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My dog has a tick on his ear, How do I get it off? It's new BTW, it's grey. I dunno but now I'm scared by him. D:
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When I had ticks, I had to man it up and tear them off. Remember when you tear it off flush it down the toilet, because you can't smash them.
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Put some alcohol on it, and then pull it off your dog.
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I usually burn ticks. Or do it the safe way like Ashley said.
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Ticks. You should get your parents to handle it - if you do something wrong, you might tear a part of it off and leave some of it on the dog, I'm not sure which part, but it does something - and I'd recommend leaving it to your parents to fix.
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Tweezers is how I've always seen them advise. Grab as near the mouth as you can.
Also, make sure your dog has been vaccinated for lyme disease -- some ticks carry it.
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Tweezers. If you just grab the tick and pull, its mouthparts might stay inside the dog and get infected.
Ask your mom or dad, they might have done this before.