{"id":324992,"date":"2022-10-14T17:25:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T07:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=324992"},"modified":"2022-10-14T21:21:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:21:15","slug":"vet-issues-snake-tick-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/10\/14\/vet-issues-snake-tick-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Vet Issues Snake, Tick Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kingaroy vet Stephen Upton is worried that the tick season is about to get much, much worse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 14, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy vet Stephen Upton is alarmed by the number of pets being brought into his surgery recently which have suffered snake or tick bites.<\/p>\n

Stephen, who owns the Kingaroy Veterinary Surgery, said there had been three snake bite victims brought in on just one weekend.<\/p>\n

Overall, there had been about 15 cases recently.<\/p>\n

But even more alarming was the number of cats and dogs that had been struck down by ticks.<\/p>\n

He said he had treated more than a dozen patients in recent days, and it was still early in the tick season.<\/p>\n

“I am really worried that it’s going to get a lot worse,” he told southburnett.com.au<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Stephen said the alarming thing was that avoiding tick paralysis was simple as there were so many very good products available on the market.<\/p>\n

He urged pet owners to regularly check their animals for ticks and seek veterinary help at the earliest sign of any illness.<\/p>\n

The RSPCA says dogs and cats with tick toxicity can have an unsteady gait, a dry cough or even just a change in their bark or meow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The signs of a snake bite include:<\/p>\n