Lots of ticks about

[werdnal]

I've removed 2 ticks from my cat this week, one on the surface of this coat and very lively - never seen one so close up before. Looked like a miniature crab scuttling about. The other was gorged but I used a drop of frontline and it dropped of so no fear of leaving anything behind.

Then following morning, after my shower, I noticed a new "freckle" on my leg, but when I examined it, it moved - luckily it hadn't fully attached itself, so brushed off easily and flushed down the drain.

I always thought May/June was prime tick time, but there are obviously a lot around now. My cat is 15 and doesn't wander far, so be must be picking them up in the garden. I had been out in our field the night before I found my "little friend", but even then, the field is bordered one side by a river, the other side by a deep drainage ditch, one end a huge hedge and the other our house, so we don't get much in the way of visiting mammals crossing it as they have trouble getting in. How do ticks travel - they obviously can't fly, so where are they coming from?

[thunder]

Quote How do ticks travel - they obviously can't fly, so where are they coming from?
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They hitch a ride on anything that goes past. Dogs, cats, mice, voles, rabbits, deer, people, foxes, badgers. When they are full, they can drop off their host and digest their meal, then climb up a blade of grass and wait for the next paser by. Some species live in burrows or nests.

henrya