sincitypreacher
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I live in the back house on a lot, the front house is rented out to a large family that is absolutely disgusting. Trash everywhere, it’s just gross. Anyways, they have an outdoor female husky that is not spayed, and I seriously doubt she has ever seen a vet. This is her second litter of puppies. There were 8, now six (I have no idea what happened to the other two). The dad was a German Shepherd that runs around the neighborhood.
After seeing them feed them nothing but leftover people food and spoiled milk, my wife and I started feeding them and giving them water daily because they obviously were not receiving proper care. The mother instantly warmed up to us, and she is the sweetest dog ever. The puppies are maybe 2 months old, I’m not sure when they were born exactly but they started coming out from under their house maybe 5 weeks ago.
Both the momma dog and the puppies have a pretty bad tick problem. I have no idea how many are on the mom, and the puppies have at least 3-4 ticks each if not more. I have tried to remove them with tweezers being careful to get the heads, but I think this is beyond my abilities to deal with by myself. I could spend all day picking them off and they’re just back the next day. The momma dog has like…clusters of them. It’s awful.
We do not plan on keeping any of them, as much as we would like to we are just not in the position to afford the necessary vet bills. Are they in any real danger, or is it just gross? What can I do to help them?
After seeing them feed them nothing but leftover people food and spoiled milk, my wife and I started feeding them and giving them water daily because they obviously were not receiving proper care. The mother instantly warmed up to us, and she is the sweetest dog ever. The puppies are maybe 2 months old, I’m not sure when they were born exactly but they started coming out from under their house maybe 5 weeks ago.
Both the momma dog and the puppies have a pretty bad tick problem. I have no idea how many are on the mom, and the puppies have at least 3-4 ticks each if not more. I have tried to remove them with tweezers being careful to get the heads, but I think this is beyond my abilities to deal with by myself. I could spend all day picking them off and they’re just back the next day. The momma dog has like…clusters of them. It’s awful.
We do not plan on keeping any of them, as much as we would like to we are just not in the position to afford the necessary vet bills. Are they in any real danger, or is it just gross? What can I do to help them?