DARN TICKS! It must be spring...

Terry · 04-12-2008, 10:07 PM

At Tally's vet appointment a couple of weeks ago, we got Frontline for both the dogs. Perhaps I should have gotten some for myself. I did some yard work two days ago because the weather was so wonderful. Yesterday morning while showering I found a dog tick attached to the underside of my upper arm. <_< I carefully removed it, disinfected the spot, and went about my business. This afternoon my arm itched and when I checked the spot I found it swollen and red.

I went straight to the nearby walk-in but it was closed so I'm using warm compresses and antibiotic ointment till Monday. D*** ticks!

The down-side of beautiful spring weather...

Terry · 04-12-2008, 10:08 PM

At least Moe and Tally are tick-free...

Beverly Anne · 04-16-2008, 10:01 AM

Terry, I think you should head out to your M.D.'s office to have a Lyme titre drawn and to see if they advise any antibiotic prophylaxis...Lyme disease bites and you're at ground zero for it.

Beverly Anne · 04-16-2008, 02:01 PM

Another fabulous thing about spring is that Francis morphs from a basset hound into a basset COW for all the grass he starts to eat.

Lightning&Stomps · 04-16-2008, 05:20 PM

Speaking of grazing, I was hand-grazing my horse in my back yard last week, and I noticed that Lightning started imitating him and eating grass. He's never grazed before (although he's trained to bite the heads off dandelions). It was very bizarre, and I thought about all the people on this board that said their bassets graze. And Terry, you definitely need to get that bite looked at.

Terry · 04-24-2008, 09:02 PM

Moe gets vaccinated every year for Lyme after testing positive for Lyme exposure several years ago. At her well-dog visit a few weeks ago Tally also tested positive for exposure to Lyme and got the second part of her Lyme vaccination just last night. My son had Lyme disease but it was caught early and treated. We know many people who've had it, some with serious complications, but I haven't had it... yet.

Rubydoo · 04-24-2008, 09:30 PM

If you haven't already, you need to be on doxycycline immediately. The last thing you want is to get lyme disease. It's never ending...the effects of it.

Take good care,
Janice

04-12-2008, 10:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Terry Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Tiverton, RI, USA Posts: 3,525	At Tally's vet appointment a couple of weeks ago, we got Frontline for both the dogs. Perhaps I should have gotten some for myself. I did some yard work two days ago because the weather was so wonderful. Yesterday morning while showering I found a dog tick attached to the underside of my upper arm. <_< I carefully removed it, disinfected the spot, and went about my business. This afternoon my arm itched and when I checked the spot I found it swollen and red. I went straight to the nearby walk-in but it was closed so I'm using warm compresses and antibiotic ointment till Monday. D*** ticks! The down-side of beautiful spring weather... __________________ Moe and Terry "Don't worry, be happy"

04-12-2008, 10:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Terry Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Tiverton, RI, USA Posts: 3,525	At least Moe and Tally are tick-free... __________________ Moe and Terry "Don't worry, be happy"

04-16-2008, 10:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
Beverly Anne Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Boston MA Posts: 737	Terry, I think you should head out to your M.D.'s office to have a Lyme titre drawn and to see if they advise any antibiotic prophylaxis...Lyme disease bites and you're at ground zero for it. __________________ Francis's Bevy

04-16-2008, 02:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
Beverly Anne Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Boston MA Posts: 737	Another fabulous thing about spring is that Francis morphs from a basset hound into a basset COW for all the grass he starts to eat. __________________ Francis's Bevy

04-24-2008, 09:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
Terry Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Tiverton, RI, USA Posts: 3,525	Moe gets vaccinated every year for Lyme after testing positive for Lyme exposure several years ago. At her well-dog visit a few weeks ago Tally also tested positive for exposure to Lyme and got the second part of her Lyme vaccination just last night. My son had Lyme disease but it was caught early and treated. We know many people who've had it, some with serious complications, but I haven't had it... yet. __________________ Moe and Terry "Don't worry, be happy"

04-16-2008, 05:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lightning&Stomps Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Versailles, Ky. Posts: 1,203	Speaking of grazing, I was hand-grazing my horse in my back yard last week, and I noticed that Lightning started imitating him and eating grass. He's never grazed before (although he's trained to bite the heads off dandelions). It was very bizarre, and I thought about all the people on this board that said their bassets graze. And Terry, you definitely need to get that bite looked at.

04-24-2008, 09:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
Rubydoo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,681	If you haven't already, you need to be on doxycycline immediately. The last thing you want is to get lyme disease. It's never ending...the effects of it. Take good care, Janice __________________ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...w/IMG_1340.jpg Take a basset hound to lunch today! --Bassets rule....and drool!

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