What are ticks? These are spider-like parasites that can vary from the size of a grain of sand to that of an aspirin. How is this?

You will have seen some small tick, right? They are reddish brown and flat ... once they catch on the skin of your pet and suck the blood, they inflate so much that they take a silver color and can be seen at a distance.

In a pet you can find up to tens of ticks, which creates great suffering and the possibility of contracting diseases such as Ehrilichiosis that can cause liver, lymphatic and even neurological damage.

And how can your pet fill up with ticks if you have a clean house? As easy as taking your pet for a walk or going out for a walk (like the cat would be).

Birds also carry ticks that they release when they visit your garden. Without a doubt, a good cleaning of the area where your pet is is recommended, but the ticks are very resistant. They can put up to more than 4,000 eggs on the skin of your pet, multiplying without control.

What to do? When the hot months begin, the hibernation of the ticks ends and they begin to reproduce.

Therefore, it is important that at least once a week and when you bathe your pet you check their skin for any tick that may be attached to the ears or in the middle of the toes of their legs.

If you get to find a tick on the skin of your pet, you must remove it using tweezers and then wash the wound on the skin with hydrogen peroxide (the tick takes a piece of skin with it.

What are you doing with the tick? There are medicines to kill the tick but as you will not always have them at hand, you can do the following: do not burn it or let it go on the floor or in the garbage can, do not burst it because the blood inside is contaminated, wrap it in a paper or newspaper so that it does not escape and thus wrapped the strips in the outside trash can.

There are powder talcum powder to repel ticks, you can spray a little in the area where the tick is to release; The drawback here is that the tick breaks loose but escapes. This powder is recommended as a preventive measure to repel parasites.

Now, you will have to check the area where your pet lives, which is probably where the parasite came from. Wash the area thoroughly with chlorine and make sure it is disinfected.

Keep in mind that it is inevitable that ticks invade your yard or your pet as they invariably appear in hot weather and are looking for a victim to satisfy their hunger.

You should also pay special attention because ticks can not only adhere to the skin of a dog or cat, but also to the skin of humans. Therefore, make war on the parasites for the sake of your pet and your family.