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Re: Pets/animals pics
« Reply #20 on: July 06, 2026, 08:26:05 PM »
He lives outside. Pray for him. I pulled a lone star tick off of his body 40 minutes ago and I'm in the waiting room at the vet now. I don't think it bit him. This is the first time I've been close to crying in a long time. Pray, please pray.
My dogs run through the woods a lot and get ticks all the time. Just make sure to remove them asap. Ticks need to be attached for some time before they can transmit certain illnesses. I believe like at least 24 hours. The danger isn't really a bite but prolonged exposure from being attached for awhile. I give my dogs Simparica trio. If a tick is attached it will be killed within the 24 hours. I didn't give them any flea and tick meds in the past because I don't like to put unnecessary chemicals in their bodies, but I do now because my dog got Lyme disease from ticks. She walked through a nest apparently and the ticks were so small we never saw them. She was treated with a months worth of antibiotics and is fine now but I'm too afraid to risk something like that from now on so I just use the meds. (BTW Lyme only comes from black legged ticks)  

Re: Pets/animals pics
« Reply #21 on: July 07, 2026, 05:22:08 AM »
But cats climb to places dogs can't and leave hair everywhere.
If you have a shed or a barn for the cats they can stay there too, if you mind. But the hair problem is very subjective. Certain breed, certain colours are hardly noticeable. Weather too. It also depends on how much you mind it. Some hair here and there doesn't bother me.


Re: Pets/animals pics
« Reply #22 on: July 07, 2026, 04:18:07 PM »
My dogs run through the woods a lot and get ticks all the time. Just make sure to remove them asap. Ticks need to be attached for some time before they can transmit certain illnesses. I believe like at least 24 hours. The danger isn't really a bite but prolonged exposure from being attached for awhile. I give my dogs Simparica trio. If a tick is attached it will be killed within the 24 hours. I didn't give them any flea and tick meds in the past because I don't like to put unnecessary chemicals in their bodies, but I do now because my dog got Lyme disease from ticks. She walked through a nest apparently and the ticks were so small we never saw them. She was treated with a months worth of antibiotics and is fine now but I'm too afraid to risk something like that from now on so I just use the meds. (BTW Lyme only comes from black legged ticks) 
This is good to know. It was my first time seeing a lone star tick (created by the elites) carrying alpha gal disease, (elites' wives) the internet will scare you about anything. I had my own lone star tick bite very recently. It latched painlessly before I realized it 30 minutes into a bath. I killed it (they can swim) and poured hydrogen peroxide on it. I ate 12 raw eggs and had a raw veal liver with Buddy and chilled out in the bath, no symptoms happened. I imagine if I'd brought myself to the doctor for these ticks which are a huge problem here in Georgia, they'd inject me or spray me with something that'll activate the disease. 

If I eat healthy and Buddy eats healthy ticks won't be able to do anything. Both of us do so we'll be healthy, or be able to fight anything off easily if we got sick. 

Re: Pets/animals pics
« Reply #23 on: July 07, 2026, 04:19:42 PM »
I agree with her that he needs go get rabies vaccines. Otherwise one bite or scratch could make you infected. I just forgot about that because usually shelters have that done already.
I'm going to keep my knowledge about rabies to myself, but rest assured if either of us ever got "rabies" like symptoms I'll sort it out.