It must be the mild weather as we have just spotted and relieved Max our cat / wild thing, of a tick near his eye. An early start in the year for these horrid blood sucking creatures. We use a tick fork bought from the vets, it means you do not have to touch the little blighters and once in the forks prongs, a sharp anti clockwise movement releases the tick including its mouth parts. I then drown them in a container of soapy water. If you are not careful they hang on in there and can cause abscesses on your pet or YOU if you are the host. I better mention Lyme's disease as well, otherwise a reader will write to correct my omission.
I feel like a tick expert of SW France with all the animals we have and being constantly on my guard against them.
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