you could try disinfecting the bite area with alcohol or soap and water. Or hydrogen peroxide. The dog won't like this though and since it's already Wednesday it might be a bit late.
my .02 >Spent the weekend at the farm, took the dog with me. For whatever reason, >the tick stuff I put on her the day before we went down there seemed to have >ZERO affect. As a result, I've been picking ticks off my dog for 2 days >now....easily over a 100. She's had ticks before and had no negative >affects. I was able to get the vast majority of them out with no problem, >but there were a few where the heads were stuck to far in, and remain in the >bite area. > >Those areas are a bit more swollen and reddish, mostly from my trying to get >them out. I've been watching those areas and they don't seem to be getting >any worse. I guess my question is, is there anything I need to do as a >precaution? I"m not that worried about it, but wanted to know if anyone had >any horror stories or anything...or any other suggestions other than just >sit and watch to make sure everything heals up as it should. > >TIA > >BG > >-- >I'm calling all friends and people I met on the way down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235813 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
