01/06/2026
Check your dog after your walk ✅
We have had an increase in clients bringing their animals to have ticks removed recently.
🪲Ticks often jump onto your pet and bury their head and feed on their blood. Ticks carry a bacterial disease; Lyme Disease.
Symptoms include;
Depression, loss of appetite, fever, lameness, swollen and painful joints, swollen lymph nodes and lethargy.
Areas you may find them on your pet;
🪲 Around their groin
🪲 Beneath their collar
🪲 Under their front legs
🪲 Under their tail
🪲 Inside their ears
🪲 Between their toes
🪲Ticks must be removed carefully with a tick twister which can be brought from a vets or pet shops (please follow instructions carefully to ensure successful removal without leaving any leg/head components). Leaving any components of a tick can cause swelling, irritation and infection.
🪲Tick twisters are a great investment and a holiday must have. If your ever concerned and unable to remove them please call us to make an appointment.
We would always advise tick treatment to follow up. Our advice is to monitor them afterwards to ensure they do not start to show signs of becoming unwell.
*Picture of a tick we have removed from a patient this afternoon*
