My dog picked up some ticks at the nymph stage and I only saw them when red circles showed up last night. On closer inspection they have the pronounced red edge (bullseye) and a microscopic black dot in the middle. This morning I found a loose one crawling but had no way to catch & preserve it - it's so small! I googled and searched but the only removal advice was for adult ticks WTF do you do for these nymphs? Everything said not to kill them when attached because they could regurgitate when they die. She's a pup and shes been given both shots of the Lyme vaccine and is on the flee & tick stuff but my family isn't and I don't want to bring these things home!
So far I think that I'll bathe her and brush through some food grade dichotomous earth, maybe spray the permethrin when I get home... The lady at the vets office only had the pre packaged tweezers answer and these are microscopic nymphs that I couldn't even do the thread & knot trick on.
Anyone have some direct experience with this? Region 5.1 BTW