Answer: All of the above, pets can attract ticks from all of the above activities. Ticks and fleas love animals as hosts, especially cats and dogs whose body surface temperature is higher than that of humans. When cats and dogs pass by grass or plants, ticks on the grass or plants will attach to them and suck their blood.

Answer: No.

Tick fever is the abbreviation of Protozoa Babesia, a protozoan of the genus Babesia. There are two common strains of Babesia and Ehrlichia in Hong Kong. The symptoms are generally similar, but the treatment methods are different. In severe cases, if it is not treated in time, tick fever will destroy red blood cells in the animal and cause anemia, which can be fatal. It would require blood transfusion and long-term hospitalization.

Symptoms are:

1. Weakness (the dog may look like not as energetic as usual, or suddenly unwilling to go for a walk or play);
2. Loss of appetite (but this change can be taking place slowly, i.e. the dog can skip breakfast but still eat dinner and some treats);
3. The urine is in very dark rust or red colour, because red blood cells are destroyed by tick fever and excreted in the urine.

If you find that your dog has more than one of the above symptoms, you should take him to the veterinarian within 24 hours.

Answer: B. Head, neck, belly and tail.

Remember to check these parts every time after going out and after taking a shower!

Answer: B. Try removing the tick yourself carefully.

The tick is small and flat before feeding, but it expands after sucking blood from the dog. If a tick is found, the dog may have tick fever.

Try to remove the tick right away to reduce the chance of infection. But it must be removed carefully to avoid crushing the tick. Do not pinch its body like killing an ant and a mosquito, because the infectious body fluids will splash out together with tick eggs, which greatly increases the chance of infection.

Step 1: Throwing a tick directly into the trash or toilet won't kill it, so you should start by preparing a jar and putting the tick in the covered jar. Please see the steps below…