It's tick season again! Hardly any other topic raises so many questions for families with a dog or cat: How can I protect my animal from ticks? Which tick medication helps? How do you remove a tick?

Why Ticks Are So Dangerous for Dogs

Ticks are not only annoying – they can also carry dangerous diseases such as  TBE  or  Lyme disease  As cold-blooded animals, they are active from around six degrees outside temperature and can therefore be found in our latitudes from spring to autumn in the grass, bushes, gardens or forests. It is therefore essential to protect your dog or cat from ticks. A repellent spray such as the  ALPHAZOO Zeck-Attack The effective tick spray based on essential oils ensures that the little beasts do not attach themselves to your pet in the first place and offers effective tick protection. And if there is no tick bite, there is no risk of disease transmission - it's as simple as that. But what if a tick does bite?

Tick ​​bite: how do you remove a tick correctly?

Whether in the forest, on the meadow or even in your garden at home – ticks are lurking everywhere. If your dog or cat is bitten by a tick, the key is to stay cool! To remove the tick,  tick tweezers or tick cards , which you can buy at the pharmacy or pet store. Some people also use normal tweezers to remove the tick. It is important that the tick is discovered as early as possible, because the longer it sucks blood, the higher the risk of transmittable diseases.

How the tick is removed at the end is not really that important, the main thing is that it comes out. Depending on the tool you have, you can slowly and carefully lever or pull the tick out. When removing the tick, make sure that you brush the fur around the bite to the side so that your animal does not pull out any hair. Be patient and  no jerky movements so that you can remove the tick as completely as possible. If the tick's head still gets stuck, it's no big deal: after a few days, the head will be shed by the pet's body. After the tick has been removed, the bite site is  disinfected  and rendered the tick harmless.

Prevention is the motto: this is how you keep ticks away

An anti-tick spray, such as  ALPHAZOO Zeck-Attack , acts as an effective preventative tick protection. When used correctly, it keeps ticks away to minimize the risk of transmissible diseases.  The application of such a tick repellent is extremely simple, but of course depends on the individual living conditions of your dog or cat. The tick repellent spray is simply sprayed onto the fur and skin as required. Experience shows that application between the shoulder blades and on the tail is particularly effective against ticks. It is of course important to avoid your animal's eyes, mouth and nose.

A tick spray supports the search and defense

The following also applies to dogs and cats that are protected with a tick repellent: After every walk you should  Check fur and skin The sooner you find a tick on your pet, the better. If you're lucky, you might even find it before it has bitten. Then you should definitely make it harmless to you and your surroundings. Some pet owners crush ticks between two stones. Others burn them.However, flushing a tick down the toilet is pointless, because ticks can  up to three weeks  survive in the water – and if necessary, climb out again. It is important that you dispose of the tick  no contact with their bodily fluids  and then wash your hands thoroughly.