Weird "scale" on Jonny T.'s head?

[SGExotics]

Like grandma always tells us, Olive oil can fix anything! Break out the olive oil, a q-tip and a pair of tweezers.. Dip the q-tip in a bit of olive and rub it gently around the base of the tick.. Once the tick is loosened up a bit, gently pull it off with the tweezers... This is how my neighbors took a tick off of their dog, so i dont see why it wouldnt work for the snake....

[rabernet]

Yes, that is a tick - I'd check the rest of him to see if you find any others. Provent-A-Mite kills ticks and mites. However, I would definitely manually remove that one.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

man that snake with ticks on its eye is just gross! that one turned my stomach!

[HerpKeeperVA]

why would a tick want cold blood? or lock on where theres skull not juicy meaat? thats my reasoning.

I've seen ticks on pet store snakes before, it's not pretty. As with any animal, ticks will burrow in anywhere they can get a good blood supply, and it just so happens it chose this snakes's head. Plus the blood wouldn't cold since the snake is being warmed in the tank.

To the OP I hope you were able the remove it without much fuss. The picture of the ticks on that snake's eye was indeed creepy, eww. I despise ticks, my boyfriend is a land surveyor so he's outside all day collecting the little pests. I'm always having to help him pull them off, he'd be so lost without me

[Raunchyfad]

Tick removed! I was hoping to put the little fella in a jar with a long-dead junebug and bumblebee, but now it's lost in my bathmat.

I hope I can find it before it contaminates this house with ticks, or something.

My snake seems fine, though. She's so patient. I love her.

[dr del]

Eeeewwww!!!


Find it find it.

Provent-a-mite is the stuff you want to prevent any re-infestation from all I have read.


dr del

[mrshawt]

Burn the bathmat!

[Raunchyfad]

Hey, guess what fellas, I found the tick!

It is currently residing in the bee-beetle jar. It's my new pet. Can anyone suggest a name?

Thanks for your help, you guys.

[bamf64]

[QUOTE=Raunchyfad;1133949] Can anyone suggest a name?

How bout "tigger"?

[mrshawt]

Call him Dead, since his food source just ran out.