Expert reminds owners ‘freeze it, don’t squeeze it’ when it comes to a tick, ideally with a tick-freezing spray from a chemist
Beans, a Finnish lapphund, had no fewer than 39 ticks removed while on a holiday at Culburra Beach on the New South Wales coast, her owner saidBeans, a Finnish lapphund, had no fewer than 39 ticks removed while on a holiday at Culburra Beach on the New South Wales coast, her owner saidDog owners have been warned about a tick boom unfolding along Australia’s east coast, with some experts predicting an unusually bad season for furry friends.
Other experts thought the current explosion was normal for this time of year. But with no official data tracking tick bites or numbers, there was no way to definitively tell. Paralysis ticks – found along a narrow strip of coastline stretching from north Queensland to Lakes Entrance in Victoria – were responsible for 95% of tick bites in humans, and were potentially lethal to cats, dogs and other animals.Factors influencing tick seasons were complex, Grafton said. Temperature and humidity played a key role, as well as the abundance of host animals like kangaroos and bandicoots.
She was aware it was tick season but “had no idea it would be like this”, she said. Beans was “crawling with parasites”.
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