Could anyone advise please? Is this a skin tag or a tic?

    • Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      8 months ago

      I’ve also heard that the head can get stuck after you rip out the body. But I’m no dog owner.

      Edit: seems like other comment mentions it already.

    • hactar42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      After removing it put it in a ziplock bag and freeze it. If your dog starts acting sick in the next week or so take them to the vet along with the frozen tick.

  • bstix@feddit.dkEnglish
    18·
    8 months ago

    If it’s a tick, you should be able to see its legs if you can part the dog’s hair closer to where it’s attached.

  • jaschen@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    Tick. My dog had this on his lips once and without thinking I thought it was a rice grain and pulled it off. It infected his lip.

  • General_Shenanigans@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    lol, my dog had one of those. I also thought it was a skin tag, at first. I live in a place where there aren’t a lot of ticks; we had adopted her from another part of the country. One day, the sucker was suddenly like 3 times the size, so I took a closer look. I had been giving that little bastard pets the whole time.

  • Pendle33@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    Thanks for all the responses. It fell off before I noticed people had responded (Mlem doesn’t notify) so all is well that ends well.

  • AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    212·
    8 months ago

    I’d guess it’s a tick. I’m not a vet, but I’d carefully pull on it. If it comes out, it’s a tick. Like 75% certain it is. Best of luck

    • DosDude👾@retrolemmy.comEnglish
      242·
      8 months ago

      Don’t pull on it. You can seperate the butt from the rest of the body, and you push the blood back from its butt into your dog. If it’s a tick it looks really full, and will fall off soon. Get yourself a tick tweezer, that way you hold the tick from its body and then twist it off without risk of pushing blood back.

      • Sakychu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        8 months ago

        Yeah I 2nd tick tweezers. I removed a lot of tick from shalter dogs and tick tweezers are so simple but efficient: just don’t pull but rather, like state, twist it off!

        • TexasDrunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          8 months ago

          Third tick tweezers. Olive oil can work in some, but definitely not all, cases. When you’re done, drop it in rubbing alcohol (doesn’t really matter what percent) and get a good picture in case your dog starts getting sick and has to go to the vet. A lot of vets can identify the type of tick and that can help narrow down treatments.

          Watch for mood changes, appetite changes, lethargy, trouble getting around, or anything else that might indicate infection.

          Get some preventative medicine if your dog is going to be running around in tall grass.