Baby ticks all over my bed .____.?
Fleas, you have fleas, not ticks. Whatever you used for prevention isn't working, you need a good name brand topical liquid like Advantix or Frontline Plus, cheap stuff doesn't work as you've foundout. You need to wash ALL bedding, vacuum your rugs and sofas, throw the bag out. Sounds as if you need to set off flea bombs in your house or call an exterminator. You absolutely need to get your dog and house flea free, takes 3 months to break the cycle. Get a pill, Capstar, for your dog, gets fleas off within the hour, then wash the dog and apply Advantix or Frontline Plus when he's dry. Much easier to prevent fleas/ticks than get rid of them, but get going and eradicate this, it's disgusting and unhealthy for you and the dog. That name isn't the least bit funny, by the way. If you're looking for attention by calling him that, you'll get it - and it won't be the kind of attention you like. Why would you afflict your dog like that - do what you like with yourself, but don't make your innocent dog the butt of hate and anger, that's just ridiculous and mean spirited.
I found 2 ticks in my bed?
In that situation I would go get some Raid bug bombs. The ones with the orange tops. These work EXTREMELY well (even killing spiders which many bug bombs will not). Also purchase some front-line plus. Its expensive and other brands may do the job just as well, but they may not. Why risk it? Spend the extra money for something you KNOW will work. Rather then having to rewash all my dishes and linens, I personally make sure everything is in cabinets, and then i use 3m Blue pain tape, or something similar to tape all the cabinets cracks and edges. Take your family and dog somewhere else, and bug bomb the house. While gone, search the dogs very well for ticks. AND any other animals, and yourself and any family. make sure you aren't carrying any. Apply the front line plus to the dogs. After the elapsed time, go back, open the doors, turn on ceiling fans, maybe stick some box fans in the window to clear out the air. Pull the tape off your cabinets and your good to go. They recommend re-washing all your dishes, bedding, etc when using bug bombs, From a health standpoint you may want to follow the recommendations. I have always felt that sealing the cabinets tightly has worked well for me. This may not kill tick eggs you have. Find out on wikipedia or something like that, how long it takes tick eggs to hatch and then bug bomb a 2nd time. Fleas I think is two weeks. so you bomb, killing all the fleas, wait 2 weeks and bomb again killing the Young before they have a chance to lay more eggs. The front-line will prevent them from getting more ticks or spreading them again. I do not know if you have kids or if you work outside, but if you do, keep in mind people can pick up ticks as well. In that instance, be sure when your children come in (or anyone else who could be a carrier), to check them for ticks, as an ongoing maintenance.
How can I get rid of a tick in my bed?
How can I get rid of a tick in my bed?Presuming it’s just sitting there, pick it up with a piece of tissue, toss it in the toilet, and flush. Problem solved.It will not be able to bite you through a wad of tissue, so no worries about that.
My dog brought in ticks into my bed, how do i get rid of them?
This has nothing to do with your sheets! You need to clean your whole room! This also mean vaccuming every nook and crany! The dog has probably drops ticks in your room and your house. why on earth did you allow your dog to sleep with you knowing it was tick infested? Just clean your room and keep a sharp look out in the house. If the dog is getting them from your yard than either call in someone to spray fro them or go and get something that will kill them. Just make sure you understand and read the lable as to when your dog can walk on the sprayed area!
Why was there a tick in my bed?
Certain type of creatures are given certain names based upon where they are most commonly found but not where they live and grow- like house fly, horse fly, snow rabbit. Ticks tend to thrive out in warm climates, most commonly making homes in trees if not on a host to take the blood from. This applies to all ticks. It is possible that you had more on your clothes when you came home, and same for you boyfriend. What you can do is wash all your bed linens and clothes that you wore and the ones that you placed your hiking clothes on and with; vacuum the house, and even have your boyfriend do a once over on your scalp to make sure nothing was missed. You don't have much to worry about. Remember, ticks may carry lime disease, but this is normally spread of they are removed improperly- like crushing the head. You need to take something like tweezers to open up their mouths and pull them off. I normally burn them to kill them as ticks are rather tough little buggers. Stay calm, and you should be fine.
Can I get rid of ticks in a hot sauna?
It might work, but putting a tick under stress like that may result in its releasing a load of pathogens into your body before it withdraws its mouthparts. It looks like a dangerous move to me.Instead, try carefully drawing a fine toothed comb all over your scalp. You should be able to locate any clinging ticks with that method. The place on the head where they are most frequently found is usually within an inch and a half of the hairline.It is best to use tweezers to remove any that you discover, but that won’t work if you can’t see it.Setting up a double mirror can help you see in back of the head, but using tweezers with a set up like that may be impractical. Using your fingernails to quickly scratch it out may be the best way to remove a tick in that situation.
Found a dead tick on my bed?
Stop bathing them, it does nothing to the ticks, OTC products don't work, may harm and in rare cases kill your dogs. Dogs shouldn't be be bathed unless vet recommended and/or prescribed. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/G... Check your dogs daily, before going to bed, remove all ticks properly*, dispose of them properly, preferably in a tightly sealed container such as an old prescription bottle with a childproof cap that contains rubbing alcohol as that is the only thing that will actually kill them. When full dispose outside with your garbage. I doubt very much that the ticks in your bed were actually dead. Do yourself a favor also check yourself daily. Ticks are next to impossible to kill, flushing them down the toilet or down the drain with hot water doesn't work, they can and do crawl back up. It's been proven that a live tick can be placed in dry ice for a year, once thawed out it's alive. Then ask your vet to recommend and/or prescribe a preventative, for your dogs, but continue to thoroughly check all the dogs and yourself daily as nothing is 100%. *If you find a tick attached there's no need to panic. There are several tick removal devices on the market, but a plain set of fine-tipped tweezers will remove a tick quite effectively. Use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin's surface as possible. Pull upward with steady, even pressure. Don't twist or jerk the tick; this can cause the mouth-parts to break off and remain in the skin. If this happens, remove the mouth-parts with tweezers. If you are unable to remove the mouth easily with clean tweezers, seek the advice of your physician and/or vet. Your physician may give you a high dose of Doxycycline to take as a preventative, your vet may suggest the dogs have a blood test in six months. After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol, an iodine scrub, or soap and water. Dispose of a live tick by submersing it in alcohol, placing it in a sealed bag/container, wrapping it tightly in tape. Never crush a tick with your fingers. Avoid folklore remedies such as "painting" the tick with nail polish or petroleum jelly, or using heat to make the tick detach from the skin. Your goal is to remove the tick as quickly as possible--not waiting for it to detach. Preferably within 24 hours of discovery.
What do you do if you find an engorged tick?
I have a dog and this morning I found an engorged tick on our bed (our dog sleeps on the bed.) It was still alive and I didn't see any eggs but none the less it has creeped me out. Besides bleaching the sheets and washing them several times and checking my dog for other ticks (and keeping an eye on him and us for health issues), is there anything I should do? I can't help but feel like things are crawling on me and I'm paranoid to find more!