Oklahoma Gardening’s Kim Rebek talks with OSU associate professor of entomology, Tom Royer, about how to control ticks and fleas in the landscape and garden.

Sergeants Silver Squeeze-on for cats and kittens can hurt your cat it hurt 2 of mine,take to vet if this happens to your cat:panting,crying,rolling around,and mad

I found a tick crawling around on my cat today. Thank goodness it hadn’t embedded yet! But how do I get one off if I’m not so lucky the next time? I know you can’t just pull it off because it could leave behind mouth bits that can get infected. My grandma used to burn them off with a cigarette, but I don’t smoke. So how should I get one off if it ever happens?

Note about my grandma: she would hold the lit cigarette to the tick’s bottom until it let go, then burn it to death in the ashtray. She never let the cigarettes touch her doggies.

Last night, I noticed a tiny bump in her fur while I was petting her fur. I dug out a tick. YIKES!! After a thorough exam, I found one more on her back, one on one of her nipples and three around her butt. I got them all off and killed them. I put some flea/tick stuff by Seargent on the back of her neck. What else should I be doing? A flea bath or something? Also, she is shedding more than usual. What’s up with that?

My poor cat has this ugly deer tick smack dab on the middle of his forehead. I tired putting nail polish on it to make it come out. And I tried ripping it out with tweezers (which I’d rather not do because I don’t want him to get the head stuck in him) but all I got was chunk or fur. And he got sore with me and won’t let me touch him now. Any suggestions are more than welcome!