Pet owner: Pet doctor, there are several tumors on my dog's ears. The black ones are big or small. Does this need surgery?
Pet doctor: Take your dog over to see if it is a tumor, or take a photo to see. Generally, there are no tumors of different sizes on the ears, but cauliflower tumors on the mouth are small bumps of various sizes.
Pet owner: OK
I brought the dog to the pet hospital and found that several ticks were sucking blood on the ears. Tell the owner that this is a tick, a type of parasite, and not a tumor.
Pet owner: Why don't the parasites move?
In fact, many people will regard dog ticks as tumors, and some owners will regard the knotted hair of dogs as tumors, and they will also regard dog nipples as tumors. Some owners think that there is no good treatment for tumors. Method, so there is no need for treatment, just ignore it, then the ticks on the dog’s ears will continue to suck blood.
Tips:
Tumors are all under the skin, and tick except for the mouthparts, other parts of the body are on the skin!
Summer is the season when there are more parasites. The owner often takes the dog to the grassland. If you don't do in vitro deworming, the parasites will easily run on the dog, including fleas, lice, and ticks. Worms are relatively rare, especially some young dog owners who don't recognize them. This parasite swells up after sucking blood. It looks like a dark brown lumpy. It doesn't move when you pull it with your hand. The understanding of parasites, pet owners often make two mistakes. The first is what we said above, treating ticks as tumors, and the second is what we are talking about today, using brute force to pull out ticks.
Pull out the tick with brute force:
When seeing a dog with a tick, most pet owners' first thought is to pull it off. The idea itself is not wrong, but the fault is that this tick is different from other parasites. It sticks into the dog's skin through its mouthparts and sucks blood. Its mouthparts are very strong. It is difficult for us to pull it off the dog's skin. At this time, most owners will use simple and rude methods. Pull it off with brute force.
Does this work? It works. Although the tick is pulled out, the tick's mouthpart remains in the dog's skin. This mouthpart is relatively small, and because the local skin is red and swollen, it is difficult for the owner to find it. This mouthpart becomes A foreign body is left in the dog's skin.
Think about it, just like a thorn on our skin. If it is not pulled out, it will cause skin allergies, local inflammation, skin ulcers, and local hair loss.
So there are ticks on dogs, how should we remove them correctly?
One of the most commonly used methods is to use alcohol to paralyze the tick, and then after it relaxes by itself, we pull it gently, and it will come down. The specific method is that we can use alcohol or white wine. Use cotton. Dip a ball or cotton swab with alcohol and drop it on the head of the tick. After about 10 minutes, use tweezers to remove the tick. Finally, disinfect the wound with iodophor.
The second method is to use a lighted cigarette or incense to burn the tick's butt, so that the tick will take out the mouthparts and escape because of the pain. The specific method is to prepare a wet tissue or a damp cloth and put it on Near the skin behind the tick, scald its butt with a lit cigarette. The tick will come out by itself in about 2 minutes, and then wipe the wound with iodophor.
It should be noted that the purpose of padding wet paper towels is to prevent scalding the dog's skin and tossing the dog because it is hot. In addition, everyone does not need a lighter or other open flames to burn directly, which is easy to hurt the dog.
Tips:
If you don't dare to get ticks, or if you're afraid of improperly operating the tick mouthparts in your dog's skin, you can take your dog to the veterinary hospital and ask the veterinarian to remove it. They are more skilled in the operation, and we are in After removing the tick from the dog, he still needs to administer the in vitro deworming medicine to the dog, so I did it in one piece, saving you the trouble of running back and forth.
I believe that pet owners are also very aware of the hazards of ticks to dogs. Skin allergies, anemia, Babesia, and other diseases are all caused by ticks, so pet owners should regularly deworm their dogs outside of the body.
When walking your dog in summer, avoid playing on the grass, especially the grass by the river.
Deworm the dog outside of the body and use it once a month.
After going to the grass, the owner should comb the dog's hair or take a bath to see if there are ticks in the dog's hair.
When raising cats and dogs, they must be dewormed regularly, especially dogs. Whether it is internal or external parasites, although very small, it is very important for dogs!
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