Mammal of the day

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by pressld2

Thanks Mark. I'll fish out a pipette and some olive oil and give it a go. I didn't know that about tweezers so thanks for the advice.

Dave P.

Go get a tick remover from the vets..You have no chance of leaving the mouth parts in then...

You also don't want to risk killing the tick and it staying in the hogs that will also cause infection.

[mh68]

Kayleigh, the oil treatment method doesnt kill the tick straight away. The tick begins to suffocate, releases its grip on the host and falls off. It also has the advantage of allowing treatment with the minimum of handling, reducing stress on the hog.

Mark H

[Pat]

Originally Posted by mh68

Once uploaded, if you click on one of the pics, you`ll see a text window underneath the image entitled "forum image code", click it once to highlight the text, press ctrl+C to copy it, then ctrl+V to paste it into your forum post. If you have any problems Pat pm me and i`ll post the pics for you

Mark H

I've been trying for about half an hour Mark and I still can't figure it out,if you can do it for me I'll be very grateful, the picture is in the archives entitled foxes feeding. Thanks in anticipation.

[mh68]

Here you go Pat, and what a great shot it is too



Mark H

[Kayleigh]

Hi mark I didn't think of the minimal handling part.

Nice pics Pat. Hope you manage to sort it.

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by mh68

So thats where all the foxes have gone too

Lovely shot Pat,what a great sight to see so many

[Pat]

Originally Posted by deer boy

So thats where all the foxes have gone too

Lovely shot Pat,what a great sight to see so many

Thanks for showing the pic Deerboy, I've just been up to see my friend who lives next to the wood where the foxes are ( She's the one who feeds them when I'm not well enough to ) She went to feed them last night and there were 4 adults and 9 cubs I can't wait to see them myself.

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by Pat

Thanks for showing the pic Deerboy, I've just been up to see my friend who lives next to the wood where the foxes are ( She's the one who feeds them when I'm not well enough to ) She went to feed them last night and there were 4 adults and 9 cubs I can't wait to see them myself.

I'm afraid i can't claim the praise it was Mark who managed to put the pic up

Great news don't forget to take your camera with you when you next go up

[pressld2]

Well that was somewhat less than successful!

Both hogs were at the food so I grabbed my pipette, filled it with the finest extra virgin olive oil and nipped out the back door. As I thought, they both just froze rather than run away, so I went for the larger of the two who clearly had at least three (probably four) ticks last night. Couldn't find any! It's a bit dark on the patio so I carried him round the corner where there's a flood-light on a motion detector. Still couldn't see a single tick to squirt oil on to. So I gave up and put him back by the food bowl.

I reckon it was less than a minute in total so hopefully didn't stress him out too much. I'll be cross if he's back tomorrow with ticks still visible...

Dave P.

[mh68]

He may have just dislodged them himself Dave if they were within "scratching range". Just been watching the young hog which appeared last night again...seems its using the hedgehog house near the food for its daytime accomodation

Mark H