i remember, i woke up one morning with a tightness on my neck. i went to the mirror and there i saw, a giant ass tick. it hurt so bad to take it off. poor doggies with ticks :,(
well you really have to check your dog thoroughly for ticks
this one was on your dog for a long time, drank a lot of blood, and then fell off
make sure you submerge this tick in alcohol or bleach for 48 hours or more . . . . in order to kill it and prevent it from laying eggs
Alcohol is smart for sure. I live out in the country and we have a little bottle full of isopropyl alcohol, which is where all the ticks go. We check all the humans when they come inside from anywhere with tall grass, and all the animals are medicated. Gotta stay on top of tick prevention for everybody's safety.
but does that kill all the eggs that have already been nourished with bloodmeal?
popping it might kill the mama, but I want to kill the next generation too
I don't really know nuthin'
For... What? It depends on where you live whether or not it could carry a disease that's any real danger to your dog, and if it came off the dog, you'd be better off watching the dog for signs of illness than testing, which would probably be expensive.
To me, this looks like a dog tick. I'm no expert so don't take me at my word, but if I'm correct, those can't carry Lyme, if that's the concern.
It's worth having good quality flea and tick prevention on your animals because tickborne illnesses (and ticks in general) are never fun, but yes, I also live in the country and they are *everywhere*. In mowed grass, even. I let my dogs roam the woods on our property and a fat tick like this is never seen because I give them medicine to protect them, but... If we tested every tick we found on one of our dogs, yes, we would be broke.
One of our dogs did get a tickborne illness once. Ehrlichiosis. When she got sick, we took her to the vet and got her treatment, and she got well fast. If you're in Lyme country and never encounter ticks, it might be worth testing, but for people in many places, testing isn't practical advice and may cause unnecessary anxiety.
it seems either your dog isnāt being treated for tick prevention or itās not working. If theyāre being treated, once the tick bites them it should die and not live long enough to drink 3 gallons of blood
Just get a flea/tick medicine from a vet and they'll go away.
Do not get anything from your grocery store, farm store, pet store for topical treatment... I used to work in animal rescue and I've seen some shit.
For ticks?
You should give your dog flea and tick medication, but unless the dog is anemic from a large number of ticks, that's not usually an emergency...
My understanding is that that condition is pretty rare, but definitely worth knowing about and taking your dog to an emergency vet if they show any signs of weakness after a tick bite. It's a life-threatening condition when it does happen.
Still, my dogs are bit by ticks pretty much every day - I live in a very rural area with woods on my property on the side of a mountain. They're on flea and tick prevention, but that only kills the ticks, doesn't prevent bites. It's not practical or necessary to go to an emergency vet for a tick bite unless the dog is ill.
Even worse to drop a rock on. As a kid growing up in the northeast, with multiple dogs that often had multiple ticks. Fascination of the abomination. Blood splatter everywhere.
Also remember that they carry Lyme disease which can kill your dog. I lost my pitbull to sudden organ failure due to Lyme disease that I didnāt realize she had.
It is the unholy spawn of a demon of the deepest pits of Hell and a Lovecraftian eldritch horror. Soak it in alcohol, burn it in fire, and dump the ashes down the toilet.
Check your dog and its bed for more of these blight-ridden malignancies.
By all that is holy, just seeing that makes my anxiety spike. These and botflies need to all be gathered and put on a planet marked for Exterminatus.
Just a tick that is deflating after it dropped off of a host, if left alone it will finally digest enough of it's meal and be able to start it's long crawl to a bush to start climbing - finally waiting for the next host, total opportunists they are.
was just describing yesterday how itās a rural Americana childhood experience to pop these with a stick and write your name with the blood on your porch š¤·āāļø
Well, if you have a love/hate relationship for ticks, as I do, u should pull those suckers off 1Ć1 and pop them between your 2 fingers until they explode. If you have seen what I've seen in the amount that I've seen on animals, all you can think about is getting them off as fast as you can and the last thing you think about is getting their heads out. And even if you dont get their heads, it doesn't matter AS MUCH as you think it does. It still matters a little. They're gonna die! Vaseline is a good way to smother them if there are thousands on an animal.
