Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 2,932

1 members and 2,931 guests
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,031
Threads: 248,489
Posts: 2,568,445
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, isismomma
Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast
Results 11 to 20 of 21
  1. #11
    Registered User dizzydynamo's Avatar
    Join Date
    06-29-2011
    Location
    Milpitas, CA
    Posts
    107
    Thanks
    62
    Thanked 26 Times in 19 Posts

    Re: Tick on Ball Python?? What to do?

    Even if you didn't get the head out the snake's body will eventually "push" the head out on its own similar to a splinter. The head is no longer alive and the body will know what to do when it sees a foreign object. It is not going to burrow itself inside. I don't think there are any species of ticks that can survive on a reptile so I am thinking that your snake was just an "accidental host" from a mammal and would not be able to survive (complete its life cycle) on your snake anyways.

    1.1 Normal BP (8-Ball, Dazzle)
    1.0 Pastel 100% Het Hypo 50% PH Albino BP (Jag)
    0.1 Pastel 100% Het Hypo BP (Serenity)
    0.0.1 RES (Spinner)
    0.4 Dogs (Le, Karma, Tootsie, Jayda)
    2.0 Cats (Skeatz, Handsome)
    1.0 Dutch Rabbit (Spades)
    0.1 Abyssinian Guinea Pig (Moo Moo) RIP
    2.0 Bettas

  2. #12
    BPnet Veteran satomi325's Avatar
    Join Date
    08-15-2011
    Location
    In a galaxy far,far away.
    Posts
    6,423
    Thanks
    2,429
    Thanked 3,969 Times in 2,446 Posts
    Images: 5

    Re: Tick on Ball Python?? What to do?

    Quote Originally Posted by WarriorPrincess90 View Post
    . The longer it is attached, the greater the chance of transmitting pathogens.
    But sometimes when trying to remove a tick, if you some how crush, squeeze, or push on the body, any sort of bacteria and pathogens have the ability to "vomit" through the mouth and into the blood stream.
    (according to my parasitic entomology course)

  3. #13
    BPnet Lifer snakesRkewl's Avatar
    Join Date
    09-14-2009
    Location
    Milwaukie, Oregon
    Posts
    7,665
    Thanks
    2,687
    Thanked 3,036 Times in 2,147 Posts
    Images: 2
    Did it look like this?


    I pulled this out of the top of the head of my breeder yellowbelly male back in 09
    Last edited by snakesRkewl; 04-11-2012 at 12:42 AM.
    Jerry Robertson

  4. #14
    BPnet Veteran Lana's_mom's Avatar
    Join Date
    07-26-2011
    Posts
    370
    Thanks
    51
    Thanked 44 Times in 32 Posts
    Thanks everyone. I will be keeping a close eye on her for quite a while.
    SnakesRkewl - Yes that is what it looked like. Thanks again everyone.

  5. #15
    Registered User
    Join Date
    01-21-2011
    Posts
    51
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts

    Re: Tick on Ball Python?? What to do?

    just throwing something out for the future...I had a bad mite problem with a bearded dragon a few yrs ago, and my mom is a hairdresser, so I used "Tea Tree" natural peppermint shampoo to soak my dragon in the bath tub....it made the mites very irritated and caused them to fall off and drown.
    dont know if it would work with ticks, but its all natural and ticks and mites are in the same family, so theoretically it would be worth a shot.

  6. #16
    Registered User snake lab's Avatar
    Join Date
    09-10-2011
    Location
    chancellor battlefield virginia
    Posts
    1,244
    Thanks
    51
    Thanked 442 Times in 317 Posts
    A small dab of nail polish remover will work to back a tick out and make it easy to get off. Ticks are common in imports.
    [IMG][/IMG]

  7. #17
    Anti-Thread Necro Patrol
    Join Date
    05-10-2007
    Location
    Columbus, Georgia, United States
    Posts
    4,561
    Thanks
    334
    Thanked 1,230 Times in 739 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1
    Images: 51
    I know it's all doen now but but just so you know...

    The tried and true southern method of tick removal is to hold a flame from a match or lighter to the ticks butt. They don't like the heat and will back out on their own.
    Last edited by MasonC2K; 04-12-2012 at 10:56 AM.
    - Mason

  8. #18
    BPnet Lifer Mike41793's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-15-2011
    Location
    Philadelphia, PA
    Posts
    16,924
    Thanks
    6,661
    Thanked 7,979 Times in 5,583 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by MasonC2K View Post
    I know it's all doen now but but just so you know...

    The tried and true southern method of tick removal is to hold a flame from a match or lighter to the ticks butt. They don't like the heat and will back out on their own.
    How do you think the snake would tolerate that? My guess is not very well haha
    1.0 normal bp
    mad roaches yo

  9. #19
    Anti-Thread Necro Patrol
    Join Date
    05-10-2007
    Location
    Columbus, Georgia, United States
    Posts
    4,561
    Thanks
    334
    Thanked 1,230 Times in 739 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1
    Images: 51

    Re: Tick on Ball Python?? What to do?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike41793 View Post
    How do you think the snake would tolerate that? My guess is not very well haha
    Good question. It works on people and dogs just fine though. As long as the flame doesn't make contact with the skin it should be fine I would think though.

    For harder to get to places where an open flame would be problematic, heating up the end of a pin and touching the tick with it has the same affect.
    - Mason

  10. #20
    Registered User enchantress62's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-03-2011
    Location
    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Posts
    254
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 28 Times in 23 Posts
    The match thing is an old remedy. You don't put the flame to the tick you light the match, blow out the flame, and place the hot tip to the tick. I've also heard that painting it with fingernail polish, white out, or any paint like chemical will smother it and cause it to pull out. I've never tried any of these things but my mother used to check us for ticks when we lived in Florida and she used the matches a lot.
    "Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself." George Bernard Shaw

Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1