Small Ticks On Cats Ears

But they are able to be found anywhere on your cats body.

Small ticks on cats ears. Ticks tend to accumulate in warm protected areas such as between the paw pads in ears and the armpits. Ticks vary in size between 1mm and 1cm long depending on their age. They can carry some nasty diseases so it is important to get them off. They look like tiny spiders with a whiteish egg shaped body.

However if your cat has one or more ticks on his ears youll have a particularly challenging situation ahead of you. Before a tick bites it resembles a tiny flat disk but once it begins. A tick will feel like a small bump on your pets skin. Run your fingers soothingly through your cats fur stroking him calmly while feeling for small pea sized bumps on his.

Then gently part the fur on your cat where you see the tick and use tweezers or a tick removal instrument to grab the tick as close to its head as possible. If you are not sure if the insect is actually a tick then you can place it in a sealed plastic bag and then bring it to cats veterinarian. They attach to a host like a cat and begin to feed off of the hosts blood. To remove a tick from a cat start by putting on some gloves and putting some rubbing alcohol in a plastic bag so you can kill the tick once it is removed.

Brushing also helps to remove them. Pay special attention to his back neck and head. They tend to attach themselves to areas around a cats head neck ear and feet. Cats ears are vulnerable to ticks though it is unusual for htere to be so many.

Anywhere that you find ticks on cats can be a difficult issue to deal with.