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13-06-2011, 12:56 AM
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| | | strange bug in house wen parents got back from holiday
This afternoon my parents came back from france and a couple of hours after they returned i noticed a strange bug on the livin room floor. At first i didnt think it was a bug at all. i just picked it up off the floor thinking it was a chocolate raisen of sumit simular due it was next to my dog and obviously chocolate is poisonise to them. it wasnt untill it took a closer look and realised it wasnt chocolate at all. it looked exactly like a chocolate raisen but with a micro sized head and legs directly on the front of its body.
I would of taken a picture but my mum freaked out wen she saw it knocked it out of hand and squashed it. if anyone may have an idea what it may be. please could you let me know. thanks |
13-06-2011, 01:54 AM
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| | | Re: strange bug in house wen parents got back from holiday
Sounds like a tick full of blood. I would check the dog out!
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13-06-2011, 06:17 AM
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| | | Re: strange bug in house wen parents got back from holiday
Exactly my thoughts Janet.
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13-06-2011, 11:43 AM
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| | | Re: strange bug in house wen parents got back from holiday
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Originally Posted by JRsbugs  Sounds like a tick full of blood. I would check the dog out!
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Janet | As stupid as this sounds he really is a clean dog we bath him weekly and i never seen a tick full of blood before so would never of guessed in millon years wot it was. Dogs already got appointment with vet due to old injury so i'll bring it up wen i go. thanx alot for the advice. |
13-06-2011, 11:50 AM
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| | | Re: strange bug in house wen parents got back from holiday
Hi noidea
I've never known a year like this for ticks. I have two Labradors and they pick them up daily. Despite daily grooming and the removal of the crawling young ticks that look like money spiders, there's always one or two who latch onto the dogs skin and gorge themselves with blood until they drop off.
At least you didn't tread on your tick and make a bloody spot on the carpet!
There is a pour-on treatment you can get from the vets called Frontline, I don't use this as my dogs are in the water regularly, it gets washed off and can cause harm to the water environment (kill water insects).
For many, ticks are part of life if you have a dog.
Regular grooming and the use of a little green pastic tool called the O'Tom Tick Remover is all I use. | | |
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