Beware of tiny seed ticks

Beware of Ticks, they come in all sizes.

I can personally attest to how tiny some ticks are because I found one inside Bessie's jowls. I first spotted a tiny whitehead on her cheek and when I squeezed it a thread-sized piece of puss oozed out. There was a black dot in the puss and when I put a magnifying glass on it I saw a fully engorged tick less than 1/64th inch wide. I took Bessie and the tick and an enlarged close-up photo to the Vet and he confirmed it was not the dangerous deer tick.

Seed ticks are just immature baby ticks that will eventually become adults.

Photo courtesy of California Department of Health