OMG MY CAT??

**Lou** · 11-10-2010, 09:03 PM

I have just pulled something out of my cats fur

He is long haired and there was this thing attached to the fur behind his ear, dont even know how to describe it, looked like a flesh coloured lump but not actually fleshy iykwim.

Hubby pointed it out and i came to look and as i have long nails, pulled it off...

OMG what do you think it is....looks a little bit sore there now.....but didnt bleed or anything...what do you think it was?

shall i take him to vet tomoz?

**HomefromHome** · 11-10-2010, 09:04 PM

sounds like a tick!

**sonia ann** · 11-10-2010, 09:06 PM

probably a tick

http://www.lisashea.com/petinfo/cats/health/tick.html

**Pauline** · 11-10-2010, 09:06 PM

Sounds like a tick.

Keep an eye on the wound as it can leave the head behind if you pull it off and it can get infected.

Horrible aren't they, ours has only ever had them after a stay at the vets for an operation, came home with 4

**gigglinggoblin** · 11-10-2010, 09:06 PM

If its a tick you might have left the head under his skin, prob best to get it checked

**Pauline** · 11-10-2010, 09:06 PM

LOL we all posted at the same time

are we all itching

**HomefromHome** · 11-10-2010, 09:08 PM

lol @ pauline! it's the same when you say NITS or FLEAS!!!!! now i bet you're all itching!!!!

**Blaze** · 11-10-2010, 09:10 PM

Agree sounds like a tick - I'd get cat checked morrow & frontlined as frontline deals with ticks & fleas - nasty blighters they are - one of Joseph's friensd had to have a minor op in the summer as one had buried into his back - poor mite!

...& yes I'm itching!

**Lou** · 11-10-2010, 09:11 PM

OMG it does sound like a tick, I said that to DH and he said no dont be silly...now he has gone to sleep (as has the cat) and i am stressing big time!!!

How do i know if i have left the head in???

And please dont laugh, but when i pulled it off i freaked out a bit and dropped it and now cant find it......

**Pauline** · 11-10-2010, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by Lou

OMG it does sound like a tick, I said that to DH and he said no dont be silly...now he has gone to sleep (as has the cat) and i am stressing big time!!!

How do i know if i have left the head in???

And please dont laugh, but when i pulled it off i freaked out a bit and dropped it and now cant find it......

Well I don't want to panic you but ...... try to find it, because if it is still alive it will jump on the next victim it finds!!

My vet said to spray with Frontline and keep an eye for them dropping off as they begin to die, then pick them up by sticking a strip of sellotape over them, then wrap it all in a ball so that it couldn't escape and bin it (outside bin) !

LOOPYLISA · 11-10-2010, 09:25 PM

Sounds like a tick , try and find it or it will find it's next victim !!
I was told to squash them with a brick and make sure it's dead !

**Pauline** · 11-10-2010, 09:28 PM

I've now got this vision of Lou on her hands and knees scouring the carpet pile for a tick

**Lick'le Oakes** · 11-10-2010, 09:30 PM

I took my Brownie girls on pack holiday this weekend. One girl ended up having to go home because....she had a tick sticking out of her back!!

**Tinglesnark** · 11-10-2010, 10:28 PM

Next time you spot a tick, put a bob of vaselne over Its body. They breathe through their backs so the vasleline prevents them from breathing and they raise their heads from the flesh and you can remove them easily.
Horrid things! My dad had tick bite fever in Africa - not fun so find the little varmint!
Mind you it can't do much without a head lol!
Diluted tcp on the wound or iodine if you have it x

oh and You don't need a brick but deffo squash it or it will find Its way back to your cat x

**ORKSIE** · 12-10-2010, 06:55 AM

* Shudders*!!!!!

I was told to set light to then with a match

**Mookins** · 12-10-2010, 07:00 AM

you can try and pry the little nippers open with tweezers but thats if you can do it without the cat scratching your eyes out as they do embed themselves quite deep

xxx

**sweets** · 12-10-2010, 07:08 AM

this thread is DISGUSTING! lol, think id rather talk about poo than headless ticks running round the carpet

**Pauline** · 12-10-2010, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by ORKSIE

* Shudders*!!!!!

I was told to set light to then with a match

I've read that farmers burn ticks backs with a lighted cigarette to make them drop off.

**ORKSIE** · 12-10-2010, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by Pauline

I've read that farmers burn ticks backs with a lighted cigarette to make them drop off.

Yep Pauline......But sposin you dont smoke

**EllaBella** · 12-10-2010, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Pauline

I've read that farmers burn ticks backs with a lighted cigarette to make them drop off.

thats right, the burn makes the tick open its "teeth", and then you can get it off you, my mum has a scar on her stomach from a mere tick!!!!

if you just yank the tick off you will leave part of it on you/the animal and this can cause infection xx