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Quote: Originally posted by Firthers on 05/3/2011

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Thanks for all the info.  And erroutdoors omg a bit of a pain thats an understatment. Could you explain abit more about these meds. I know they have to have treatment for ticks and tapeworm then it stamped on there passports but does it have to be a certain type. Oh gosh not sure if its more trouble than its worth. All these things to find out.

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Don't be put off, we've been a few times since and not had another problem You can check on the Defra website ,it basically states:

treatments MUST be given by

tapeworm Echinococcus

Multilocularis, using a

10. All treatments MUST be

We just assumed all vets in France would know what to administer, but obviously it's not that simple. I think there was a problem with the meds the vet in Le Mans administered in respect of the tick treatment. The Eurotunnel staff gave us a product list at the time, and directed us to a vet who would know what to do (Christiane Petrie, in Calais).

It really is worth taking your dog!

By the way, we treated our dog with Frontline Combo before setting off for France, but she still picked up a rather horrible tick on her neck, in Nice. We hoped it would just die and drop off, due to the stuff we'd treated her with, so we watched in disgust as it got slowly bigger! A fellow camper advised us to spray it with perfume, which would irritate it - lucky I had some along with me - it worked, then we incinerated it with the gas lighter for the cooker! Yuk!

I honestly don't mean this as a scare story, more of a warning - do treat your dog before you leave as well, and take perfume, wormer and a proper tick remover, just in case!

Check out Mosquito/sand fly bites !! Animal Owners sometimes are unaware that these can be just as awful for dogs as for humans. We use Advantix which covers mozzies, I would suggest looking on the internet for info. Also even though you can give "stuff" for ticks they can still attach to a dog/cat,but I think not draw blood. My dog,last year, had at least 23 ticks over 7 weeks but  they didn't appear to live for very long !!!!! They are the most awful things and I would strongly suggest obtaining a tick removal tool  from your vet , it beats trying to remove them with tweezers or etc

Quote: Originally posted by Firthers on 09/3/2011

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Thankyou for this information errroutdoors. I have just written it down. I have never even seen a Tick before. Its something i dread .

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