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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: cowpat on July 05, 2014, 08:19:47 pm

Title: ticks.
Post by: cowpat on July 05, 2014, 08:19:47 pm

Can anybody please tell me how I can get rid of ticks on my pigs

Title: Re: ticks.
Post by: shygirl on July 05, 2014, 09:07:56 pm

iv never had ticks on my pigs but if its the same as dog ticks, then you can get a little tool that helps you twist them out -

http://www.otom.com/how-to-remove-a-tick (http://www.otom.com/how-to-remove-a-tick)

prevention? not sure.

Title: Re: ticks.
Post by: Trixie on July 06, 2014, 08:29:57 am

There are loads around here at the minute, even made front page of local papers! Several people have told me you put vaseline all over them as while they are buried in the skin they breathe out the rear so they have to release to come out for air. It would be the first thing I would try if any of my animals or us had any. Worth a go!