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My Dog Just Scratched Off a Tick and Ate It (What do I do now?)

Posted on 10/27/2013 12:17:21 PM PDT by SamAdams76

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1 posted on 10/27/2013 12:17:21 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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I would take him or call a vet just to be safe and to ease your mind.


2 posted on 10/27/2013 12:19:45 PM PDT by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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Tock


3 posted on 10/27/2013 12:19:47 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Protein...His coat will shine just a little brighter and his nails will grow stronger.


4 posted on 10/27/2013 12:21:11 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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As long as he’s up to date on heartworm medicine he should be alright.


5 posted on 10/27/2013 12:22:56 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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Feed him some of your mother in laws cooking.

Or some raw cookie dough with ipecac


6 posted on 10/27/2013 12:24:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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7 posted on 10/27/2013 12:25:59 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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Make sure Obama doesn’t eat your dog.


8 posted on 10/27/2013 12:26:00 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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After reading about your encounters, I guess I don’t have anything to complain about.


9 posted on 10/27/2013 12:37:03 PM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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Please....It’s just a tick. They lick their butts and eat their cr**. Be happy!!


10 posted on 10/27/2013 12:38:58 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Sam that was very inspiring.

Maybe I will try the american lifestyle soon. But absolutely NO PETS allowed. The kids will have to understand.


11 posted on 10/27/2013 12:39:08 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (WWLD? What would LaRussa do?)
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I can’t help you because I don’t know what kind of wine goes with ticks. So take your dog to the vet. And do it soon.


12 posted on 10/27/2013 12:43:06 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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Let me offer some insight here: Dogs are really nasty critters which is why the canines, like rats and cockroaches, they are so successful. They’ll eat anything!

Yes, I’ve had many a dog as pets and enjoyed them all but never did confuse them with members of the family and thus allow them to share my living quarters.

So your dog ate a tick, while you weren’t watching he ate far worse. Now go let him lick your face as soon as he’s done licking his testicles.


13 posted on 10/27/2013 12:44:56 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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Sammy,

I’m in my new retirement home of Corpus Christi listening to my KC Chiefs get manhangled by Cleveland and I’m reading your plight with my head a nodding on every point.

Now if the dog who sleeps with us gave me a tick, I’d expect the wife to freak but sucking it off of me would be a great big order.
This is the most compassionate response I can muster. Shoot the car, pay the tow truck driver, and thank the dog for avoiding a $175 visit to the vet.


14 posted on 10/27/2013 12:45:55 PM PDT by CARTOUCHE (I will not comply !!!!)
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As long as he’s up to date on heartworm medicine he should be alright.

I agree...
15 posted on 10/27/2013 12:48:33 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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Well, if you’re hungry, I guess you’ll have to go get your own tick.


16 posted on 10/27/2013 12:52:35 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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17 posted on 10/27/2013 12:53:39 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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My dogs would recommend bacon as the antidote for tick swallowing.


18 posted on 10/27/2013 12:55:25 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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He’ll be fine. His tummy acids guarantee a painful but certain death to the tick. I love the irony: parasitic organism becomes, briefly, the host organism. Good dog!

As to rest, do you rant like that extemporaneously? Gold! Get yerself a podcast setup and tell me where to subscribe. Good stuff.


19 posted on 10/27/2013 12:55:58 PM PDT by fullchroma
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Do you have any idea the kind of acids and enzynes a dog has in it’s stomach. The tick will not survive, nor will any bacteria.


20 posted on 10/27/2013 12:57:36 PM PDT by McGavin999
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