Often, the owners of dogs walk on a walk on their pet tick. If this happens, you need to remove the parasite as soon as possible, as it carries dangerous infectious diseases that threaten not only the health of the pet, but also the person. So, let's find out what to do if the tick sucked into the dog.
Symptoms of a dog bite by a tick
With timely assistance and rapid removal of the tick, the dog is safe. You can even not take her to the vet. For prevention, you need to periodically carefully examine the dog, and if you find a parasite, you need to remove it correctly.
Quite another matter, if the tick was not detected and removed in time. Usually a tick bite does not cause immediate discomfort. But over time, you may notice that the dog lost its appetite, became lethargic, its body temperature rose to 40-42º, the eye whites turned yellow, and blood appeared in her urine. In this case, an appeal to the veterinarian is a mandatory measure.
What should I do if a tick is found on the dog?
If you saw that a dog has a tick, the first thing to do is remove them mechanically. To do this, you need a little sunflower oil, petrolatum or gasoline. You need to drop on each parasite. Usually the tick then loosens the grip.
After waiting for 10-15 seconds, gently unscrew the insect with tweezers. Twist should be strictly counter-clockwise. In no case should you pull at the mite's tummy, otherwise his proboscis will come off and remain with the dog under the skin.
What to do after a tick bite in a dog?
When you have removed the tick, lubricate the bite with iodine or alcohol. After this, it takes some time to monitor the condition of the pet, since the mite could have time to infect it with pyroplasmosis. The incubation period of the disease is from a week to 10 days. During this period, you need to regularly measure the dog's temperature and monitor for possible manifestations of such symptoms:
- darkening of urine;
- yellowing of the eye proteins;
- shortness of breath and weakness;
- difficulty walking.
If after a dog has been bitten by a tick, pyroplasmosis has been diagnosed, treatment and the appointment of what should be done should only come from a veterinarian.
The main measures include the destruction of the pathogen, the removal of intoxication and maintenance of the general condition of the pet. The causative agent of the disease is destroyed with the help of such drugs as Azidin, Veriben, Berenil. To remove intoxication and maintain the body use saline solutions, vitamins, cardiac drugs.