What are ticks

Ticks are one of the common pet parasites. Ticks usually hide in the grass and leaves outdoors. Once a dog passes by, they will take the opportunity to crawl on the dog and suck their blood. Dogs need to be walked outdoors every day, and they also like to burrow into grass or woods, making them more susceptible to ticks.

The dangers of dogs being infected with ticks:

1. Skin ulcers
After a dog is bitten by a tick, the tick’s mouthparts will It is deeply embedded in the skin and cannot be removed by force. However, dogs do not understand this principle. When the itching becomes unbearable, they will scratch with their claws, causing the insects to fall off and the mouthparts to remain, causing severe local skin infection and swelling.
2. Anemia
As a typical parasite, ticks live by sucking the blood of their hosts. And the reproductive capacity of female ticks is amazing, and they can lay 2,500-4,000 eggs at a time. If left untreated, severely infected dogs will suffer from excessive blood loss and become malnourished.
3. Paralysis
Some hard ticks secrete neurotoxins during the blood-sucking process, which causes conduction disorders of the dog's motor nerves and causes muscle paralysis, which is called tick paralysis. In severe cases, it can even paralyze the respiratory muscles, causing respiratory failure and death of the dog.
4. Pathogenesis
Ticks carry a variety of viruses, bacteria and pathogens, so being bitten by ticks is likely to leave serious sequelae, of which babesiosis is a typical example , rickettsiosis, Lyme disease, etc.
5. Threat to the health of the owner
Most of the diseases caused by ticks are zoonotic diseases, which means that both humans and pets may suffer from them. If the tick infestation is not removed, the ticks will It also threatens humans who live with dogs day and night.