Ticks are now active and on the hunt for a blood meal! Make sure your pet is up to date on their Lyme disease vaccination and flea/ tick medication!
How to Check for Ticks: Start at your pet’s head and run your fingers through their fur across their entire body. Feel for any abnormal lumps or bumps. Be sure to check under their collar, groin, front legs, arm pits, tail, ears and between paw pads.
How to Remove a Tick: Please remove a tick immediately if found as it will reduce the chance of disease transmission. Ticks can start to transmit disease 24-48 hours after embedding. The easiest and safest way to remove a tick is to grasp it as close to the skin with fine tipped tweezers and pull straight out, DO NOT squeeze the body of the tick.
Do not apply petroleum jelly, alcohol or burn the tick. Please call our clinic if you need assistance or a tick remover. Update our clinic if you find a tick on your animal in order to ensure they receive proper care and prevention.
Here is a video of our "tick friends" that have hatched over this last year. This tick was placed in this container over a year ago. At some point she had laid eggs and this week we noticed they weren't eggs! But 6 legged larva!
Don't worry, they're closed in tight!
Besides veterinary care, Town and Country Animal Clinic also provides boarding services, professional grooming, prescription and maintenance pet foods, and many pet supplies. Whatever the needs of our patients are, Dr. Fetherston and our healthcare team at Town and Country are ready and willing to assist you in any way we can. For your convenience we offer same day appointments. We look forward to meeting you and your pet in our office soon!