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my daughter has recently moved house, the garden is huge but completely overgrown. shes had it all cut back but is now having a huge problem with her dogs getting ticks due to the squirrels in the treas at the end of the garden, any advice?
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Where does your daughter live, Celia?
I have squirrels in the garden and dogs, but no problem with ticks. -
Sorry to say that if there is wildlife around domestic animals will get ticks. Mine get them all the time, even now!!
Talk to the vet about something akin to a flea treatment for ticks and invest in a tick remover also from the vet.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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Before you decide on a treatment research online! I have a dog who developed epilepsy after using one of these spot on treatments. I'm not saying that was the cause, and neither would the vet, but if you research them you will find lots of people talking about them, seems there is a lot of anecdotal evidence though not scientific.sigpicComment
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The first year we moved we had issues with ticks, once it had been cultivated a while then we no longer had issues. In the short term speak to a vet. Also is it worth temporarily fencing a smaller area in for the dogs that is better maintained?Comment
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I'm surrounded by overgrown and neglected gardens and my previous cat Chilli loved to hunt in these and was forever bringing me furry giftsOriginally posted by roitelet View Post
Last year I was horrified to find a huge tick on the back of her neck and rushed straight round to the vet and the nurse removed it for free and showed me how to remove any future ones with a small gadget called an O'Tom. I bought one for less than £5 and have used it twice - once on a 5 week old stray kitten I fostered - and they're incredibly easy to do and remove the whole tick without any risk of it regurgitating poisons back into your cat or dog.
The O'TOM / TICK TWISTER® to remove ticks: Official WebsiteLast edited by Gillykat; 29-01-2016, 01:31 PM.If I'm not on the Grapevine I can usually be found here!....https://www.thecomfreypatch.co.uk/Comment
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A friend of mine swears by a few drops of lavender essential oil on her dogs' collars to prevent ticks.
I know it sounds a bit new age hippyish so I should point out that my friend is very tough, no nonsense, yorkshire lass with five marauding lurchers.
Apparently, ticks are a real problem where she walks her dogs but since starting with the lavender oil several years ago they've never had one.Comment
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I have to use very strong drops on our dogs as there is something called leishmania carried by the sandfly here and you do not want to see a dog suffer and die from that. Luckily the spray i use also protects against fleas and ticks which are also a big problem from were the goats wonder around.I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them
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I would also suggest Lavender oil. A few drops works wonders, plus it also works well on humans if you have a problem with midges where you live
What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
Pumpkin pi.Comment
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I would Front line the dog. Our dog got done yesterday. One treatment covers him for up to 3 months. Have to keep him up to date here there's a lot of ticks. We don't use tick twisters on the dog, we use them on ourselves.Comment
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Same here SP, I took the boys to the local hospital to have them taken out the first few times my boys got them. Then I got the tool. I just keep an eye on the area after taking them out.Last edited by Scarlet; 29-01-2016, 07:21 PM.Comment
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thanks everyone! id never heard of using lavender oil before but il definitely be passing on all the advice!Comment
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