Tick hiding in eye surrounding

[SparklingSparky]

My dog recently have some ticks, even after apply spot on, eg frontline, advantix, the ticks still climb on the body, biten and still alive. I need to check his body every morning and every night when i go home.

I saw some ticks around my dog's eye, lucky i can pick them out, but will there be some ticks that already got into his eyes ? if yes, what will happed??

[Love4himies]

It would probably be best and safest to have a vet check your dog's eyes.

[clm]

Does the product you're using come from a vet? You may need to go with the stronger flea and tick controls that only your vet can provide to get rid of the tick problem.

Cindy

[hazelrunpack]

I've never seen ticks actually get into a dog's eye--I'm thinking you're worried about it climbing in behind the lids? Ticks prefer skin to glom onto--trying to get through the sclera or cornea would likely be tough for them.

We live in Tick Central (I'm not looking forward to the thaw ) and during the worst of the season, we apply Frontline Plus every 3 weeks. Talk to your vet if this could be done with your dog. The first application is not fully effective, but by the second, the protection is as good as it will get and can be maintained by repeated scheduled applications. Because it takes a while for it to get 'up to strength', we always start applications earlier in the year so we're ready for the ticks when they appear.

You can tell if the topicals are working because you'll clean the ticks off your dog and a little while later, you'll see more ticks crawling around trying to escape from the fur. In our experience, a tick that has backed out of the fur trying to escape the Frontline is already sick--we've never had one reattach to the dogs or us.

However, as good as we've found the Frontline to be, there are still one or two or more really tough ticks that always manage to attach and bloat, so even with the protection, a full-body once-over for your dog whenever they've been in contact with ticks is a must.

[SparklingSparky]

Originally Posted by hazelrunpack

I've never seen ticks actually get into a dog's eye--I'm thinking you're worried about it climbing in behind the lids? Tick prefer skin to glom onto--trying to get through the sclera or cornea would likely be tough for them.

We live in Tick Central (I'm not looking forward to the thaw ) and during the worst of the season, we apply Frontline Plus every 3 weeks. Talk to your vet if this could be done with your dog. The first application is not fully effective, but by the second, the protection is as good as it will get and can be maintained by repeated scheduled applications. Because it takes a while for it to get 'up to strength', we always start applications earlier in the year so we're ready for the ticks when they appear.

You can tell if the topicals are working because you'll clean the ticks off your dog and a little while later, you'll see more ticks crawling around trying to escape from the fur. In our experience, a tick that has backed out of the fur trying to escape the Frontline is already sick--we've never had one reattach to the dogs or us.

However, as good as we've found the Frontline to be, there are still one or two or more really tough ticks that always manage to attach and bloat, so even with the protection, a full-body once-over for your dog whenever they've been in contact with ticks is a must.

Thanks all for the reply.

Hazelrunpack, yes, the ticks i saw are on the lids of the eyes, when i take them out, i afraid they will drop into my dog's sclera or cornea.

Last week, my dog has fever, 39.7. vet immediate check blood, confirm is that tick fever. I notice tick fever can be occur after a tick bite few months later?

2 nights ago i just applied the tick spot on prevention recommanded by the vet, i can find 2 live ticks, as you stated, they need time to get "up to strenghten"? Maybe thats explain all my other friend's other dogs applied same spot on for more then 1 year, and they didnt get any ticks (we went to same place).

[hazelrunpack]

Yes, you have to keep up with the treatments if there are ticks around--and remember to still do a body check because some may still get through.

Were the two ticks you spotted after treatment attached? Or just crawling on the fur? If just crawling, they may be new, picked up somewhere by your dog in the last day. It does take awhile for the topicals to kill the ticks once the ticks have been exposed to it.

Just be careful when you remove the ticks from sensitive tissues like eyelids--mainly because it would be a bad place for an infection if you don't get the mouthparts out upon removal. I wouldn't worry about the ticks actually getting in the eye, though.

What kind of tick disease did he come down with? Is he currently on meds?