Ticks are skin parasites that attach themselves to an animal host to feed on the animal’s blood. Afterwards, they drop to the ground to lay numerous eggs and die. Ticks can carry diseases which can be passed on to your pets during feeding and they can also cause skin irritation leading to infection. Ticks are usually encountered in grassy wooded areas when hiking on Vancouver Island. Ticks often attach to a dog’s head and chest area but it is important to systematically check over the whole body, especially in long-haired dogs. Cats are good at grooming themselves and removing their own ticks, but it is good practice to check them over as well. What do ticks look like? The …
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