13/06/2025
Shared from a fellow groomer The Groomers 🐾
🐾Tick season is here 🐾
While your dog is having a groom I always check all over for ticks, fleas
Ticks vary in size from about 1mm to 1cm long. Ticks can look small at first and get bigger and darker as they fill with blood.
Ticks can carry lots of diseases, so if you do find a tick and your dog is showing any signs of being unwell you need to ring your vets straight away.
Twisting them off your dog is the best removal method, you can buy tick-removal devices to make this easier.
When removing You need to be careful not to squeeze the tick’s body, or allow its head to get stuck inside your dog. Squeezing a tick’s body can cause it to expel blood back into your dog, increasing the risk of infection.
If your dog has a tick and your worried about removing it please give me a message and I can do this for you 🐾
