In spring, not only beautiful and useful creatures awake to life, but also such organisms that can cause a lot of problems in people. One of the most unpleasant creatures are mites. They try to immediately destroy or avoid, but it is not always possible to avoid contact with these small parasites without complications. It is good when the bite of the encephalitic tick passes painlessly, but often it causes a pyroplasmosis that can disable for a long time, like a dog with a cat, and the owner. Scabies mites can also not be called innocuous insects, gnawing in the skin of animals or people tiny tunnels, it causes terrible itching and a lot of trouble. With such parasites you need to fight thoroughly and know all the ways, how to find a tick in a dog, how to protect yourself and pets from their attack.
The main types of mites in dogs
- Demodecosis .
- Sarcoptic disease.
- Otdetectosis .
- Ixodid mites.
Demodex feeds on sebum and skin cells, it is dangerous to affect only weakened organisms, but it is possible to meet an insect in most dogs. Signs of active life of this tick in the dog can be seen immediately. When multiplying, it secretes allergens in the skin, which leads to the development of severe itching. Wool falls abundantly, wounds are formed, this disease brings a lot of troubles to the animal. Her appetite disappears, baldness, redness of the skin, pustules appear. All can be exacerbated by fungal infection, lead to exhaustion of the body and its death.
Ordinary drops from mites against demodekoz are powerless. Their colonies are destroyed by antiseptic means and with the help of injections of antiparasitic drugs (ivermectin, ivomek, amitrazine). Very good results give a simultaneous enhancement of immunity with vitamins and good nutrition. For prevention, you should rub the dogs with sulfur-containing preparations and add them to the feed. To folk remedies against subcutaneous mites are wormwood decoction, sea buckthorn oil and ointments based on the root of celandine.
The disease, which provokes scabies mites, is also called zudnevymi scabies. The carriers of these parasites can be both animals and people, because they are able to survive on shoes, in folds of clothing, litter, in the ground. The disease proceeds extremely unpleasantly, it is accompanied by severe itching, because of which the dog literally scratches the skin with claws, which leads to combs. There are ulcers, fistulas, hair falls out, there is a red rash. The treatment is medicated (Front Line, Stronghold and other effective antiparasitic drugs).
The second name for this disease is ear scabies. It can lead to unpleasant consequences - otitis, meningitis, damage to the tympanic membrane, various inflammations. Symptoms of it should be sought from the inside of the dog's ear. Here there is reddening of the skin, it becomes too hot, ulcers and traces of scratching are visible. The ears are filled with gruel, consisting of parasites, sulfur, pieces of skin and blood. Having seen such symptoms, it is necessary to treat mites in dogs with various acaricides and antibacterial drugs. If complications arise (otitis and other inflammation), it is better to contact specialists.
This type of parasite settles on the victim's body for a little while, he wants only to get drunk and after a couple of days of "feasting" get out. These mites are in a hungry state no more than 2-3 mm, but after a good diet they become larger, the abdomen of the insect is visibly swollen.
Secure your pet with a number of preventive measures - treated with acaricidal sprays or drops, buying an animal special collar against parasites. There is also a pyroplasmosis vaccine that can save your pet in case of a bite. If you often travel to nature, you need to know how to remove a tick from a dog. Simple actions with tweezers, a thread or an original plastic tool like "tongs" can easily help to cope with the sucking insect.