We awoke one morning last week to find our border collie mix itching up a storm. Her legs were soaked with saliva as she vigorously bit her legs. I couldn’t see anything crawling on her. She has had skin allergies before so I called her downstairs to give her a benadryl.
I begin my morning yoga, as hubby calls downstairs. He says “there are little black bugs everywhere where Sydney was laying”.
Ugh!
I head upstairs to find these little tiny bugs crawling. I instruct hubby to grab the vacuum while I throw the dog in the bath.
I knew these bugs where not fleas since they were not jumping. Looking closely, we decided that they looked like ticks. They are actually seed ticks. Due to the stage in their life cycle, they are called seed ticks due to their size. They almost look like poppy seeds.
Seed ticks are usually found on long grass and there tends to be hundreds or thousands of them together. All it takes is for a host to brush up against the grass for the seed ticks to infest the host.
Keep an eye on your pets and children for these tiny pests!
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How did you get rid of them?
Hi Karen,
In our room we vacuumed, washed all of the bedding and picked the ones up we could see. We gave our dog a bath and applied Frontline. Now we keep Frontline on dogs to hopefully prevent another outbreak.