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Conference 7.286::pet_birds

Title:Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN!
Notice:INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.*
Moderator:VIDEO::PULSIFER
Created:Mon Oct 10 1988
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:942
Total number of notes:6016

653.0. "Birds/Ticks" by SALSA::DEFRANCO () Fri Jan 17 1992 16:46

    I have a 13 year old husky who spends more and more time in doors.  I
    figure she deserves as much comfort in her old age as possible.  Now,
    she being a dog and our living in the desert, she sometimes gets ticks
    (yuk, double yuk!).  This really isn't a problem with her as my husband
    and I make sure we pick them off of her.  Of course, we sometimes miss
    a few.  Now after all this wind up, here's my question.  If one of
    these ticks were to fall off the dog, could they attach themselves to
    one of my birds??
    
    The dog, Tinsel, has chosen the foot of the Taco's cage to sleep by and
    although it's not a problem during the winter, I'm afraid of what might
    happen in the summer when tick season starts again.  
    
    Any info would be welcomed.
    
    Jeanne
    
    
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653.1Just a light snack!AKOV15::LAJEUNESSETue Jan 21 1992 15:3310
    Hi Jeanne,
    
    I would think if a tick was able to make its way onto your bird (with
    out getting eaten, first) that it would have the ability to preen it off.  
    
    I don't think this would be a problem.  Maybe a snack (yuk) but not a
    problem.
    
    Mark