Fremont, California Brown Dog Tick Control - Brown Dog Tick Removal

Common in warm, damp environments, brown dog ticks can also be found indoors. Kennels and homes with many animals can induce the spread of the brown dog tick to other animals.

• Brown dog ticks do not travel far after feeding and dropping off their host.
• Brown dog ticks prefer being indoors to outdoor.
• Brown dog ticks transfer hosts by dropping from its original host, molting, then reattaching naturally to another host or even back to the same one.
• Some adult brown dog ticks can live up to 200 days without a blood meal.
• Brown dog ticks are not as harmful to humans as they are to dogs.

Brown dog ticks can be removed with tick removal tweezers that grab onto the pest and pulled firmly. Brown dog ticks found on a pet should be checked out by a vet. Have a pest-free household by calling an exterminator to remove the brown dog tick.