Tick Season

April 19th, 2006
Posted in Zoe/Health & Medical

Ew ew ew!! Today when Den came home he was petting Zoe and saying hi when he says to me, “What’s this on her skin?” At first I thought it was just a fur clump, but then we parted the fur back and it was a tick! Yuck!! It was on the back of her head, top of her neck. So I held her still while Den got some pliars and pulled that bugger out. *shudder* It was so disgusting. Then we had to check the wound with tweezers to make sure we got everything out. I was SO proud of Zoe… it obviously was not fun at all, and probably hurt a bit when we took it out, but she stayed right there and let me hold her head still while we did it all.

But still, gross. Guess it’s time to start the dogs on the K9 Advantage. The only problem is that it’s not good for cats, so we’ll have to keep Jojo seperated from Zoe for a few days after we put it on them. (He doesn’t go near Zeeke at all anyways, but with the way he bites Zoe it would definitely be a problem!)

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