Read the container's label carefully when using chemicals and insecticides. Return to menu. General Tick Information Ticks are blood-sucking parasites that infest most animals and sometimes people. Their life cycle is complex and involves one or more species of animals as hosts. Female ticks deposit their eggs in the environment after a blood meal.
Ticks attach to the skin and feed on the animal's blood.
Tick bites may become infected, and some ticks produce a toxin that can cause paralysis and even death. Return to menu. If only a few ticks are present on an animal, they may be plucked off individually. Tweezers should be used to remove the ticks as ticks may carry organisms infectious to people. To remove a tick, grab the head firmly while gently depressing the skin around the tick.