Last week I found this really ugly looking beetle – then about 3 days ago I found a tick that my son picked up when outside playing. Then the next day my husband tells me that he found a "full"tick (which was the same as the ugly beetle I found) – then today I found another "full tick" on the wall.
All of our animals (two cats and one dog) are on prevention – but I have also just bathed them all and re applied the prevention & sprayed the carpet with flea and tick killer – where are these things coming from and who/what are they feeding on?
I haven’t seen one on any of the pets – they are all on Advantage/K-9 Advantix. Most of the ticks we are finding are crawling in the house full of blood…..
I need to figure out how they are getting in the house – to keep them from getting in and how do I kill them now that they are in here?
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Ok, I have 2 cats. 1 is a gold tabby and 1 is black. I find that I pull a lot of ticks off of the tabby and rarely any on the black. I live in the country and both roam (both males neutered at 6 mths). Has anyone heard of a certain color of cat attracting more ticks than another? If anyone has an idea for the difference in the # of ticks, I would appreciate it.
I find the ticks by feeling all around the cats often, not waiting until the ticks are so big you can see them by their size and color. and I do that because I know that they carry diseases, even though they have prevention on them.
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