On 14 Jan 2006 09:55:00 GMT, wrote:

Marina wrote:

Poor little sweetheart! Many purrs on the way for Jet to find a home
where he is truly appreciated and pampered to bits. But $500 to remove a
tick???

Yeah, my thought too. Someone's got quite a good racket going!

I thought the same thing. But, I seem to remember something about some
disease which can be transmitted by the ticks in Australia. Something
about Steve whats-his-name, the guy who has/had a TV show on Animal
Planet, whose dog almost died after a tick bite.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot
with loving memories of Rocky (RB)

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