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- 05/07/2020 at 5:55 PM
  caitlin
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  hi everyone, i just found a tick on me and i put it in a bottle. but i’ve been petting my bunny the whole day, do you think there could have been more on me and they transferred to her? what should i do? i’ve been crying for an hour so any help would be greatly appreciated 🙁 i haven’t found any on her but she has so much fur it’s impossible to look through all of it
- 05/07/2020 at 5:59 PM
  LBJ10
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  What kind of tick was it? Brown dog ticks tend to be less numerous, plus they are bigger and easier to find. Black legged ticks are smaller and harder to find.
  - 05/07/2020 at 7:12 PM
    caitlin
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    im not sure 🙁 it is tiny so i can’t tell which kind it is
- 05/07/2020 at 7:29 PM
  LBJ10
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  If it was tiny, then it probably wasn’t a brown dog tick. Those are the size of an apple seed. Do you have a flea comb? You could use one to part the fur to look for ticks. If the tick that was on you was already attached, then it’s unlikely it would have wanted to transfer to another host. You found it and disposed of it, so there probably isn’t anything to worry about. If you’re super worried, you could always do a treatment with Revolution. I have read that it isn’t very effective against ticks other than dog ticks though.
- 05/07/2020 at 8:13 PM
  caitlin
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  okay thank you so much, i don’t have a flea comb but i’ll work with what i have. i don’t think it was attached to me bc i didn’t have to pull it off i just saw it crawling on me in the shower
- 05/08/2020 at 12:31 PM
  Bam
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  Pet your bunny. Like dig through his fur with your fingertips and feel the skin with small, circular movements. That’s how I found a tick on my rabbit a week ago. It had attached to his chin, I pulled it out with tweezers. It was a deer tick, they can be very small when they first attach.
  
  Revolution (selamectin) is not effective against deer ticks, but it’s bunny safe and can be used preventatively during the warm season, if you live in an area with brown dog ticks and fleas etc.
  
  And finally, not saying that you would, but we still always issue a warning against using any of the common tick drops sold OTC for dogs, on bunnies, especially those containing Fipronil. Its sold under many brand names, for example Frontline. It is deadly toxic to rabbits. End of warning-message!
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