With the beginning of spring, many dog breeders take their pets out for a walk into the forest. After shaggy pets are bored in the grass, they want after a long winter to frolic, feeling under the paws of green foliage. But sometimes here they are trapped by danger in the form of small, but harmful parasites - ticks. Experienced people know how to pull out the tick entirely or its proboscis. But novice lovers sometimes panic and get lost, tearing with careless actions, an insect on a part. There are several ways to safely remove mites from the body of the animal. Let's look at some of them.
How correctly to pull out the tick with the help of a self-made device:
- You can make the "tick" by yourself, using an ordinary plastic cup or bottle for this purpose. It is necessary to do in it a slot, rounded on one side, and tapering with the other. This is necessary to ensure that the mite's torso easily enters into it, and then contracts in place of constriction.
- Find the insect in the thick wool of your pet. It looks like a small shiny ball.
- Gently push our device onto the body of the parasite, trying not to crush it. If this happens, then pulling out the torn head of the tick will be much more difficult.
- We begin to slowly rotate the self-made "tick".
- Do this until the insect extends from the body of its victim.
- The drawn mite is inside our glass.
- If everything went well, then the pulled out parasite can be considered and destroyed. The wound must be treated with antiseptics to prevent all kinds of diseases from tick bite .
Like a puppy or an adult dog, pull out the tick with Tick Twister:
- Tick Twister is a factory product resembling a miniature nail.
- This device is very easy and convenient to use, but it does not take up much space. If you find that the insect has sucked to the body of the animal, then spread the coat and gently pry the body of the tick with this "nail". He should get into Tikvister's slot, but, in any case, do not burst.
- Then rotate the Tick Twister until the parasite is unscrewed.
- Usually he will not resist very long, and soon you will see a nasty body on the tip of the device.
- After extracting the mite from the body of the pet, it is best not to throw it into the grass, but to put it in a jar or immediately destroy it. Try not to touch the insect with your bare hands during this procedure, using protective gloves.
There are other ways to get rid of this small, but unpleasant misfortune. Use tweezers or thread, spread insect with various ointments. In any case, it is better to extract a living parasite, twisting takes less time than waiting until it dies and falls off. If, in the process of removal, the parasite is torn apart, difficulties may arise. How to remove the remnants of a tick? If the proboscis protrudes from the outside, it is removed using tweezers, gently twisting in circular motions. But when you are not sure of your abilities, it is better to contact the veterinarian. Having raskovyrjav the place of a sting, and not having resorted to antiseptics, it is possible to cause accidentally an infection. Do not forget also about security measures, working in surgical gloves or wrapping a tick with a cloth.