I think Button Moon has a tick on his ear, I noticed it yesterday morning.
It's about the size of a lentil and a rusty brown colour. I tried to brush it off, thinking it was a grass seed, but he wouldn't let me. It was still there later in the afternoon. I Googled ticks, it's not the huge, fat, grey kind I've seen before but I can't think what else it could be. It doesn't seem to be getting any bigger but it's not moving either.
Later I noticed one on Lizzie's chin. I've looked at how to remove them with tweezers but there is no way Button would hold still for me to do that. I found a YouTube video about a guy who put Profender on a tick on his dog and the thing just dropped off and died. I tried that with Lizzie and about 30 minutes later was able to pull the tick off very easily. It was already dead.
So now I've been to buy some more Profender and I'm waiting for Button to come home so I can try it on him.
My questions are what are the health risks from tick bites? Lyme disease seems to be very rare in this part of the world and I can't find anything about SFTS in cats, although there have been a few human fatalities from it in some parts of Japan. What symptoms should I look out for?
Do flea and worm medications prevent tick bites? I'm only able to pill a few of the cats so ideally I'd like to use the drops that you apply to the back of the neck. Any recommendations for a good, safe tick control medicine?
Thanks for reading.
It's about the size of a lentil and a rusty brown colour. I tried to brush it off, thinking it was a grass seed, but he wouldn't let me. It was still there later in the afternoon. I Googled ticks, it's not the huge, fat, grey kind I've seen before but I can't think what else it could be. It doesn't seem to be getting any bigger but it's not moving either.
Later I noticed one on Lizzie's chin. I've looked at how to remove them with tweezers but there is no way Button would hold still for me to do that. I found a YouTube video about a guy who put Profender on a tick on his dog and the thing just dropped off and died. I tried that with Lizzie and about 30 minutes later was able to pull the tick off very easily. It was already dead.
So now I've been to buy some more Profender and I'm waiting for Button to come home so I can try it on him.
My questions are what are the health risks from tick bites? Lyme disease seems to be very rare in this part of the world and I can't find anything about SFTS in cats, although there have been a few human fatalities from it in some parts of Japan. What symptoms should I look out for?
Do flea and worm medications prevent tick bites? I'm only able to pill a few of the cats so ideally I'd like to use the drops that you apply to the back of the neck. Any recommendations for a good, safe tick control medicine?
Thanks for reading.