Ticks!!!

[mrsmojos]

Good evening!
I hope you can advise as I'm in my first year of having weaners - a pair of Berkshire boars, and noticed some lumps on one today - so whilst having a good old scratch at supper this evening I noticed there were ticks on his skin...I scratched most of them off - to his great relief but I wanted to know if this needs treatment pronto - or is this to be expected?
Sorry for my lack of knowledge - but thank you for yours

 

[Alchad]

Until someone who is more expert chimes in..if its anything like ticks on dogs, you’re not supposed to just scratch them off as the head remains in the skin.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Until someone who is more expert chimes in..if its anything like ticks on dogs, you’re not supposed to just scratch them off as the head remains in the skin.

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[mrsmojos]

I've also read that applying DE directly to the pigs is a good treatment for them including their bedding area, has anyone had this experience?
Thanks again.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

DE? Cypermethrin is cleared for external parasiters in pigs.

 

[mrsmojos]

DE? Cypermethrin is cleared for external parasiters in pigs.

Sorry - DE is diatomaceous earth powder. I read somewhere that 'a light dusting' of ant killer powder on the bedding would also kill the little suckers with no detrimental effects to the pig, has anyone else heard that?

 

[Agri-WMH]

Sorry - DE is diatomaceous earth powder. I read somewhere that 'a light dusting' of ant killer powder on the bedding would also kill the little suckers with no detrimental effects to the pig, has anyone else heard that?

DE may be worth a punt but it’s not as effective as things like permethrin based products or tetramethrin, DE is the safer organic option, often used to treat things like red mite too and added to dust baths for poultry.

many be worth a go but I personally wouldn’t expect miracles from it, I’ve a customer that has demanded it a few times on wasps nests until they realised how much lower it’s effectiveness is compared to tetra/permethrin and bendiocarb.

If you want to use anything else with higher efficacy just check the label to ensure there no restrictions for your planned use etc