Paphos People

Hi All

Just a word of Warning , I now know of Two people who have losts the Pet Dogs to Ticks in the last few weeks , I am not a vet so cannot tell you what killed them , apart from the fact it was Ticks .

We treat our dogs regular , but so did these people , so what more can be done .

Any Advise please

Thanks

Les

It might be ‘Lyme Disease’ the dogs have picked up from the ticks
Some dogs may develop kidney problems. If left untreated, it may lead to glomerulonephritis, which causes inflammation and accompanying dysfunction of the kidney's glomeruli (essentially, a blood filter). Eventually, total kidney failure sets in and the dog begins to exhibit such signs as vomiting, diarrhea, lack of appetite, weight loss, increased urination and thirst, fluid buildup in the abdomen and fluid buildup in the tissues, especially the legs and under the skin. Keep an eye out for the signs.
There is a Lyme Disease vaccination but not sure if it's available in Cyprus.

Humans can also be infected by Lymes Disease from ticks!!!!

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Dave
Moira And Dave

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

For the prevention of Fleas and Ticks use ''prac-tic spot on'' (available from your Vet) once a month if you are living in Cyprus. Donot bath the dog for a couple of days after treating it.
Please also make sure you know the weight of your dog when buying ''prac-tic'' as it comes in different strengths.

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Sue.

A Dog is for Life not Just for Cyprus.
(I wish more people would remember this)

Prac tic spot on did not seem to work for our dog so be careful! We try to keep her away from long grass and shrubs and bushes and use a flea collar in addition to a spot on. We also brush her every day and check for tics then.

We bought some tick collars from an Aussie website last time but I forget the name of it. I will have to look it up and certainly order some more as I seem to recall they were cheaper than buying locally. We have 2 fairly big dogs.

A guy I work with lost his dog recently to heart worm. His dog came in from Spain and they reckon she was bitten by ticks there just before she came to Cyprus but because the temperature is lower it didn't cause a problem until she arrived here. The constant temperature of around 29C encourages the worms to grow and multiply and she slipped away very quickly after she was diagnosed.

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Regards
Shell

prac-tic will kill any Fleas or Ticks that find their way on to your dog within 24 - 48 hrs.

I would not use a flea collar and a spot on at the same time!

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Sue.

A Dog is for Life not Just for Cyprus.
(I wish more people would remember this)

Kiltick (sp) collars are brilliant for ticks but not for fleas as my vet said (didn't get anything else and ended up with fleas), but please remember fleas will not kill your dog but ticks can, so better safe than sorry. They are not cheap but last for six months.

Sorry Sue, but I do not agree with Prac-tic on it's own as I ended up with ticks just using that.

I use the Kiltick collars and a cheap flea collar (£1 in Poundland) and both of them work well together and have been for over a year, just run out of the flea collars so waiting for another lot to come over.

Sorry to hear about the death of the two pet dogs.

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"Your dog is your friend, your partner, your defender. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true until the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion"

I would not use any Flea Collars (from Poundland or a Pet Shop) or Kiltix Collars on my dogs and especially when there are multiple dogs in a household. Some of the chemicals these collars contain can harm not only the dogs but their owners too!

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Sue.

A Dog is for Life not Just for Cyprus.
(I wish more people would remember this)

It looks like it's going to be a bad year for ticks. Already found more on our cats in the last month that we usually find the whole of the year.

I may have to move to the spot on stuff sooner. Usually just give them a spray.

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Alison - Ali for short

Hi Guys

Thanks for all the input , although I am still confused as to what is best , as there are so many conflicting views .

I will ask our vets , D & N , who we use and trust to see what they think is best , as we have one dog like a horse , and 16 others which are Chihuahuas , so got to get it right .

Oh by the way , the dogs that died were not our's just some friends , and they were both well looked after German Shepherds , which we understand are very susceptible to Ticks .

Thanks Anyway

Les

we use the kiltick collar on our dogs and so far we have found a couple of dead ticks on the dogs. Also use the flea treatment, forgotten what it's called but you put in on back of dogs neck.

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And the Oscar goes to........

Well done MAD for mentioning the danger to humans , the little wee beasties can be a killer , be careful out there.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/12482 ... -symptoms/

They cause less problems than an infested tick can do, in fact in the 2 years I have used them I have had no problems, got more now with not using the flea collar as Keo is allergic to fleas so on quarterzone to calm him down as he is soooo bad.

Each to their own though and it is best to find out what works on your dog, unfortunately sometimes at a cost.

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"Your dog is your friend, your partner, your defender. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true until the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion"

Check your dog or cat for ticks on a regular basis, they will fall off when touched with the end of a lit cigarette and the annimal won't feel a thing.

Not unless the tick is infected and then the damage has been done. All it takes is one bite from an infected tick. Best trying to stop them from infecting our pets in the first place, but we all have different views which works best so better using your own preferred method.

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"Your dog is your friend, your partner, your defender. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true until the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion"

I asked my vet here in uk when I was getting his rabies jab and he had been over in paphos teaching vets. He recommended a collar by the name of scaribor. I ordered them from medicanimal here in uk and they last six months and protect the dog from ticks and sand flies about a tender each

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ONE.WIFE LIVID

Yeah, we had a cat that was so trusting of us, he allowed us to sprawl him out on OH's workbench, under the magnifying light, then OH touched the hot soldering iron to the tick. Singed tick smells disgusting, but they don't stay attached

Can't do that with our current cat, 'cos although trusting of us, he's a bit wriggly and ticklish in places, and always turns round to see what we are doing! Won't use a collar on an ex-feral who wanders through the fields and scrub in the valley, tried Frontline - no adverse effect on cat, and no effect on ticks! Got a different spot-on treatment from those nice guys at D&N, but the cat had an adverse reaction. All we can do now is remove any crawlers we find (they don't swim in the sink too well!) and treat any already glued on with a Q tip soaked in BioKill. Works a treat, but of course, no protection for the cat from a tick with Lyme's. Sometimes, OH can tickle the tick off but this takes a while and requires the cat to stay in one position and not try to see what's going on behind his back

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Kay

Those who do not like cats, must have been mice in a previous life.

Hi PW
I use a nit comb to comb the cats and any ticks walking in their coats come away in the comb. Yo can get a few in one stroke!! Great on the ferals I feed. I do it when they are feeding (the ones that let me near them).

Gwen
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Grooming and stroking when they are feeding is a good way of socialising them. It's how OH got our ex-feral to accept us as his new family - that, and a large block of cheddar cheese with loads of cat food

Gwen - what do you do with the walkers on the nit comb? I'm presuming you are feeding strays near your house?

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Kay

Those who do not like cats, must have been mice in a previous life.

Hi Kay

I always keep a toilet roll handy and put the 'walkers' on there and flush down the toilet.
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