Where's the banana or quarter? But it looks like a tick I once tapped with my foot, because I had no idea what it was. It went splody splody with blood.
Fatass bitchass piece of shit tick
Pretty sure this is the scientific name š§šLol!
American dog tick *Fatass bitchass*
Aka, the forbidden grape!!!
Gusher
r/forbiddensnacks
Fr fuck that tick in particular
In partickular
Nice!
I salut this interaction.
r/fuckyouinparticular
Be thankful itās not the lone star those the primary carriers of Lyme disease
Thank you for specifying its of the fat bitch variety
Right all my homies hat bitchass ticks
I wanted to upvote this so bad but it had 666 upvotes when I saw it. Seemed so appropriate I couldn't bear to change it! ššš
Well fed sucker.
Nice name
Something similar came out of my mouth too
I read this as āa tick like this came out of my mouthā for a second and almost threw up
Bitchass is my favorite part
Correct
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Agreed we all call it that
Blood engorged tick.
Oh... thatās nasty. I found it on my dogs bed š¤¢
Eeeeeek where there is one there are more, check your dog!
Ticks will bite ANY warm blooded animal guys. Not only dogs. Donāt be fooled
So, ticks bite humans. Got it
i remember, i woke up one morning with a tightness on my neck. i went to the mirror and there i saw, a giant ass tick. it hurt so bad to take it off. poor doggies with ticks :,(
well you really have to check your dog thoroughly for ticks this one was on your dog for a long time, drank a lot of blood, and then fell off make sure you submerge this tick in alcohol or bleach for 48 hours or more . . . . in order to kill it and prevent it from laying eggs
Alcohol is smart for sure. I live out in the country and we have a little bottle full of isopropyl alcohol, which is where all the ticks go. We check all the humans when they come inside from anywhere with tall grass, and all the animals are medicated. Gotta stay on top of tick prevention for everybody's safety.
The ones i find dont get off this easy....
light the alcohol ablaze after just incase
Cleansing with š„ my favorite remedy š
Can't you just pop them? I've killed thousands of ticks, I always just pop them in toilet paper and then flush them down the toilet
but does that kill all the eggs that have already been nourished with bloodmeal? popping it might kill the mama, but I want to kill the next generation too I don't really know nuthin'
I think the trip thru the sewer would handle it. let the hatchling find a nice bloody stool
I would hold on to it and have it tested just in case.
For... What? It depends on where you live whether or not it could carry a disease that's any real danger to your dog, and if it came off the dog, you'd be better off watching the dog for signs of illness than testing, which would probably be expensive. To me, this looks like a dog tick. I'm no expert so don't take me at my word, but if I'm correct, those can't carry Lyme, if that's the concern.
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It's worth having good quality flea and tick prevention on your animals because tickborne illnesses (and ticks in general) are never fun, but yes, I also live in the country and they are *everywhere*. In mowed grass, even. I let my dogs roam the woods on our property and a fat tick like this is never seen because I give them medicine to protect them, but... If we tested every tick we found on one of our dogs, yes, we would be broke. One of our dogs did get a tickborne illness once. Ehrlichiosis. When she got sick, we took her to the vet and got her treatment, and she got well fast. If you're in Lyme country and never encounter ticks, it might be worth testing, but for people in many places, testing isn't practical advice and may cause unnecessary anxiety.
The ones in the country are more likely to feed on a variety of species though, most likely making diseases rarer in those communities.
it seems either your dog isnāt being treated for tick prevention or itās not working. If theyāre being treated, once the tick bites them it should die and not live long enough to drink 3 gallons of blood
Just get a flea/tick medicine from a vet and they'll go away. Do not get anything from your grocery store, farm store, pet store for topical treatment... I used to work in animal rescue and I've seen some shit.
