Tuesday, July 10, 2007
After watching a particular episode of 'House', where a kid almost dies (as they all do), from ticks infection from his pet cat, I've started researching on the kind of ticks that Pugsly (my dog) has. Apparently ticks are vectors for diseases, which means they give a helping hand in spreading them. Much like mosquitoes spread dengue. So to cut a long story short, after much research, I've concluded that Pugsly has the Brown Dog Tick. It can live its entire life cycle indoors, unlike other ticks, which is bad, and considering that the females can lay thousands of eggs at one shot, I'm guessing that infection is as good as immediate. They can cause tick paralysis in dogs and perhaps also in humans.
We have a tick epidemic on our hands, and the government is worried about dengue. God bless us all.
Dan
3:46 pm