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| A younger Coco! |
My poor Coco is suffering from a huge tick infestation. Every time I leave him at the dog boarder’s, he tends to pick up some ticks invariably despite the tick treatment that we do before. And, this had happened a couple of months back as well. I had done his tick treatment and also regular brushing and killing of the offenders had immediately brought it under control. But a week back, the children noticed that Coco had a new kind of tick on his body very different from the usual dog ticks; they called it spider tick. This was an agile tick that is called “deer tick.” It is much more mobile and tends to spread and multiply rapidly in the surroundings. It even roams on surfaces and attaches quickly to any object. It seems to particularly like the ear and paw area of the dog. Each one of us in the house including my youngest son has turned into “tick-finding monkey!” Poor Coco, he is itching so much. And then, we noticed that one tick had attached itself to my youngest son’s tummy area. That was a scary sight and really alarmed us.
We took Coco to the vet. The vet gave him an anti-tick injection, and we have been asked to isolate Coco to one part of the house to prevent the infestation from spreading to the entire house. This has been especially painful to do. Coco who is used to being all around the place is now in one corner and cannot even sleep in his usual place. He gives us such sad looks and really makes us feel miserable. We all are feeling so sad for him, but we recognize the gravity of the situation and have no other option. Wishing for a speedy recovery for Coco and hoping that we get rid of all these disgusting creatures from our house :(.
Send your good wishes our way!
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