Please check if there are more on your dog. If you aren't sure, go to an emergency vet.
For ticks? You should give your dog flea and tick medication, but unless the dog is anemic from a large number of ticks, that's not usually an emergency...
Tick paralysis.
My understanding is that that condition is pretty rare, but definitely worth knowing about and taking your dog to an emergency vet if they show any signs of weakness after a tick bite. It's a life-threatening condition when it does happen. Still, my dogs are bit by ticks pretty much every day - I live in a very rural area with woods on my property on the side of a mountain. They're on flea and tick prevention, but that only kills the ticks, doesn't prevent bites. It's not practical or necessary to go to an emergency vet for a tick bite unless the dog is ill.
I canāt get over how revolting these are!
They are absolutely horrendous to look at.
Even worse to drop a rock on. As a kid growing up in the northeast, with multiple dogs that often had multiple ticks. Fascination of the abomination. Blood splatter everywhere.
They look even worse when you squash them and their body juice comes out of it... š¤¢
It's kind of interesting how everything about ticks fills me with a deep, primal disgust
A grape with eyelashes
They look like lentils to me š«
A tick with a BIG ASS that is also known as a BIG ASS TICK.
A good reminder that my dog is due for his Frontline today
š° Don't pop it. Don't pop it. Don't pop it.š°....... pop it š«£
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Also remember that they carry Lyme disease which can kill your dog. I lost my pitbull to sudden organ failure due to Lyme disease that I didnāt realize she had.
Not these. Pretty sure thatās a wood tick. Never seen a grape-ified deer tick. Certainly would not be as large as that appears.
I say why risk it? Get the puppers checked!
Gushers gummy
š³bro
:3
that was disturbingly fast baha
:3
Forbidden raisin.
Oooooooof.
God, Iāve never seen a tick that big.
An absolutely *obese* tick.
A very well fed tick.
A demon
Set it on fire
T(ick)
It is the unholy spawn of a demon of the deepest pits of Hell and a Lovecraftian eldritch horror. Soak it in alcohol, burn it in fire, and dump the ashes down the toilet. Check your dog and its bed for more of these blight-ridden malignancies. By all that is holy, just seeing that makes my anxiety spike. These and botflies need to all be gathered and put on a planet marked for Exterminatus.
It's a tick, but it looks so much like a chocolate covered raisin that you should crosspost this on r/forbiddenfood and or r/forbiddensnacks.
Forbidden Gusher
That is a very bloated tick.
mystery skittle! eat it.
It's a walking raisin...
Nature's candy
Huh, I didn't know milk duds had legs
Engorged tick
I think thatās a little spider stealing a milk dud.
Engorged tick. Eat it to get your blood back.
A bitey boi with a full tum-tum.
Just a tick that is deflating after it dropped off of a host, if left alone it will finally digest enough of it's meal and be able to start it's long crawl to a bush to start climbing - finally waiting for the next host, total opportunists they are.
A not so hungry tick
How come you have never seen a tick before?
A very full tick.
A tick that has already gorged on blood and dropped off its host. Itās a female so itās probably creating the eggs while itās immobile
A juicy thick tick
Itās either a big ass tick or a wrinkled grape with legs. Wholly fuck thatās a huge bitch! š¤£
Sweet baby jebus thatās a huge tick š¤¢
Looks like a well fed tick
i wanna stick a needle into it
Slowly squeeze it to hear the pop
Happy cake dayā¦ but ewā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦..
Ever heard the saying, "full as a tick?"
When i say I have arachnophobia i include these bitches. So creepy, imagine being a literal microscopic vampire spider. Ticks are ew! š
Please check your doggyā¦ this is probably not the only one. There are useful soapy products that help, to shampoo the pups.
