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Originally Posted by dpg
If you have a tick buried into your skin or an animal simply cover it over with vaseline and wait maybe 5 minutes or so they will usually begin to back themselves out. Advantix and those drops for dogs and cats will not totally keep them off your pet but they supposedly stop them from laying eggs at least that's what I've heard. I keep the stuff on our cat (outdoor cat) and she still gets them. Anyone want a cat???  |
I believe the way it works is the tick feeds off the animal, ingests the treated blood then dies and falls off. So if it feeds before laying eggs then it never happens as it dies pretty soon after feeding.