Nasty Little Wood Ticks

[spencer200]

If you get him to do it take some pictures I could use a good laugh! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[njrqs]

Autumn here but our Cattle Ticks are still running riot all over the dog. I have been washing the dog often but still pull heaps and heaps (dozens) off him at times.

They aren't paralysis ticks but the blood loss isn't good for the dog.

Good to see you have nasty bugs too /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Cheers

 

[Mark_in_NH]

I think a shaved cat would look like one of those Chi hua hua dogs.

 

[Old_Wanker]

Theres a good product we have here in the US called FrontLine - I dont know if yiou have it there but it works wonders on the ticks. They may crawl in the fur a bit but they dont attach to the animal. If your ticks are as bad as you say then you may want to look it up. All you do is put a spot of it between their shoulderblades and theyre good for a few months at a time.

Of course if the ticks are anything like any of the other inhabitants of Australia that I know then nothing will keep them from getting their favorite drink ...

 

[Thomas]

A shave cat consider a college student over here who had his hair shave off,and some sort of metal..loops,stud rock stick into his ear,mouth,eye lid etc...yikes.

 

[HILLBILLYMAN]

Ok,

You guys have moved the string more toward pets....um..namely about shaving cats...so...I'm gonna share a little story about trimming my dog's toenails. Well, we are budget minded folks... so my wife bought some clippers to use as we felt our 85 lbs. lab's nails were a little long. I read the package, and it being my first time clipping his nails, proceeded with caution. I took my buddy's paw in hand, with him watching with keen interest and a hint of mild alarm, but as any good pet, he trusted me. I slid the clippers onto one of his nails, prepared to squeeze the handles....and about that time he decided he did not care all that much about having show quality toenails....yes, he moved his paw just as I squeezed the clippers, the clippers slid WAY too far up his nail....and all of a sudden...my BEST FRIEND's BLOOD was squirting onto the carpet....and I mean alot of it. I freaked...trying to hold his paw up in the air and apply pressure to stop the bleeding....he was trying to lick the nail, all the while looking at me like I tried to kill him....so there I was in the middle of the living room...trying to hold his paw...blood all over the place...and about that time...my wife walks in from work. I'm about to cry....the dog is worried about his paw and by now is totally convinced that I tried to kill him, and my wife goes off like a bottle rocket over the carpet! After a few minutes she calmed down....ran into the bathroom and retrieved my stipic stick for shave cuts....applied it to his nail, which worked like a charm....immediately stopping the bleeding, and I'm sitting there with blood on me, shaking, and not too popular with either the dog or the wife. Yes, it did take a while for my dog to even let me pet him again, my wife got hardwood floors, and I learned to let professionals cut the dog's nails.

HILLBILLYMAN

 

[Thomas]

Well that wasn't a HalMark moment..glad everything turn out well tho.

 

[Bird]

HILLBILLYMAN, my experience wasn't quite as drastic, but similar; only made Buster bleed a little bit, but he sure doesn't like to have his nails clipped. I took him last week for his annual checkup, vaccinations, etc. and the vet clips his nails for $5. I can hold him without a problem, but in spite of the fact that he's never bitten anyone my wife is afraid to try to hold him when he's squirming to try to get loose.

 

[Golfgar4]

<font color=blue>"...and I learned to let professionals cut the dog's nails.</font color=blue>

We had a similar experience as yours. Well....O.K.....there was no blood.......and our dog weighed 4 1/2 lbs. (Yorkie)...but it was similar!

Our vet had convinced me that I could clip Bailey's nails. Right - me a first time dog owner/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif. So I buy the clippers and convince the wife to hold her while I do the surge...er...clipping. As I approach the paw with the clipper, the wife starts shaking and yelling.."Don't hurt her! Don't hurt her!" The dog is looking at the wife likes she's crazy.

This little act goes on two or three times. Finally I tell the wife that either she stops with the worrying or I'm done trying. O.K. she says. (Yeah, right!) So I try one more time. I get the clipper in the proper location and just as I start squeezing, Bailey moves! Didn't get any blood...but she (take your pick - wife or dog) let out a scream that should've brought the neighbors running. I jerk back out of the way just from a self preservation instinct, the dog is half way up the wife's face whimpering, and the wife is yelling at me for maiming her little baby! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

Ever since then, if I have any kind of small, shiny object in my hand, Bailey heads the other way. My wife didn't talk to me for two days /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif, and I now get to pay the groomer an additional $7.00 each month (I'm not complaining, mind you!/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif) when Bailey is trimmed.

 

[Von]

I clip my golden's nails about every 6 weeks. The trick is start when they are young and play with there paws, that way there is no shock when you grab their paw. I don't take a lot off at one time so as not to get her to bleed. Now that see is almost seven, she is not even bothered by it. Only takes about 5 min. to do it.