ticks/lLice on hogs

[Bino9905]

I am new and just picked up two small piglets to start training my pups.
After I had then in the crate in the back of my truck, I noticed all these tick looking things crawling ALL over the pigs. I mean ALL OVER they are everywhere. First of all is this normal? I always see pics of you guys sitting on a big hog after you kill it showing off its cutters. I cant imagine sitting/eating an animal with so many parasites. The only hog I have killed a few months ago did not have or I dont remember seeing any ticks on it. They move fast for a tick but are built like one.

Anyway, how can I get rid of them? I was thinking of filling a 5 gallon bucket with water and dog flea & tick shampoo. The pigs are small enough so I was gonna grab them by the head and hold them in the water and hopeully that will kill the ticks.

Let me know if yall think this wil work or what I should dip them in or spray on them. I want these things dead. I dont want my pups to get them.

Thanks

[BigAinaBuilt]

Normal!  You could give them ivermectin!

[Bino9905]

Let them eat ivormectin like the dogs?
Or spray it on them?

I thought ivo was only for internal parasites.

Thanks

[Eric]

They are covered with them right now.

[djhogdogger]

they are pretty common on the hogs that we catch. They only live on the hogs, they may get on you but they wont live on you. They will crawl off of you. We don't do anything about them since they only live on the hogs. We've never had the bother the dogs either. I think that they are worse this time of the year.  Oh, and they are not ticks, some sort of hog lice.

[hillbilly]

Caught a sow last year was the worst I ever seen with lice. Was tying her up these lice got all over me. Never did bite or anything. Like to never got them off of me though. Hang up a piece of old carpet or something like it with diesel or burnt oil on it and they will rub on it. Should do the trick.

[Duece2]

I just got a couple week old piglets the other day and they had them on'em. I just give them a bath with some flea shampoo I got from the vet and that got most of them off. After the bath and drying I rubbed them down with skin so soft and that got rid of the smell and all the lice. I've heard that Dawn Dish washing detergent gets rid of them great. It leaves a film and coats the lice and they fall off dead.

[wadepat2]

If you wash and scrub down the piglets would that hurt the pup training as for as scent goes?

[Eric]

Ivomec them, maybe try the powder or spray for cattle.

[johnf]

burt motor oil works great!! if ther in a pen with wood post they can rub pour theoil on the post and they will rub on it.works great they instinkively know to rub it.

[Pudge]

Seems like Sevin dust works pretty well too.

[Flatbroke]

they are pretty common on the hogs that we catch. They only live on the hogs, they may get on you but they wont live on you. They will crawl off of you. We don't do anything about them since they only live on the hogs. We've never had the bother the dogs either. I think that they are worse this time of the year.  Oh, and they are not ticks, some sort of hog lice.

That is inaccurate information with respect to ticks.  Ticks can, will, and do live on Humans when they come in contact.  They are not particular of the host they choose to suck blood out of.  May want to read up on Lime disease. Hog lice dont.    

Edit********  hog lice are also yellowish  in color.  Ticks are dark. what do the ones you have look like

[slimpickins]

The 7-dust is the easiest. Just picke them up and powder the heck out of them and rub it all over them real good.

[djhogdogger]

BIOLOGY
Distribution -- Hog lice occur in all parts of the world where domestic and wild swine are found.
Host -- Hog lice infest only wild and domestic swine.

Damage -- Hog lice irritate their hosts by taking small but frequent blood meals. Attempting to relieve the irritation, infested swine scratch themselves or rub against any available object, thereby injuring their skin and hair. In severe cases, hogs may eventually rub most of the hair off their bodies. Heavy infestations of hog lice arrest the growth of young pigs.

Life History -- The entire life cycle is spent on the host. Adult lice are frequently found in the folds of the neck and jowls, inside and at the base of the ears, on the inside of the legs, and on the flanks and backs of hogs. Most of the nymphs occur on the head region.

After feeding and mating, each female lays three to six eggs per day and about 90 eggs in all. Eggs are deposited along the lower half of the sides, on the back of the ears and on the neck, the shoulders, or the flanks. They hatch in 12 to 14 days, though in cool weather they may take 20 days. The young lice molt 3 times in 10 to 12 days as they grow. Feeding takes place in the more tender areas of the body. Hog lice are mature and ready to lay eggs about 12 to 14 days after hatching. The entire life cycle, from egg to egg-laying adult takes from 20 to 48 days. Six or more generations may be completed each year.

Flatbroke, there is the research. In my post i was only refering to lice.


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[Flatbroke]

^^^^^ I am aware of that info, thanks I was passing on that ticks can and will mount humans.  He said they look like ticks but didn't provide the color.  still could be.  I edited my post to clarify. 

[sfboarbuster]

^^^^^ I am aware of that info, thanks I was passing on that ticks can and will mount humans.  He said they look like ticks but didn't provide the color.  still could be.  I edited my post to clarify. 

Every hog lice i've ever seen was black

[Bino9905]

Thanks guys for the advice.
I ended up buying a concentrated dip from tractor supply. I think it is called "happy jack" or something like that.
I mixed 2 ounces of that stuff with 5 gallons of water.
I sprayed the piglets down with water first and then I poured the mixture on the pigs until they were completly soaked in the stuff.
After about 20 minutes I heard them cough a little and figured if that stuff is starting to affect the hogs it has surely killed the lice.  I picked them up after they had dried and NOT one lice was left!!!!
Their hair was covered in small yelllow little eggs. I guess I will have to do it again when all thos suckers hatch.

Wade: I was also worried about scrubbing off the scent or getting the insectiside on my dogs mouth if they nipped at the pig. Im going to wait at least a few days to let the residue wear off. The stuff I used did not smell strong at all so they still smelled like hogs after they dried off.

Thanks for the info everyone

[wadepat2]

Cool keep us updated.

[johnf]

good. now you can bring them in the house.