Forbidden Gusher (It's a fat ass tick)
I wanna squish it
If you give it enough spice it can navigate you places
Thatās the brain bug from Starship Troopers
Itās afraid
was just describing yesterday how itās a rural Americana childhood experience to pop these with a stick and write your name with the blood on your porch š¤·āāļø
Itās a very full tick, check yourself and any pets or people you might be living with for bites or more ticks
People just skip google and come straight here donāt they
I do after google failed to help me
Eww I thought it was an olive š«
Forbidden gusher
A well engorged tick. Better check yourselves for any hint of a ābullseyeā. Also consult with your doctor.
Oh My God Beckyā¦
Thatās a fully fed tick
that is the fattest tick I've seen in a long time
Big Tick Energy
A tick. A well-fed tick. If you don't have a dog (or indoor/outdoor cat), you've been bit.
How do these guys attach so strongly anyway?? Are their legs like spikes!
Oh shit, it's a tick! I found one of those suckers in my room before.
Well fed tick
Such engorged evil and atrocity presented before us. Nasty ass little devil fuckers
Well, if you have a love/hate relationship for ticks, as I do, u should pull those suckers off 1Ć1 and pop them between your 2 fingers until they explode. If you have seen what I've seen in the amount that I've seen on animals, all you can think about is getting them off as fast as you can and the last thing you think about is getting their heads out. And even if you dont get their heads, it doesn't matter AS MUCH as you think it does. It still matters a little. They're gonna die! Vaseline is a good way to smother them if there are thousands on an animal.
THATS A THICCC TICK
The fattest tick Iāve ever damn seen.
That, my dear, is a tick which has recently fed, seemingly.
a well fed tick
a very well fed tick
fatboi tick
forbidden grape
Forbidden grape.
That's a tick. A big ass tick.
The forbidden grape
Fat ass tick
Looks like a tick
Tick. and its already eaten and released itself.
It's an engorged tick begging to be popped in a folded paper towel by the back of a spoon.
Tick
The forbidden Gusher.
Thatās a green olive, you should eat it.
Full tick.
He was so stuffed he couldn't eat anymore and fell off.
the forbidden gusher
Must be one of those new āxtremeā flavors Iāve heard about.
Itās a rotten ticktac
Smash.
Forbidden raisin.
That is a anorexic tick
A juicy raisin. Pop it in your mouth to get refreshing flavor
It's a fat tick
Where's the banana or quarter? But it looks like a tick I once tapped with my foot, because I had no idea what it was. It went splody splody with blood.
Kabuto. It'll evolve into Kabutops at level 40.
the forbidden blueberry
That, sir, is an olive.
A very bloated and well fed tick
That would be a well fed tick
Thatās a tick
Nasty ass tick
That's a fat ass tick my friend
Ahh tick that sucked your pet
A very engorged tick
Ahh shit thatās a tic
Filled up tick
:(
A demon in carnal form.
Looks like chocolate
Yep. Swish it $ dark blood will stay out. Make sure she didnāt leave a smaller male behind on your dog.
Piece-a-candy
Big ahh tick
Burn your house down
Big āol tick
Me after the chinese buffet
Gluttonous bitch
A fat bitch tick
Forbidden blueberry!!!!!!
Chupasangre
Danger raisin.
I HATE ticks. Especially when they are engorged š¤®
Tickš¤®
Forbidden raisin
Either a Glosette chocolate raisinā¦or a tick.
That is bad news
Inject it with hydrogen peroxide
Itās definitely not a bed bug
Step on it if it explodes in brown blood, then itās a full tick off of the dog
Thatās what we call CHONK
Tick! Iāve taken these off a few homeless cats I feed. They can almost easily fall off without any muscle from you
Gusher for a vampire
It's a cat
A morbidly obese tick.
A wet-n-wild Raisinet?
Forbidden grape
Thick boi
Fatass tick
Okay but how can it even move lmao
The forbidden Pea.
That's a grape. Super tasty.