In the middle of summer, the grass on the lawn is green,
Many pig lovers take their Dutch pigs to the lawn to play.
Dutch pigs are also very fond of lawns,
In addition to being able to sprinkle joy and dance with popcorn,
You can also taste the juicy and tender aromatic grass leaves.
It seems to be a scene of joy and harmony, but there is a danger hidden,
On the edges of the leaves of some small grasses, there are many small bugs that are slightly larger than sesame seeds.
These little bugs are quietly waiting for the Dutch pig to approach,
Then he jumped on the Dutch pig and headed for the soft skin deep in the hair roots, hungry and thirsty.
Because, underneath the skin, there is their gourmet blood,
And these small bugs, although small, carry dozens of deadly viruses.
These little bugs are ticks.
It is a parasite that is very harmful to Dutch pigs and even humans.
1. What kind of parasite is a tick
Ticks, also known as grass crawlers, ticks, grass beans, etc.,
It is an oval-shaped, pointed bug.
Ticks are very small, even adults are only 2-10 mm long,
Larvae and nymphs are the size of needle tips (larvae and nymphs are close to white in color, and it is even harder to distinguish).
Ticks are generally divided into two main categories,
Hard ticks with hard shield shells (plates) on the back, soft ticks without them, and in general, hard ticks are more common.
Ticks suck quite a lot of blood,
The general blood sucking volume is several times or even more than ten times of their own body weight, and the female hard tick can even reach 100 times.
Blood sucking is not the biggest harm of ticks,
The greatest harm is the spread of a large number of very dangerous infectious diseases.
These infectious diseases include, but are not limited to, diseases such as hantavirus, renal syndrome hemorrhagic fever, forest encephalitis, Lyme disease, plague, etc.,
Several of these diseases have so far not been effectively treated.
Ticks parasitize the surface of many animals and are not too picky,
The vast majority of mammals, most birds, most reptiles can be hosts.
Dutch pigs are so fat and rolling,
Nature is also a member of the tick recipe (compared to cats and dogs, in fact, ticks infect The case of Dutch pigs is very rare, it is not that ticks do not like Dutch pigs, but Dutch pigs rarely go out).
Nature, the sum of mankind, white and tender,
No exception is also on the menu, still in the front position.
2, how to deal with ticks found on Dutch pigs
The found of ticks on dutch pigs is generally two cases,
One is that the tick has just arrived at the Dutch pig and has not yet sucked blood, and the other is that it has already begun to suck blood.
If it is the first case, the tick has not yet sucked blood,
Just try to catch the ticks out, and don't try to shoot the ticks on the Dutch pigs.
Ticks have a certain ability to resist pressure, and Dutch pigs are relatively soft,
So if you don't shoot undead, you usually grab it or clip it down with tweezers.
If the tick has begun to suck blood, the hair has been deep into the skin,
That's even more impossible to shoot, because the tick sucks blood and most of its body is deep into the skin, and the grip is very firm.
After slapping to death (after sucking blood, the tick bulges up and can be slapped to death), use forceps or hands to pull,
It is possible to break the body of the tick, and the head is still buried deep in the skin, causing infection.
The general operation is to apply alcohol to ticks,
Make the tick dizzy, then use forceps to gently pull it out from the tick next to the skin.
Without alcohol, you can also use cigarette butts, use other heat sources to scald ticks,
Ticks will let go of their mouths when they are frightened or in pain, and then scratch again.
3. How to deal with ticks in large areas
Ticks began to infect one or two, three or four,
At this time, after alcohol paralysis, use forceps to clip it.
But ticks reproduce quickly and like to congregate in a bunch,
Therefore, if the infection time is relatively long, ticks are piled up (especially in the ears or at the base of the ear, the base of the thigh, etc.).
So with tweezers to pick up is a little troublesome,
Generally injected or dropped extracorporeal deworming drugs, and then most of the ticks will be poisoned and fall off, and a small part will be clipped.
Dutch pigs are generally not infected with ticks due to their body size,
And domestic Dutch pigs are usually more observed, so there are one or two ticks can be seen, and there are few large areas.
However, I often go to the grass or usually neglect management,
There may also be large areas of gathering, but this is very harmful to dutch pigs.
4. How to prevent ticks
First, take the Dutch pig out to play, try to go to the mature lawn that has been built, and don't let the Dutch pig enter the grass that is too remote.
Second, minimize the time the Dutch pig drills in the grass, lay a mat on the lawn, and let the Dutch pig play on the mat as much as possible.
Third, Dutch pigs try not to touch cats and dogs that often go to the grass to play, so as not to be infected by these cats and dogs.
Fourth, the host brought back ticks to infect the Dutch pig much more likely than the Dutch pig to infect the owner.
Fifth, after taking the Dutch pig out to play, carefully check the body of the Dutch pig to see if there are various parasites.
Sixth, often take the Dutch pig out to play, or have a plan to take the Dutch pig out to play, you can give the Dutch pig anthemization in advance, choose the drug effect can stay under the skin for about 30 days.
Ticks are a terrible parasite,
For Dutch pigs, as long as they don't go to the grass, it is still safe not to touch the animals that often go to the grass.
Occasionally go to the grass to play, as long as you do a good job of protection,
It is still no problem to check carefully after playing, and you can't dare to go out to play because you have parasites.