider's advice and just leaving it until it drops off. Having a tick isn't painful or unpleasant for an animal, and any infection carried by the tick will already have been transmitted. As camrider said, trying to remove it could do more harm than good, as the jaws of the tick may be left in place, unless using a tick remover, which can lead to inflammation, itching, and possibly infection.

Thanks. I think that is what I will do.

When you say able and willing to defend itself, that was not really necessary, the photo tells that story perfectly well.

He isn't that scary, until you get to know him.