My dog ate ticks?????

Question

I was taking ticks off my dog and some fell on the floor and she ate them...

Was she acting in self defense or did she think it was a nice treat??

Also: It's not bad for her, is it? It's only protein.. XD... Or am I wrong.. =/????

Answer 1

I believe the stomach acid will kill the tick and any diseases the tick might be carrying but don't 100% quote me on that. I would be more concerned with how long the tick was feeding (if over 24hrs) depending on if you live in Lymes country. I just pulled/rehabbed/adopted out my first Lymes dog and I have to say it is a sucky disease...

As far as why? Maybe he wanted his blood back... or it was just like why do dogs love to eat bugs, they just do?

I always suggest frontline and drowning the ticks in rubbing alcohol as soon as you pull them out, I keep a glass of rubbing alcohol next to me while I'm searching. This will prevent them from getting away and finding themselves back on the dog in the future.

Answer 2

self defence, come on...

dogs ate everything in from of them,and if tick is dangerous, it already did his damage while he was on dog.this will do nothing in stomach.it will die.i  am really careful concerning the ticks.ur dog shouldn't have ticks at all.u should buy him  that antyflee and antyticks solutions that u put a couple a drops on dogs neck under hair, and it will last hem for about a month.its not expensive, and it will get ticks away before they get on him.

hey, i just bought to my puppy next dose for tick care. its called advantix,check it out, i recomend it.good luck.

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