WEBVTT >>> WELCOME BACK.IT'S TIME FOR ASK THE VET.WE HAVE DR. GILL HERE FROM ANIMAL HOSPITAL OF CLINTON. >> GOOD MORNING. >> WE HAVE SUMMER AS WELL.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WARM WEATHER, HEY, SUMMER.WE'LL TALK ABOUT FLEAS AND TICKS. >> WE'VE HAD A WARM WINTER.IT'S MORE COMMON WHEN WE GET INTO THE WARMER MONTHS.PEOPLE ARE OUT WITH THEIR PETS MONTH ARE, MORE LIKELY TO PICK UP TICKS AND FLEAS.OCCASIONALLY YOU GO OUT AND YOU'VE FOUND A TICK ON YOUR DOG.YOU'LL STILL SEE THAT EVEN IF THEY'RE ON FLEA AND TICK MEDICINE.IF YOU SEE THAT, YOU SHOULD REMOVE THEM.IF YOU SEE THEM, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DIE IF THEY'REON TICK MEDICINE. >> HOW SHOULD YOU REMOVE THE TICK? >> THERE'S NO SPECIAL WAY.PUT A GLOVE ON, USE TWEEZERS.IF THE HEAD IS ATTACHED, IT WILLSTAY IN THERE.YOU MAY SEE A SORE SPOT.>> IS THERE ANY POINT YOU NEED TO TAKE THE PET TO THE VET IF THERE'S A TICK ON IT. >> IF YOU HAVE A LARGE NASTY-LOOKING WOUND, GET THAT CHECKED.JUST FINDING A TICK, PULL IT OFF.THERE ARE TICK-BORNE DISEASES.THOSE ARE THINGS THAT DON'T HAPPEN OFTEN.IF THEY DO, THEY'RE SEVERAL WEEKS DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE THEY WOULD SHOW UP ANYWAY. >> WITH THE PREVENTION OF TICKS AND FLEE AS, WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? >> THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT PRODUCTS, I THINK IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL, THERE'S NO ONE THINGTHAT'S MAGICALLY BETTER THAN ALLTHE REST.I THINK IT DEPENDS ON YOUR DOG OR CAT, YOUR SITUATION.TELL YOUR VETERINARIAN AND YOU CAN DEVELOP A PLAN THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN PET YOUR PET TICK-FREE THIS SPRUNG. >> DO INDOOR PETS NEED TICK AND FLEA PROTECTION? >> YES, ESPECIALLY FLEAS.WE SEE IT -- NOT JUST AS OFTEN BUT WE COMMONLY SEE FLEAS AND